The Canadian Story

Derek Fildebrandt is Publisher of the Western Standard. He was a Wildrose MLA and then Leader of the Freedom Conservative Party of Alberta from 2015 to 2019. From 2009 to 2015 he was Alberta Director and National Research Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. Find Derek online: https://www.westernstandardonline.com https://www.westernstandardonline.com/subscribe/ https://twitter.com/Dfild...

Bradley Dunne is the Production Detailer for the Nuclear Feeder Cell at BWXT Canada Ltd located in Cambridge, Ontario.  Bradley grew up in Cambridge, but recently re-located to Woodstock where he bought a home.  Bradley is an avid musician and songwriter and plays guitar, bass, keyboards and sings.  Find Bradley online:  https://www.instagram.com/bradleydunne/ Find us online: h...

Rob Laine is a former touring musician and event manager from Cambridge, Ontario. The pandemic forced Rob out of working for the biggest independent music retailer in North America and while music still remains his passion, he returned to the hospitality industry in Fall 2020. His long professional career in the hospitality industry has landed him in Prince Edward County, one of Ontario’s biggest...

Rylan Whalen was born in Burlington Ontario, January 9th 1995. In his early years, Whalen was clearly disenchanted with the music his peers were embracing. Therefore, he took it upon himself to dive deep into the sounds that truly moved his soul. His thirst for music landed him exploring a vast variety of those before him, from the 60s and 70s, classical and soul. Whether in his parent’s record co...

Jeff Callaway comes from a dairy farm background and was in finance for 20 years.  He has been involved in founding, financing, taking public, and supporting the development of a number of natural resource and cannabis companies. He is currently the CEO of High Ground Medica and Blacksteel Energy. Jeff was the President of a start up political party that grew to be one of the founding 2 parti...

Vincenzo Guzzo is a Canadian entrepreneur, philanthropist and television personality. He currently serves as CEO of Cinémas Guzzo , Groupe Guzzo Construction inc., Guzzo Medical and Guzzo Hospitality. He is also a restaurateur with the opening of a chain of Neapolitan pizzerias called Giulietta in Montreal. He and his wife raise money for charities through the Guzzo Family Foundation. Find Vincenz...

Keith Matthew is a member of the Simpcw First Nation and is a former chief of the Simpcw First Nation. He served for five years as chief and five years as Councilor up until December 2010. As a Councilor and Chief with his community he was responsible for economic development and was instrumental developing a business relationship with Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing and helped negotiate ownership...

Rob currently operates a cottage business in PEI and works in sales for an import consulting company.  Prior to moving to PEI in 2019, Rob lived in Ajax, ON and worked as an account executive for a Toronto based company specializing in import/export software, customs brokerage and customs consulting.  Between 1995 and 2003, Rob lived in Massachusetts and Arizona where he worked as a...

Jonathan Hamel is the CEO of Bullion Gold Resources Corp (TSX-V : BGD), Director of Vanstar Mining Resources Inc (TSX-V : VSR), Board Member of the Montréal Economic Institute, Guest Lecturer at HEC Montréal (Business Faculty of the Université de Montréal) and Founder of Académie Bitcoin.  Jonathan is the go to voice on all things bitcoin, blockchain and cryptocurrencies in Québec and is a so...

Founding members Danny Lopez and Rylan Whalen originally met their first year of high school. In the predictable suburbs of Burlington, Ontario is where they swiftly began a musical relationship. Harm & Ease was officially formed in 2010 as an acoustic project. Allowing them to explore a more melodic vibe, not present in the metal scene currently enveloping the area. Eventually fate would find...

Eric Silveira is Creative Director at LDM and Founder of Galt Collective, a co-working and event space. He grew up in Cambridge Ontario and has chosen to make it home. Husband and father of three, Eric is passionate and committed to community. Seeing challenges as opportunities, he enjoys nothing more than sitting down over a pint or a meal to talk and enjoy a laugh. Find Eric online: Lu...

Lindsay Coulter is a entrepreneur and professional photographer from Waterloo, Ontario.  Lindsay also recently created the "End the Lockdown of Ontario Small Business" petition which has garnered over one hundred thousand signatures so far in hopes to create a more fair treatment of small businesses in Ontario during the lockdown.  Sign the petition here: https://tinyurl.com/n4utbx88 Fin...

Born and raised on a tiny island in the Caribbean, Louis moved to Canada days before his 15th birthday. Since then he has been figuring out how to maneuver his life in the north. Louis went from wanting to be a medical doctor while he was in university to pursuing a career as a Rap artist. This is far from a typical path and he admits that when he began on this path that he had his doubt...

Jordan Valeriote is the founder of Hardcore Music Studio, a website and YouTube channel that helps audio engineers make better records. He has been producing and mixing professionally for over 10 years, working with bands such as Silverstein, Neck Deep, Forevermore, Intervals, Counterparts, Nick Johnston, and Auras. Through his courses, he has helped thousands of students upgrade their work f...

Scott Kvasni is the lead singer and guitarist of Hamilton enchanted rock band Mucho Disaster.  He describes Mucho Disaster as "a dance beat drop played by a rock band playing the blues", and thats all you need to know.  Find us online: https://www.facebook.com/thecadstory https://twitter.com/thecadstory https://www.instagram.com/thecadstory/ https://anchor.fm/thecadstory

Owner and founder of Aria Music Academy, Natalia has special interest in vocal health and rehabilitation. Primarily focusing on contemporary music and musical theatre. At the age of 23 Natalia has already taught over 74 students since graduating from Randolph Academy for the performing arts. In addition to teaching, Natalia dedicates her life to the study and creation of the arts across many diffe...

Brandon Tozzo is a Lecturer at Trent University where he teaches methodology, US politics and international security . He is a consultant for several media outlets in Canada, including CBC, CTV and Global Television. His book "American Hegemony after the Great Recession" traces the increase in partisanship in the wake of the financial crisis. He has also worked with the US Department of State as a...

David Freiheit is a Montreal YouTuber who goes by the moniker “Viva Frei” (a derivative of his last name, which means “freedom”). He is the youngest of five children, from a family of lawyers. He created his YouTube channel as a distraction from the practice of law, and it has grown into one of the most popular law-themed channels on YouTube. He creates videos breaking down and explaining current...

Christopher Dummitt is a professor of Canadian history at Trent University.  He is the author of multiple books including Unbuttoned: A History of Mackenzie King's Secret Life which was a finalist for several big awards including the Shaughnessy Cohen Price for Best Book on Canadian Politics.  Christopher is the host of the 1867 podcast and is in the process of developing a new think tan...

Paul Fairfield is a professor of philosophy at Queen’s University where he has taught since 2002. Paul has written about a dozen books over the years in a few of the various subdisciplines of philosophy. His most recent book is titled Philosophical Reflections on Antiquity: Historical Change and he is currently at work on a second book on the philosophy of history, titled Historical Imagination ....

David Tordjman, devoted husband and father of 5,  grew up in Cote Saint-Luc where he still resides with his family.  He is a civil engineer by trade, and business owner working for various First Nation governments in Canada but is also involved in numerous community organizations and initiatives. As a city Councilor in Cote Saint-Luc he is dedicated to his constituents and making positiv...

Éric Duhaime is a Canadian conservative columnist , radio host , and politician serving as leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec since April 17, 2021. He writes for the Journal de Montréal and the National Post and is also a blogger. He participated in various blogs such as Les analystes and also ran a blog on the pages of Journal de Québec (called En droite ligne ). He hosts Le retour d'Éric...

J.J. McCullough has been a columnist at the Washington Post since 2017, writing a weekly column about Canadian politics for the Global Opinions section. He has been a YouTuber since 2015, with over 280,000 subscribers. JJ previously worked as a commentator on CTV News and Sun News and his writing has been published in a number of different Canadian and American publications. He is also the author...

Geoffrey Liang is from Ontario, born to immigrant parents from Hong Kong. He owns GoFloat Studios, a float tank center (also known as sensory deprivation tanks) in Burlington, ON where people come to de-stress, relieve pain, reduce anxiety, and get deep quiet time for self reflection & creativity. Geoff also enjoys a variety of activities such as Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, music, hunting, scuba divi...

Janis Monture is from Six Nations of the Grand River, Mohawk Nation Turtle Clan. Janis has recently returned as the Executive Director of the Woodland Cultural Centre. Previously, Janis was appointed the Director of Tourism and Cultural Initiatives for the Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation. Janis was a committee member for the Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Abo...