After the tragedy of 9/11, a sign suddenly appeared on a suburban Edmonton lawn that read: “Osama bin Laden lives closer than you think.” The sign pointed to Dany Assaf's house. Dany was born in Edmonton, where he played hockey and dreamed of the NHL, a life familiar to any Canadian kid. Yet suddenly, despite generations of family history in Alberta, he and his family were branded as Muslim terrorists: the “other” to be feared and shunned.Dany, now a top Bay Street competition lawy...

"Dany's optimistic vision is contagious, and he offers Canadians a new perspective on how to build a stronger country." - Zaib Shaikh, star of Little Mosque on the Prairie and Consul General of Canada in Los AngelesAfter the tragedy of 9/11, a sign suddenly appeared on a suburban Edmonton lawn that read: 'Osama bin Laden lives closer than you think.' The sign pointed to Dany Assaf's house. Dany was born in Edmonton, where he played hockey and dreamed of the NHL, a life familiar to a...

Nurturing individual talent in the Canadian Business sectorEvery generation of Canadians wants to pass on an even better version of Canada to the next. But in 1967, Canada was the world's ninth largest economy; today it is seventeenth. In terms of income per person, we've fallen from third to fifteenth. What kind of Canada are we really leaving our children? How do we avoid falling further behind in the twenty-first century economy?In this passionate manife...