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Fifty years ago, Czechoslovakia was experiencing a baby boom that blossomed in the wake of the Prague Spring when, for a few months, Czechs and Slovaks imprisoned behind the Iron Curtain toyed with the idea of democracy.
Caleb Desnoyers of Team Canada and Emil Hemming of Finland skate after the puck in the first period of a Group B stage game during the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship at Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Dec. 31, 2025 . Brad Rempel/Getty Images
Peter Menzies
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Peter Menzies is a senior fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, an award winning journalist, and former vice-chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
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