Talk:Rideau Club

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Modifications

Hi, I've modified the page on the Rideau Club. I believe my mods reflect an NPOV, though they are somewhat more favorable to the club than the previous edit.

(e.g. I look at the club's history in the 50's and note that it was progressive for the times, ditto the 70's).

I believe this is of value because it indicates the evolution of thinking in the elite circles of a G8 economy from 1950-19xx. People realized religious faith, gender, etc. mattered less than simply competence and a similarity of thought. (first good, second debatable).

I welcome comments and edits. I can dig up the dead tree stuff that backs up what I said if need be.

(I apologize for the many edits to get what I wanted to say right. Part of it was pruning what I said to a more NPoV, part of it was correcting minor typos and formatting errors. Thanks.)

Freemasonry

I read this unusual article by Quebec botanist Jacques Rousseau about an alleged Masonic influence at the Rideau Club. It would be interesting if anyone could look into these allegations about the Club being linked to secret societies. [1] ADM (talk) 08:36, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You are quite correct in noting it is an "unusual" article. I see no reference to the Rideau Club in the blog entry you link, which purports (possibly correctly) to be an article written by Professor Rousseau in 1963 in a Quebec journal called Verite ("Truth").

Certainly, the blog post does speak about power in Ottawa, and make accusations that it rests disproportionately with Anglophones, and Freemasons (who may or may not be Anglophones; this is unclear, but perhaps it is my poor French that is to blame. I have read it carefully, though).

As a social club involving Ottawa elites, (I suspect much weaker in the Diefenbaker era, given his Western base) the Rideau Club, could, I suppose, be assumed to be part of some Ottawa-centric Freemason conspiracy, but this seems thin gruel, and decidedly improbable on all counts.

Indeed, the very openness on religion in the 1950's and gender in the 1960's/1970's hardly suggest a closed, conspiratorial organization.

I hope my response has been helpful. Holmwood (talk) 00:26, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]