Article synopsis: Reflects on the past year of 2011 and opens with the poem "Outwitted" by Edwin Markham. The author shares their significant 2011 parliamentary event was the filibuster over sending postal employees back to work.

Article synopsis: Briefly discusses the following topics: the Canadian Auto Workers’ (CAW) invitation to Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney, to address the influential union’s annual gathering; the author's past views of unions and mediation and conciliation through the Christian faith; and publisher David Black who proposed to build an oil refinery near Kitimat, BC.