Reading Time: 3 minutes The Ontario Conservative leader appears to be turning his back on the very people who helped him take over the party. It could cost him in the next election
Month: May 2017
We’re neglecting our responsibility to kids in care
Reading Time: 4 minutes Why do we expect youth with the complex traumas associated with growing up in care to stand alone? Supporting young people to 25 years of age is essential
Health-care wait times cost patients millions in time, wages
Reading Time: 3 minutes The consistent lengthening of wait times for treatment makes us sometimes forget our system forces people to suffer while waiting for timely access to care
Civil law under attack from new and powerful enemy
Reading Time: 4 minutes The disproportionate impact of activists through social media could swamp legally-held rights and trample on centuries of legal history
Andrew Scheer’s social conservative baggage
Reading Time: 4 minutes The shorthand on the new Conservative leader was that he was ‘Stephen Harper with a smile.‘ How is that a winning formula? Harper was beaten soundly
Andrew Scheer’s conservative vision for Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes If you were pleased with Stephen Harper’s conservative principles, you will have little reason to be displeased with new Conservative leader Andrew Scheer’s
Living frugally won’t improve millennial housing woes
Reading Time: 3 minutes More money to spend on housing could push prices higher if not accompanied by an increase in the housing supply
Canadian politics is like a box of chocolates
Reading Time: 3 minutes Just when you think you have Canadian politics figured out, you still never know what you are going to get
Fed’s per-person spending among highest in history
Reading Time: 3 minutes The main rationale of the added spending by the Trudeau government was to stimulate economic growth, an unnecessary goal
Obnoxious waiter didn’t spoil our Lisbon lunch
Reading Time: 4 minutes An over-eager cafe waiter in Lisbon trying to up sell us on what we should have for lunch didn’t stop us from enjoying a satisfying meal