Reading Time: 3 minutes There has been a 31% decrease in the amount of emissions per unit of economic production since 1990
Month: April 2015
Ontario budget an exercise in wishful thinking
Reading Time: 3 minutes The government continues to delay making the tough decisions
Alberta healthcare levy no cure for health system
Reading Time: 3 minutes New healthcare tax needs to be tied to health spending
Why we all need to have end of life conversations
Reading Time: 4 minutes Discussing death allows us to make plans and to make our wishes known to loved ones.
Misunderstanding leads to First Nation opposition to Property Ownership Act
Reading Time: 3 minutes First Nations, Canada have more in common when it comes to property rights than first thought
The feds doesn’t owe Ontario – or Alberta – more money
Reading Time: 3 minutes Premiers will invent any excuses – including blaming it all on the federal government – to cover their own failures
Supreme Court strikes balance between religious and non-religious beliefs
Reading Time: 4 minutes The State cannot privilege either religious or non-religious beliefs to the detriment of the other
California drought an opportunity for Canadian agriculture
Reading Time: 4 minutes But banking only on a lower currency and inexpensive input costs not enough to build our competitive advantage
The glaring imbalance in Metro Vancouver’s transit plebiscite
Reading Time: 3 minutes Vast majority do not use public transit but are expected to pay for it with higher taxes on many of their day-to-day expenses
The relationship between poverty and health in Canada
Reading Time: 4 minutes Low income limits an individual’s opportunity to achieve their full health potential because it limits choices