Reading Time: 3 minutes Today, unlike during the Soviet era, principled conversation is impossible, and that’s dangerous
Month: May 2015
Canada’s first “great political debate” was a dud
Reading Time: 3 minutes Held in 1968, just like today the parties manoeuvred for advantage in establishing the ground rules
Are public appeals for a live organ donor fair?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Public appeals help raise awareness of the great need for live donors to come forward
The revenge of the food consumer
Reading Time: 3 minutes The USDA has decided to act on growing pressure and establish a voluntary program to label food products with non-GMO content
First Nations developing new tool for self-governance
Reading Time: 3 minutes Community-based constitutions create economic stability by enabling business investors to seek legal recourse if a business defaults on a loan
Canada’s $500-million drug problem
Reading Time: 3 minutes Piecemeal drug insurance coverage costs cities – and taxpayers – plenty
Jean Vanier found humanity in the disabled
Reading Time: 3 minutes His organization, L’Arche, is a sign of hope for the world, demonstrating that people of different cultures, religions and abilities can live together in peace
Politics, prime ministers and pariahs
Reading Time: 3 minutes Betraying the electorate triggers powerful negative emotions
Decaying social infrastructure leading to social isolation
Reading Time: 3 minutes The complex networks of relationships that make up the deep operating system of our common lives is being taken for granted
Albertans only receiving pennies per barrel for their oil
Reading Time: 4 minutes Oil industry doesn’t have a leg to stand on when it comes to a royalty review