Reading Time: 3 minutes GM CEO Charles Wilson established a pension plan that would invest in the broader U.S. economy to ensure the protection of his workers’ pensions
Month: May 2016
Genetically-modified salmon set to hit the market
Reading Time: 3 minutes Labelling regulations need to be modified so consumers have final word on the technology
A tax on sugar-sweetened beverages not the answer to obesity
Reading Time: 3 minutes To tackle obesity in Canada, we need strategies that offer health education and support, not another tax on the poor
Atlantic provinces should join western free-trade deal
Reading Time: 3 minutes An east-west trade confederation would harmonize a variety of standards, saving time and money and removing roadblocks to economic growth
Don’t blame seniors for Atlantic Canada’s economic difficulties
Reading Time: 4 minutes Instead, it has too few young workers due to a slow economy, caused largetly by government policies
Something changed for the Liberals the night of ‘elbowgate’
Reading Time: 4 minutes When the prime minister intentionally grabbed and yanked the Conservative whip, it met the Criminal Code definition of assault
Liberals’ electoral reform would stack the deck in their favour
Reading Time: 3 minutes The aim of the Liberals’ proposed shift to preferential balloting is a simple power grab aimed to keep them in power for years to come
Why Britain’s exit from the EU wouldn’t make sense
Reading Time: 4 minutes Brexit proponents fail to recognize how important Europe is to Britain’s economy, and how critical Britain is to Europe’s stability
Good teachers matter more than small class size
Reading Time: 3 minutes Reducing class sizes is a costly initiative with little payback
Health reform in Ontario must include oral health
Reading Time: 3 minutes Government urged to require its 14 Local Health Integration Networks be responsible for oral health services for vulnerable populations