Reading Time: 3 minutes The province succeeded in alleviating the suffering of patients who were waiting far too long for surgery
Month: May 2016
Grant programs fail to help the most needy students
Reading Time: 3 minutes 70 per cent of the RESP and CESG funds which were supposed to target needy students actually go to wealthy families
Canada facing an epidemic of overdiagnosis and overtreatment
Reading Time: 3 minutes Patients need to be empowered to ask about the risks caused by some tests and treatments, and whether they are really necessary
All-day breakfast wars coming to Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes Changing consumer needs open up a huge market in Canada, particularly for fast-food restaurants, but supply management a roadblock
Donald Trump can be beaten – with civility
Reading Time: 4 minutes Trump can and will be beaten because, after a while, average folks simply get tired of being at the circus all the time
In Canada, the ‘poor’ are getting richer faster than the ‘rich’
Reading Time: 3 minutes We have to stop spreading false stories about how only the “rich” get richer
Cut the overregulation for both taxis and Uber
Reading Time: 3 minutes To create a level playing field, Uber and taxi fees and regulations should be the same
What’s Alberta’s beef with Earls?
Reading Time: 3 minutes If Alberta’s industries can’t learn to embrace change in consumer demands, they will fail and no one will mourn their passing
This is no time to turn the clock back for education in Alberta
Reading Time: 3 minutes Diversity in schooling choice made Alberta a world leader in education, but that could all be coming to an end
Canada’s isolated Aboriginal communities can thrive
Reading Time: 3 minutes We can prevent tragedies like that in Attawapiskat by focusing on culture, connectivity and commerce