Reading Time: 3 minutes Test results show Canadian education systems, administered by the provinces, produce better-equipped students than the single U.S. system
Month: December 2016
Brad Wall should not ignore the call of duty
Reading Time: 3 minutes There is an extremely high probability that if Wall entered the Conservative leadership race, he would win
B.C. business tax ball now in Clark’s court
Reading Time: 3 minutes After accounting for all factors, B.C. has one of the highest overall tax rates on new investment in Canada and the developed world
A skiffle of snow brings Vancouver to its knees
Reading Time: 3 minutes If Vancouverites can’t even handle a bit of snow, how will they ever deal with an earthquake?
Alberta in long, slow slide to attract investment
Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta’s continuing decline in the eyes of investors should be cause for concern
We cannot afford the cost of ignoring poverty
Reading Time: 3 minutes A society with no poverty would be healthier, happier and easier to live in – and would save us all money in the end
King Edward’s sorry path to abdication
Reading Time: 3 minutes Scandalous episode that rocked U.K. seems unbelievable today
Finding meaning through the eyes of a survivor
Reading Time: 3 minutes Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl helps students embrace some of life’s most fundamental lessons
Atlantic Canada’s oversized public sector
Reading Time: 3 minutes Money can be saved by paring the size of the public sector, finding efficiencies, privatizing some services and controlling wages
Carbon pricing a triumph of ideology over reason
Reading Time: 4 minutes Pricing carbon is based on Canada joining a worldwide effort, but going it alone while partners refuse is a triumph of ideology over reason