Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada’s Food Guide needs to be revamped to reflect the nation’s shifting eating habits, our varied cultural needs and our growing obesity
Month: December 2016
Ontario’s ‘recovery’ claims ignore lingering pain
Reading Time: 3 minutes Rosy rhetoric in economic statement just tells story of Greater Golden Horseshoe
Electoral reform promise is too easily broken
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Liberals have to start making the tough decisions on what electoral reform should look like, then put it before Canadians in a referendum
Trudeau’s honeymoon’s not over, the tired metaphor is
Reading Time: 4 minutes He may be imperfect, but compared to the alternatives to the south and the east, Trudeau’s popularity can only grow
Pipeline approvals a victory for the safe transport of oil
Reading Time: 3 minutes Studies show that pipelines are the safest mode of oil transportation in terms of risk to humans and the environment
Did Trudeau count on political rookie to kill electoral reform?
Reading Time: 3 minutes A bizarre theory has been making the rounds in Ottawa that the Trudeau government never intended to pass electoral reform legislation
U.S. Democrats are foolish to sell Trump short
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Democratic Party seriously underestimated Trump during the election. Their intent on continuing to do so is only good news for the Republicans
Donald Trump’s irrational tax-cut obsession
Reading Time: 3 minutes The rich all over the world already hide their profits and dodge taxes on a regular basis, so what will be gained by cutting U.S. taxes?
Finding new markets will ease impact of U.S. protectionism
Reading Time: 3 minutes As Canada integrates more and more into the global economy, it will matter to us less and less that the United States withdraws
The silver lining to the incessant grey clouds
Reading Time: 4 minutes A tall stack of books is slowly being winnowed down as the rain booms on the roof, and we read quietly to the crackling fire in the fireplace