Reading Time: 3 minutes While the budget is entitled “Building a Stronger Middle Class”, the government’s own projections prove the opposite is actually occurring
Month: March 2017
Federal budget punts major policy decisions to another day
Reading Time: 4 minutes Instead of a wait-and-see budget, the government could have been proactive and taken steps to carve out a clear economic agenda
Alberta NDP rejects prosperous polices of the Chretien era
Reading Time: 4 minutes Approach reminiscent of the failed deficit-reduction strategies of Alberta governments throughout the 1970s and 1980s
24 happy hours in a Samara state of mind
Reading Time: 5 minutes At the end of another beautiful day, we sink into our chairs, our drinks in hand, and get into what I can only call a Samara state of mind
Radical Jack and the birth of modern Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes Spare a thought for Lord Durham, an unlikely Englishman who played a significant role in the events leading up to Confederation
Investing in children to stop the scourge of extremism
Reading Time: 3 minutes Through education young people can be made aware of how they’ll be used and exploited by the people who pretend to care for them
Hiking capital gains taxes will soak middle class too
Reading Time: 3 minutes A rate hike will lighten the wallets of many middle-income Canadians who realize a large one-time capital gain
What medicines do we really need in Canada?
Reading Time: 3 minutes As well as providing patients with critical medications when they need them, an essential medicines list helps patients get the right medicine
Funding help alone won’t ensure more students succeed
Reading Time: 3 minutes Bridging the socio-economic gap in poor schools to improve literacy and math skills will ultimately give young people a leg up in post-secondary institutions
Brazil and the mother of all food fraud cases
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada, as one of Brazil’s main livestock industry competitors, will likely gain from this scandal, but the industry should not become too complacent