Reading Time: 3 minutes There are a number of ways to cultivate positive empathy (ability to share other people’s joy): spending time with children and animals, and seeing beauty in art and athletics
Month: July 2017
Vive le Quebec libre, 50 years later
Reading Time: 3 minutes There was a swift response to Charles de Gaulle’s intrusion into Canadian affairs during the centennial summer of 50 years ago
Khadr settlement defies due process, insults Canadians
Reading Time: 4 minutes None of Khadr’s conspiracy allegations were proven in court, of course, because the Trudeau government sidestepped the public process and defied the rule of law
The dilemma of Omar Khadr
Reading Time: 4 minutes The child soldier argument may support Khadr’s repatriation, but whether the Liberal’s decision to pay him $10.5 million is politically wise remains to be seen
Khadr apology and settlement shameful
Reading Time: 3 minutes As many Canadians struggle on public assistance,. imagine how they feel as confessed terrorist Omar Khadr gets $10.5 million from the Trudeau government
Braying and screeching, Alberta style
Reading Time: 4 minutes The outsized Alberta reaction to Justin Trudeau forgetting that province is a prairie-style butt truffle. It’s stupid and it’s meaningless
Why so many Canadians seek out-of-country health care
Reading Time: 3 minutes Lack of available resources or procedures at home, desire to access more advanced technologies and to avoid Canada’s long wait times are chief among the reasons
Who benefits from an expanded CPP?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The government? Likely. High earners? Definitely. Middle-income earners? Unlikely. Low-income workers may even see a reduction in overall benefits
Paddling along B.C’s outer edge
Reading Time: 4 minutes Nuchatlitz offers a shallow lagoon system, dotted with islands, encircled by rocks and pinnacles with names like Danger Rock, Nuchatlitz Reef and Blind Reef
B.C. Greens should support Site C dam, for all British Columbians
Reading Time: 3 minutes Aboriginal rights are extremely important but, like any Charter right, they’re not absolute. They must be balanced against other competing critical interests