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Month: November 2017

There is no ‘us’ or ‘them. Polarization is a myth we can escape

There is only a diverse and beautiful ‘we:’ we can be confident we’ll find the answers we’re looking for as we move forward together

Published November 30, 2017
Categorised as Viewpoint, Life, Today Tagged Self improvement, Capitalism

Communism’s pernicious influence persists despite the best evidence

On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, some romantics still embrace the fallacies of communism and its sister socialism

Published November 30, 2017
Categorised as Viewpoint, Politics, World Tagged History, Communism, Socialism, Russia, Idealogues, Income Inequality, Capitalism, Soviet Union

Canada unprepared for an aging population

The adverse consequences of an aging population – deficits, debt and slowing economic growth – can be mitigated with prompt action

Published November 30, 2017
Categorised as Viewpoint, Life, Politics Tagged Canadian economy, Trudeau government, Government debt and deficit, Labour, Demographics

How alcohol is killing Aboriginal Canadians

In his important book Firewater, Harold Johnson talks about the enormous problem of alcohol abuse that plagues so many Indigenous communities

Published November 29, 2017
Categorised as Books, Viewpoint, Manitoba, Politics Tagged Aboriginal Canadians, Child care, Addiction, Drug abuse

Ontario’s wrong-headed energy policy burns 75,000 jobs

workers construction labour trades work

The province’s manufacturing sector may find itself even less competitive soon due to developments in the United States

Published November 29, 2017
Categorised as Ontario, Viewpoint, Business, Politics Tagged Ontario economy, Manufacturing, Wynne government, Natural Gas, Coal, Ontario politics, Energy sector, Jobs

Keystone XL approval errs on side of safety

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One spill is too many but pipelines are much safer than rail for transporting oil

Published November 29, 2017
Categorised as Business, Politics, Environment, Viewpoint, Alberta, Eye on BC Tagged BC economy, Energy sector, Canadian economy, Pipelines, Keystone, Alberta economy

Fossil fuels remain key to energy future, according to report

The U.S. is eager to grab new business, which underscores the urgent need for Canada to secure access to offshore markets for our oil and gas

Published November 29, 2017
Categorised as Business, Politics, Environment, Viewpoint, Alberta, Eye on BC Tagged Alberta economy, BC economy, Canadian economy, Investor Insight, LNG, Natural Gas

Indigenous tourism is relatively untouched but the potential is vast

First Nations should take an inventory of their cultural, spiritual and ecological assets, then develop ways to present them to tourists

Published November 28, 2017
Categorised as Business, Viewpoint Tagged Aboriginal Canadians, Aboriginal Business, Tourism

People’s Guarantee puts Brown on the road to election success

The Ontario Progressive Conservative leader has released a map for his election campaign that dovetails with broadly-held principles

Published November 28, 2017
Categorised as Viewpoint, Politics, Ontario Tagged Conservative Party, Ontario politics

Perhaps the worst cabinet minister in the history of Confederation

Just when you thought Melanie Joly couldn’t mess up anything else, she blew $5.6 million on a temporary rink on Parliament Hill

Published November 28, 2017
Categorised as Viewpoint, Politics Tagged Scandals, Trudeau government, Federal politics

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