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Month: November 2017

Seniors migration costs B.C. $7.2 billion in health-care expenses

Migrating seniors are likely to have paid most of their lifetime taxes in one province while consuming most of their health care in another

Published November 27, 2017
Categorised as Viewpoint, Eye on BC, Politics, Health Tagged Taxation, Senior care, BC Health care, Health care funding

Patients being kept in the dark about best treatment plans

To fight costs, Canadian patients are being denied coverage for biologics until all other (less expensive and less effective) measures are explored

Published November 27, 2017
Categorised as Viewpoint, Life, Science, Health Tagged Health care reform, Cancer

Grocers seek to restock the industry with innovation

Recent Canadian grocery sector layoffs are about redefining business models more than trimming costs

Published November 27, 2017
Categorised as Business, Viewpoint Tagged Food industry, Innovation, Groceries

The day I was mistaken for Robert Mugabe

My first instinct was to reverse rapidly out of the courtyard and melt away into the busy streets. But when was I going to get another shot at these guys?

Published November 27, 2017
Categorised as Viewpoint, Politics, World Tagged Dictatorship, Totalitarianism, Zimbabwe

Fed’s Clean Fuel Standards will kill jobs: Just look at Ontario

The soon to-be-announced clean fuel regulations are just the latest example of politicians catering to climate activists

Published November 26, 2017
Categorised as Business, Politics, Environment, Viewpoint Tagged Jobs, Trudeau government, Environmental extremism, Alternate energy, Clean technology

Angry times require rational argument

But in the time of Trump, there is too little reasoned articulation of viewpoints and too much posturing and pouting. It puts us all at risk

Published November 26, 2017
Categorised as Technology, Viewpoint, Politics, World Tagged USA, Donald Trump, Social Media

The flap over tailings pond bird deaths lacks perspective

It’s just plain crazy to let ‘I-hate-oilsands’ activists frame our national energy agenda based on an immaterial number of bird deaths

Published November 26, 2017
Categorised as Alberta, Business, Environment, Science Tagged Environmental extremism, Alberta environment, Alberta economy, Energy sector

‘Just spend more’ is not sound fiscal policy

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The federal government is digging a perilously deep debt hole that will take Canadian taxpayers years to climb out of

Published November 24, 2017
Categorised as Viewpoint, Politics Tagged Trudeau government, Government debt and deficit

Looking backward to predict future investment performance

Be sure to read the fine print if you see a variable-rate investment such as an ETF or a mutual fund advertising what looks like a promised future return

Published November 24, 2017
Categorised as Business, Life, Your Money Tagged Personal Finance, Investor Insight

Attacks on hydraulic fracturing in B.C. defy settled science 

A public inquiry will simply play into the hands of those who oppose energy production in B.C., depriving the province of significant economic benefits

Published November 23, 2017
Categorised as Viewpoint, Eye on BC, Business, Politics, Environment, Science Tagged BC economy, Environmental extremism, Fracking, BC environment, BC politics

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