Reading Time: 3 minutes Conservative partisans detest the prime minister because he’s really good at visuals. And conservative politicians generally aren’t
Month: November 2017
The ugly tug of war for control of the NFL
Reading Time: 3 minutes If Roger Goodell were a quarterback in his league, we’d say he’s slow to react to pressure and always making bad reads in coverage
Children with disabilities data out of date
Reading Time: 4 minutes We lack critical information on the diverse and often unmet needs of Canadian children with disabilities, as well as the out-of-pocket costs paid by families
While we focus on sexual abuse, we can’t forget power abuse
Reading Time: 3 minutes Power abuse comes in many shapes and sizes. We need to put systems in place to control it
Future work: intelligence everywhere but few humans on the job
Reading Time: 3 minutes The next decade will see unprecedented changes in the workforce. Jobs will vanish and new jobs won’t at all resemble those they replace
Upstart party could turn Alberta politics on its head
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Alberta Party hopes to slip into the great divide between the polarized left and right with big-tent policies free of the old PC baggage
It’s the religious who tend most to favour diversity
Reading Time: 3 minutes Non-believers overwhelmingly believe every religious community in Canada, especially Muslims and evangelical Christians, hurt the country
On board but not bored: why committee work makes a difference
Reading Time: 3 minutes The best boards reflect Canada’s diversity of gender, age, ethnicity, language, regionality, background and enthusiasm for the cause
Campaign to abolish nuclear weapons disconnected from reality
Reading Time: 3 minutes Although expensive and complicated, nuclear weapons are essentially an old technology that can’t be uninvented
Newfoundland needs a legislative budget officer
Reading Time: 4 minutes While no single solution will resolve the province’s fiscal crisis, an LBO would ensure that elected officials are informed in their deliberations