Reading Time: 3 minutes KINSELLA: Canada must do all that it can to survive, and prosper, in the coming Trump era
Year: 2017
Star power loses its lustre when talking politics
Reading Time: 3 minutes Meryl Streep’s misplaced speech at the Golden Globes demonstrates why most conservatives dislike Hollywood
Why the Alberta Advantage was flawed from the beginning
Reading Time: 3 minutes Any economic strategy needs to focus on helping all Albertans over the long term, and counting on a volatile energy industry is not the answer
Hats off to Canada’s education system
Reading Time: 3 minutes Our students and their teachers deserve praise for exceptional PISA test results, but Canadians need to make continued education a priority
Move health research out of the academy and into the community
Reading Time: 4 minutes Health changes require greater input by people trained to create a difference – and that’s not happening in Canada
Feds should eliminate special tax preferences but ….
Reading Time: 3 minutes … not to simply increase revenue but to use the extra revenue to reduce overall tax rates
The lessons I learned from the year just passed
Reading Time: 3 minutes While the annual ritual of thinking up New Year’s Resolutions is starting to leave me cold, I did learn a few things from 2016
The battle for Mosul inches forward
Reading Time: 4 minutes So far, Islamic State forces have stopped short of using civilians as a buffer between its and the advancing Iraqi military
The press is losing touch with the real world – and its audience
Reading Time: 4 minutes The line between editorial and opinion has disappeared, carried away by crusaders who see reporting as a calling to advance causes, not facts
Internet of things will sow a bumper crop on farms
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian farms will become much more efficient, contributing more to global food systems and increasing food sector profitability