Reading Time: 4 minutes Post-truth nonsense about fossil fuels paints a dangerous, damaging and distorted picture of Canada’s energy use and production
Year: 2017
Don’t just rebuild houses, build ’em better
Reading Time: 3 minutes Building better, unfortunately, inevitably costs more than taking the path of least resistance so government financial help will be required
Indigenous people are not the ‘ghosts of history’
Reading Time: 4 minutes By honouring treaties and the rights they bestow, Canada can go a long way toward restoring pride, respect and dignity to indigenous peoples
Canadian citizenship is only 70 years old
Reading Time: 3 minutes Until 1947, Canadians were still considered British subjects, albeit living in an independent, self-governing country
Exploring the world of the cars of the future
Reading Time: 4 minutes Sales of cars of the future will be less about than one-off product sales than a digital service platform with recurring revenue streams
Workers over 65 should be entitled to employer health plans
Reading Time: 3 minutes Keeping employees healthy and productive is critical, so what do we save when employee health benefits are cut for staff who are seniors?
Highway robbery: the case against toll roads
Reading Time: 3 minutes The argument in favour of tolls in Toronto fails on several levels, even for those whose fiscal persuasion is conservative
Liberal international order unravelling like a cheap carpet
Reading Time: 3 minutes Our comfortable assumptions about a liberal international order and a robust free-market economy are unravelling in a hurry; but there is hope
Is Obama sticking around to protect his legacy?
Reading Time: 3 minutes In the determined hands of the Trump administration, much of the legacy of the Obama presidency may end up on the cutting room floor