Reading Time: 3 minutes Solving this seemingly intractable problem should be quite simple, but simply increasing funding will only make the problems worse
Month: February 2018
Why won’t Canada stand up to Purdue Pharma?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The opioid manufacturer admits to illegal activity in the U.S., stops ads there and pays hundreds of millions in penalties. In Canada, it’s business as usual
Debunking the myth of immigrant assimilation
Reading Time: 4 minutes Language, religious laws and practices, cultural and culinary traditions all function to discourage, prevent or, at the very least, slow down assimilation
For Olympic success emulate the freestylers
Reading Time: 4 minutes Based on the results in South Korea, Canada’s formula for future Olympic success is obvious
Polar opposites: where’s the middle ground in politics?
Reading Time: 5 minutes By better understanding how various political factions differ, perhaps we can help close some fundamental gaps in society
Pipe dreams: Taking pipeline obstructionism to a whole new level
Reading Time: 3 minutes B.C.’s government seems intent on crippling the Canadian economy and tearing apart inter-provincial relations
Ontario politicians addicted to ill-fated pharmacare
Reading Time: 3 minutes Free prescription drugs skew people away from healthy lifestyles and spread the financial burden to taxpayers who don’t qualify for the drug plans
Patrick Clown show notwithstanding, Ontario PCs favoured to win
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Ontario PCs have a legitimate chance to form the next provincial government, despite Patrick Brown’s distracting presence in the leadership race
Patrick Brown roller-coaster comes to a screeching halt
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Ontario PC once and would-be leader finally pulls the plug on his aspirations after a wildly unpredictable ride
Will Trudeau keep his promise to balance the budget?
Reading Time: 3 minutes He can, by following in Jean Chretien’s footsteps and finding savings through a comprehensive review of its programs