Reading Time: 3 minutes Despite promises to end the reliance on resource royalties, Rachel Notley’s government keeps piling up the debt and looking to the same revenue source
Month: March 2018
Clearing the air: How industry should respond to public concerns
Reading Time: 4 minutes In Prince George, Canfor accepted the challenge to address pollution issues. Other businesses can and should follow suit to deal with social conflicts
Alberta crushed beneath a growing mountain of debt
Reading Time: 3 minutes The slow path to balance means the province will continue adding debt by the bucketful for many years, penalizing future taxpayers
Painting a masterpiece: the art of dissent in search of truth
Reading Time: 3 minutes Freedom of expression in the arts is as fragile as freedom of the press, and it’s just as vital to human rights as freedom of thought
A flicker of hope in Canada’s gloomy energy climate
Reading Time: 3 minutes B.C.’s proposed tax incentive plan for an LNG facility in Kitimat is a step forward. But more must happen to revitalize Canada’s economy
Search for the just and the reasonable is not a beauty pageant
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada’s public institution boards may not be democracy in action, but ultimately they’re obliged to heed the public and their political masters
Open for business? Not B.C.
Reading Time: 4 minutes B.C. government sending all the wrong signals to investors, which could lead to a rude economic awakening
Death’s tug of war with mystery and science
Reading Time: 4 minutes If you want technology as a friend, learn its values, side effects and track record. Particularly when discussing issues like medical aid in dying
On thin ice: the NHL’s Canadian teams are mostly a mess
Reading Time: 4 minutes There’s plenty of blame to go around but only one certainty: the nation will rally around the Toronto Maple Leafs – right?
Taking aim at pointless anti-gun marches
Reading Time: 3 minutes March as you see fit but gun control isn’t the answer. Democracy will sort out reasonable gun rights changes