Reading Time: 4 minutes One small change to the words of O Canada will remind us of our historic debt and help facilitate broader knowledge of Indigenous issues
Month: March 2018
What does the future hold for Calgary’s economy?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The economy is experiencing its most significant transformation since the industrial revolution. It’s time for Calgary to get creative
Canada’s phoney debate about carbon taxes
Reading Time: 3 minutes A carbon tax added on top of the various bans, subsidies and tariff we already have in place only worsens regulatory inefficiencies
The real culprit in Tina Fontaine’s death
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada’s dysfunctional reserve system has produced far too many marginalized and vulnerable girls and women
The black hole of increased funding for scientific research
Reading Time: 4 minutes Increasing investment in science is fine, but rarely does the investment seem to lead to an improvement in the lives of Canadians
Kate Harris’ Lands of Lost Borders a masterpiece
Reading Time: 3 minutes In Lands of Lost Borders, Kate Harris ruminates on 10 months aboard a bicycle along the Silk Road once conquered by Marco Polo
How do we end emergency room madness?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The simple solution to overcrowding in our hospitals is to allow Canadians to purchase health insurance that covers medically-necessary care
Balancing Alberta’s budget by 2023-24 isn’t good enough
Reading Time: 3 minutes Albertans have more debt, continued reliance on volatile natural resource revenue and higher taxes to look forward to
The double standards of the Boushie/Stanley case
Reading Time: 4 minutes The PM seems committed to adding to the differences between Indigenous people and the mainstream, instead of trying to dismantle a divisive system
Let me up, I’ve had enough … of rampant rudeness
Reading Time: 3 minutes Beside being tired of people playing the race card and gender inequality protests, I’m sick of people taking sides in an argument where they lack the basic facts