Reading Time: 7 minutes Creating a greater divide between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians is not likely to benefit people in the long run
Month: May 2018
Alberta sinks deeper into a sea of red ink
Reading Time: 3 minutes The more the government spends on servicing its debt, the less is left over for priorities that Albertans value such as health care
The importance of compliments
Reading Time: 3 minutes From kind, and specific praise to participation medals for children, some gestures really matter in forming positive lives
The much-delayed wakening of Rip Van Willard
Reading Time: 4 minutes Our erstwhile hero is roused from an almost-35-year slumber to find that much has changed – and some things never change
Priming the pump of bad incentives in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes The nationalization of a project with massive profit potential like Trans Mountain is an admission that Canada’s regulatory system is badly – if not entirely – broken
A global uprising against rape case injustices
Reading Time: 7 minutes Something is deeply wrong with our legal and political systems in which the accuser and not the accused is on trial
The need to nurture a skills economy
Reading Time: 4 minutes We can’t talk about the future of work without also talking about the future of education
NFL tackled for a loss by Trump
Reading Time: 5 minutes By taking on NFL players over their anthem protests, the president shows he understands their fans better than they do
Marx was wrong: communism did not lead to a better society
Reading Time: 3 minutes The stronger the application of communist ideologies and practices, the worse the outcomes
How to spur entrepreneurship in an aging population
Reading Time: 4 minutes Policy levers can strengthen incentives for entrepreneurship and improve the likelihood of successful new business startups