Reading Time: 3 minutes If he can’t figure out that his family’s involvement with the WE Charity was a conflict of interest, then he really does have an ethical blind spot
Month: December 2020
The tricky – and often absurd – business of trading with the EU
Reading Time: 3 minutes Since Canada established its agreement with the EU, the EU’s nonsensical barriers have stood in the way of businesses trading internationally
The congested logic behind congestion taxes
Reading Time: 4 minutes Vancouver is considering a tax on vehicles entering the downtown. It may well reduce pollution, but at what cost?
Last-minute gift ideas ideal for an unusual holiday season
Reading Time: 4 minutes Fitness trackers, webcams, tiny batteries, protective cases for your smartphone and cheaper ways to keep your house clean
Alberta’s politicians need to take a pay cut
Reading Time: 3 minutes Our politicians are asking Albertans to make massive sacrifices, but most don’t seem willing to make the same sacrifice
A legitimate demand for oil industry investment?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The International Energy Agency says sufficient long-term oil supplies ‘should not be taken for granted.’ Others are less optimistic about the future of the industry
Despite the alarmism, Covid-19 is not the Black Death
Reading Time: 4 minutes Instead of focusing on a problem concentrated in our long-term care facilities, politicians have closed vast swaths of our economy
If a team name is offensive, change it without delay
Reading Time: 3 minutes Why is the Cleveland baseball team waiting until 2022 to make the change? Let the healing begin now
Women less likely to die from COVID-19 than men
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hormones, chromosomes contribute to stronger immune response and better outcomes for female COVID-19 patients
What Jeopardy! teaches us about learning styles
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s important for schools to have a knowledge-rich curriculum that sequentially builds on knowledge year by year. Alex Trebek taught us that