Reading Time: 4 minutes The WE mess shows sunny ways have been replaced with dark days of the same old cronyism in the halls of power
Author: Doug Firby
Doug Firby is an award-winning editorial writer with more than four decades of experience working for newspapers, magazines and online publications in Ontario and western Canada. Previously, he served as Editorial Page Editor at the Calgary Herald.
The big question about Alberta referendums is why?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The government has all the information it needs if it’s going to appeal to the rest of Canada for a fairer equalization deal
Half measures won’t solve the problem with police
Reading Time: 5 minutes It’s time to reduce funding to police and reallocate those dollars to more proactive ways to reduce crime
Why today’s police are failing ‘to serve and protect’
Reading Time: 4 minutes Too often, the action is grossly disproportionate to the need. There’s something deeply wrong with the way some police operate
Secret audio file answers Trudeau’s 21-second mystery
Reading Time: 4 minutes There are people behind the scenes working hard to provide answers to hard questions, even if they’re hard to unravel
Some day soon, we have to stand up to China
Reading Time: 4 minutes We must be prepared to stand our ground and face whatever economic and political consequences that may follow
No, the government spending spree can’t go on for ever
Reading Time: 4 minutes The notion that we can pile on debt ad infinitum is at the very least counterintuitive. In fact, it just seems reckless
It all adds up: First a pandemic, then a ‘magic’ solution
Reading Time: 4 minutes It doesn’t take a rocket surgeon to figure out we’ve been had on this whole pandemic thing
The COVID-19 crisis is a gift for savvy politicians
Reading Time: 3 minutes Trudeau, for example, has learned that just standing in front of a mic and sounding sincere is about all he needs to do to emerge a political winner
Surrender your civil rights? There’s an app for that
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadians will co-operate to stop the spread of COVID-19. But that shouldn’t mean forgoing fundamental rights