Reading Time: 4 minutes Draconian responses did more to kill the economic, social, spiritual and educational lives of citizens than stop fatalities
Author: Lee Harding
COVID-19 panic lacks scientific justification
Reading Time: 4 minutes The international lockdown is pointless and unnecessarily painful. Is this really a pandemic or just another round of the flu?
Are Canadians prepared if the power grid fails?
Reading Time: 4 minutes An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack could devastate modern society and result in massive casualties
Lies, damned lies and statistics
Reading Time: 4 minutes Given the billions of dollars and political agendas at stake, citizens should always take government stats with a measure of reserve
The sharp edge of progress cuts into transportation
Reading Time: 4 minutes Human ingenuity shouldn’t be held back. Ride-sharing services like Uber will have their day, then be nudged out by the next ingenious development
The sky’s the limit for helium industry
Reading Time: 4 minutes Until recently, helium demand was confined to the military, weather balloons and party balloons. Technological advancement has increased demand
Socialism doesn’t help community, it destroys it
Reading Time: 4 minutes When people believe it’s the government’s job to help someone, they stop doing it themselves
Indigenous economic success requires a new path
Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s time First Nations adopted property rights, economic development and self-governance
The jarring collision of transgender sports
Reading Time: 4 minutes How do we level the playing field when male-to-female athletes want to compete against biological females?
Canada fails internal, external defence expectations
Reading Time: 5 minutes From 5G concerns internally to military spending on equipment to contributions to NATO, Canada falls far short of pulling its weight