Reading Time: 3 minutes Getting communities engaged in a potential project would allow the northern region to take control of its economic destiny
Category: Manitoba
Winnipeg’s statue cleansing a distortion of history
Reading Time: 4 minutes The mayor is misreading the events of the Northwest Rebellion and romanticizing a nasty moment in our country’s history
Municipalities, utilities on the front lines of extreme weather
Reading Time: 4 minutes Smart Energy Communities are not only more resilient, they also create new opportunities for local economic development, lower energy costs and a cleaner environment
Consumer trust in agriculture is waning
Reading Time: 4 minutes Organized, well-funded groups condemning farming practices on social media are winning the consumer trust battle
Epidemic of illegal firearms overwhelms Canadian cities
Reading Time: 5 minutes Corrections institutions are merely holding facilities with few effective rehabilitative programs. They must have programs for safe, effective reintegration
Municipalities must take the lead in getting the lead out
Reading Time: 5 minutes The astonishing levels of lead in Canada’s drinking water requires action. That means taking simple measures at the local level, aided by federal incentives
Rethink restrictions on private health insurance
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian patients are entitled to make informed choices about their health care. Private health insurance carries many benefits to the broader system
Trudeau tax relief plan will do little for economic growth
Reading Time: 3 minutes Because the government continues to borrow more money, the proposed tax cuts are not cuts at all but punts to future taxpayers
Take the jolt out of Manitoba’s excess power generation
Reading Time: 3 minutes Manitoba Hydro should look for ways to increase domestic demand by displacing non-renewable energy consumption
We can’t just throw money at crime prevention
Reading Time: 3 minutes We need to to treat the crisis of a growing prison population as a public health challenge rather than the narrower response being advocated