Reading Time: 3 minutes Solving this seemingly intractable problem should be quite simple, but simply increasing funding will only make the problems worse
Category: Life
Ontario politicians addicted to ill-fated pharmacare
Reading Time: 3 minutes Free prescription drugs skew people away from healthy lifestyles and spread the financial burden to taxpayers who don’t qualify for the drug plans
Indigenous middle class key to closing tragic cultural chasm
Reading Time: 3 minutes The large and growing Indigenous middle class has shown us the way, by successfully integrating without any loss of their Indigenous culture and identity
Stepping beyond stereotypes to right wrongs
Reading Time: 3 minutes The key is to focus on acceptable and unacceptable actions, not the ethnicity or gender of the actor
Investing with your conscience – and with common sense
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ethical investing is a bit broader than donating, since the benefits extend beyond supporting a cause to also expecting a financial return
Trial by tweet: heads drop in the basket without trial
Reading Time: 3 minutes The #MeToo movement has ushered in a revolution that discards hard-won concepts like the presumption of innocence and due process
Let’s stop gratuitously thrashing historical reputations
Reading Time: 3 minutes Emily Murphy should be celebrated for her accomplishments and how they changed Canadian society for the better, not reviled for her shortcomings
One step at a time: a simple solution to a better life
Reading Time: 4 minutes Create visions and not resolutions to take control of your life
Scrabble’s surprising benefits, from the mundane to the profound
Reading Time: 3 minutes Learn new words, hone your math skills, employ strategy … calm the restless mind, learn patience and humility
Eat more plants, less meat – improve your health and save the planet
Reading Time: 4 minutes Canada’s Food Guide revamp is good for people and the planet, thanks in great part to a new information-gathering process