Reading Time: 3 minutes If electricity prices keep rising at their current rate, the trade-offs that families have to make will become increasingly difficult to manage
Category: Life
In the fight for kids’ attention, parents don’t stand a chance
Reading Time: 3 minutes Study shows Canadian kids see more than 25 million online food and beverage ads a year – mostly for junk food. It’s time for that to end
Concerns over household debt in Canada are overblown
Reading Time: 3 minutes The drop in interest rates has been so significant that the interest burden of servicing debt has declined as a share of income, despite growing household debt
An open and shut case: how the backfire effect closes minds
Reading Time: 3 minutes When evidence contradicts our deeply-held beliefs, we tend not to change our viewpoint but to become more entrenched
The Summer of Love was a media event, not a revolution
Reading Time: 3 minutes People across the globe, of all classes, loved the music but could live without the hippy idea, thank you very much
The hard truth about soft economic policy
Reading Time: 3 minutes You don’t have to be an economist to know that rising interest rates will hurt a lot of Canadians but especially young families
Satisfaction comes with sharing other people’s joy
Reading Time: 3 minutes There are a number of ways to cultivate positive empathy (ability to share other people’s joy): spending time with children and animals, and seeing beauty in art and athletics
Who benefits from an expanded CPP?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The government? Likely. High earners? Definitely. Middle-income earners? Unlikely. Low-income workers may even see a reduction in overall benefits
Charting an inclusive, nurturing future for all Canadians
Reading Time: 3 minutes In celebrating Canada’s history, we recognize our accomplishments and we acknowledge our challenges which, if overcome, will ensure our future
Canada’s landscapes a source of inspiration
Reading Time: 3 minutes These are the great vistas that I consider spiritually charged, that speak about transcendence, that imbue a sense of the sacred, that stir the receptive soul