Reading Time: 3 minutes Despite vast revenue sources – from taxes to extortion to the sale of antiquities to ramsom – the terrorist group faces a cash crunch
Category: Politics
Return on CPP contributions still meagre after expansion
Reading Time: 3 minutes Younger Canadians especially will continue to receive a meagre return
Democratic reform requires democratic consent
Reading Time: 3 minutes When it comes to options like proportional representation, e-voting and lowering the age of voters, we all deserve a voice
Pokémon Go . . . Away
Reading Time: 3 minutes With so many problems confronting the world, why are so many people obsessing about something as insignificant as Pokémon Go?
More hawkish Trudeau is a welcome change
Reading Time: 4 minutes No matter how distasteful it may be to some, the change in Trudeau’s worldview – from pacifist to “warmonger” – was long overdue
Nice attack symptomatic of an evolving Islamic State
Reading Time: 4 minutes With the tide turning against it on the battlefield, ISIS is returning to a campaign of indiscriminate urban violence
Stronger IP protection for biologic medicine could save lives
Reading Time: 3 minutes Biologic medicines are difficult and expensive to develop, and Canadia’s weak intellectual property protections are making it even harder
Turmoil in the South China Sea
Reading Time: 3 minutes China’s ambitions in the South China Sea will have far-reaching international implications well into the future
A simple solution to the high cost of housing
Reading Time: 3 minutes Cutting local red tape will increase housing stock and reduce prices in Toronto, Vancouver and beyond
GOP, British Conservatives lost touch with their base
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s a lot easier for the base to get itself a new elite than for the elite to find itself a new base