Reading Time: 3 minutes Across the globe, individuals, institutions and organizations are seeking ways to empower women. The changes wrought in the lives of women benefit everyone
Category: Viewpoint
Feds’ infrastructure plan unlikely to spur economic growth
Reading Time: 3 minutes Simply calling a project “infrastructure” does not automatically make it an economically worthwhile endeavour
Looking back at leadership: rating the U.S. presidents
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s no surprise the top spots go to the usual trio of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and Franklin D. Roosevelt. But things get interesting after that
Costco finds a willing and growing market in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes Same-store Canadian sales are up 8 per cent – higher than in any other country in which Costco operates. And the future looks even brighter
Ontario PCs still searching for real hydro and education policy options
Reading Time: 3 minutes PC leader Patrick Brown is still in the dark when it comes to hydro and education policy, proving he is not yet ready to form the next government
Parliament debating legislation to curb genetic discrimination
Reading Time: 3 minutes While genome analysis can alter the very practice of medicine, there is a fear it can be used to discriminate on the ground of genetic characteristics
Radical Islam and the war on terror: do names matter?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Terror is not an ideology or a set of beliefs. It’s not an organization, a government or a state against which one can wage war. Terror is a tactic
Just visiting: Kevin O’Leary’s candidacy is doomed
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s astonishing that the Conservative Party is now embracing Kevin O’Leary, another Boston resident like ill-fated Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff
Touchdown: an NFL franchise in Canada would score big
Reading Time: 3 minutes A Toronto team would easily sell out. New advertising revenue, jobs and industries would be created. Hotels, restaurants and bars would flourish
The myths and reality of infrastructure spending in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes The case for massive increases in government infrastructure spending doesn’t withstand scrutiny