Reading Time: 3 minutes A collection of labour organizations, environmentalists and other groups oppose CETA by ignoring the economic benefits and concentrating on other factors
Category: Viewpoint
Yet another Syrian ceasefire without good prospects
Reading Time: 3 minutes Even if the U.S. succeeds in rolling back the Islamic State, one or more rebel alliances committed to Sharia law will rise up in its place
Secret ballot, greater financial transparency empower workers
Reading Time: 3 minutes Without the anonymity of a secret ballot, union organizers may pressure workers into supporting certification
Social support greatest predictor of long-term happiness
Reading Time: 3 minutes We all need help in figuring things out
Pack journalism and the corresponding need for skepticism
Reading Time: 3 minutes From Brexit to the U.S. presidential election, it’s important to filter what you read in order to reach something approximating the truth
If health-care innovation is key, set the provinces free
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada ranks among the most expensive universal health-care systems but has fewer medical resources and some of the longest wait times
Control the values debate, win the election
Reading Time: 4 minutes Should the Canadian government screen potential immigrants for anti-Canadian values as part of its normal screening for refugees and landed immigrants?
Changing Canada’s voting system will dilute voter power
Reading Time: 3 minutes Schemes to produce a majority where there is none prevent voters from deciding and holding those they elect accountable
Identity politics Conservatives’ biggest Achilles’ heel
Reading Time: 3 minutes Kellie Leitch’s decision to enter the lion’s den of identity politics has pushed the Tories into a conversation best avoided
Cracking open Canada’s health-care oyster
Reading Time: 3 minutes Court case in B.C. will force us to look with real clarity at our health system and how it measures up to others around the world