Gender roles in Canadian society have changed dramatically over the decades. With women participating more fully in the workforce, men are taking on more of the responsibility of child care. Despite this change in family dynamics, the courts still treat mothers...
Year: 2014
Teachers deserve to be treated as professionals
It’s not easy being a teacher. Teachers receive most of the blame when things go wrong, but they are powerless to make real changes in the system. That’s because they have little choice but to follow the directives of administrators who impose unproven fads on them....
Conversation with David Vardy
David Vardy holds degrees in Economics from Memorial University, the University of Toronto and Princeton University. He was a member of the economics faculty at Queen’s University before returning to Newfoundland and Labrador to serve as a senior public servant for...
The Failed Science of Global Warming! A Need to Reconsider Climate Change
Power Point presentation from The Failed Science of Global Warming! A Need to Reconsider Climate Change. A Breakfast on the Frontier event held in Winnipeg on May 15, 2014 with Madhav Khandekar. View the entire Power Point Presentation here.
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Trust is the Foundation of Authority
The heartbreaking death of Nathanael Spitzer, the cancer-stricken boy from Ponoka, exposed a most callous streak in Alberta’s medical bureaucracy. There is no forgiving how Alberta Health Services appallingly used a child’s death to promote yet more COVID-19 fear. ...
Apple’s “Security” Pitch Conveniently Protects the iOS-Android Duopoly
In October, Apple Inc. warned that draft rules from the European Union that would require the technology company to open up its mobile operating system to third-party apps would pose a security risk to its users. Expanding on comments already made by CEO Tim Cook, a...
Harper wandering in a foreign policy wilderness
The Canadian Government faces a number of serious questions regarding its policy agenda. The 2013 Throne Speech last October was less than inspiring, with very few new ideas and what seems to be an overall lack of a guiding vision for Canada. While the government...
Minneapolis: A Model for Canadian Prairie Cities
Winter is challenging for Prairie residents, particularly those with limited mobility. Residents can attest to the fact that life is vastly different at -35c than at -10c. Minneapolis, MN provides lessons for how Prairie cities in Canada can promote mobility in the...
Rex Murphy calls on energy companies to stop apologising and be proud of their achievements
Broadcaster Rex Murphy gave a fantastic speech a few weeks ago to the Bennett Jones Lake Louise World Cup Business Forum. He gave a rousing speech calling on energy companies to stand up to the environmental lobby that wants to shut them down. "I am tired of the bowed...
High-Speed Rail Not Best Use of Taxpayer Money on the Prairies
There is renewed discussion in Alberta about building a high-speed rail link between Calgary and Edmonton. The idea has been around in one form or another for more than 30 years, but experience elsewhere in the world suggests that a high-speed train on the Canadian...