“In less than two years, my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country,” President Trump told the United Nations. His overstatement inspired some chuckles, to which he quipped, “So true…Didn’t expect that...
Year: 2018
Recycled Ideas
Winnipeg is building a bigger recycling plant. Estimated $30 Million Dollars. Despite recycling volumes being static for years. So why build a new one? Recycling is facing an uncertain future as recycling standards are in flux, the current quality recyclables may be...
Profile Series: Lily Stender
For Lily Stender, 49, Māori business leader, being a trustee of the Tolaga Bay Inn is a way to place the historic enterprise in Māori ownership as well as foster economic, cultural and social development in the local community. “When we acquired it, making money was...
The Ukrainian Voice
“Be proud of your heritage - be passionate about your country”, the motto of The Ukrainian Voice, a Winnipeg based newspaper that recently ceased operations. First published in 1910, it was the leading advocate for Ukrainians in Canada. In this digital age it couldn’t...
Featured News
The Renewable Part of Hydrogen is the Hype
Once again, the world is staging ClimateFest 26, aka the United Nations Conference of the Parties, where peddlers of alternative energy schemes try to plunge their dippers into the river of climate change funding that flows around the world. This funding is generated...
Small Gestures Speak Louder than Great Deeds
The age-old expression that actions speak louder than words conveys an important insight: character is best judged through action. Anyone can say or promise anything but doing requires ability and skill, discipline and commitment. So, the simplest test of character is...
Housing Affordability From Vancouver To Sydney To Toronto: Time To Do What Works
The front page of The Wall Street Journal cited the difficulty of cities (Note 1) trying to stop the escalation of house prices “Western Cities Try, and Fail, To Slow Chinese Home Buying.” The more descriptive online headline said: Western Cities Want to Slow Flood of...
Happy New Zealand’s Suicide Problem
New Zealand is a country that is consistently rated on the U.N. “Happiness Index” as a country that has one of the happiest populations on the planet. And yet, amidst all this happiness there is very deep unhappiness as well - because New Zealand is now also the...
What Protects Workers From Being Exploited by Businesses?
Some people think it’s the government that protects workers, through minimum wage laws and regulations that ensure workers get a decent living wage and good working conditions. But in reality, minimum wages and labour regulations don’t protect workers at all. Quite...
The Environment: A True Story Part 17 – Model It Anyway
Part 17 of John Robson's documentary comparing climate change alarmism with widely accepted facts about the past state and present condition of the Earth.
The Reactionary Entrenchment and Expansion of the Existing Indigenous System
While the Prime Minister is a sincere man who honestly believes that he is doing the right thing by introducing legislation that will permanently entrench the system of indigenous separateness that the chiefs are insistent on both maintaining and expanding. He has...
Here is a simple phrase: “Some good came from Residential Schools”. It’s an undeniably true statement and if you don’t believe it, listen to the words of native playwright Tomson Highway: “There are many very successful people today that went to those schools and have...
Will the CRTC Ever Join the 21st Century?
By: Peter Menzies June 4, 2018 The CRTC, through the recommendations in its Harnessing Change report released last Thursday, has risked setting back communications regulation by at least a decade and likely made an error in approach that will define...
The Legacy of Pierre Elliott Trudeau
The legacy of Pierre Elliott Trudeau is a controversial one. Some of us who lived through his years of leadership worship the man--others still despise him for The National Energy Program and The War Measures Act. Nevertheless, every Canadian knows his name. His is...
EDC’s Lack of Cash Threatens Taxpayers
Currently, Export Development Corporation (EDC) is unable to convert its reported profits into cash, posing an increasing risk to Canadian taxpayers. Moreover, EDC has been funding ventures that are normally considered too risky for commercial banks to handle. EDC is...