Former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien was interviewed on CBC Radio on May 31, 2018. Although he is now 84 years old, he sounds today just like the feisty, former street fighter he was. From a very young backbencher, through many cabinet posts, and finally to a Prime...
In 2012 two brothers left good jobs to pursue a business idea. They knew that most restaurants do not deliver, and that consumers increasingly order goods and services on-line. They suspected that car owners might want to earn extra income. They connected these dots...
On August 29, 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a press release “EPA Acting Administrator tours Ohio to promote ACE rule,” his proposed Affordable Clean Energy rule. According to the release, the Trump Administration’s proposed rule will...
For Māori business leader Bailey Mackey, entrepreneurs are born, not made. “You either have it or you don’t,” said the award-winning producer and CEO of Pango Productions, a production company he founded that is involved in TV and movie productions around the world....
Space exploration is fraught with a wide variety of hazards; solar storms could irradiate astronauts, collisions with small, unseen objects could cause instant death, and the acts of both leaving Earth and coming back are high risk maneuvers that involve high speeds...
Rhetoric is one thing; reality is another. As is becoming increasingly clear, the OECD’s July 1 proposal for a 15 per cent global minimum for corporate taxation is nothing of the sort. Although the awaited initiative slated for 2023 will not and cannot achieve a level...
Here is an interesting trivia question: Who is the greatest champion in Indianapolis history? Most would say Peyton Manning, the superstar quarterback who led the Colts to victory in Superbowl 41. Hockey buffs might offer Wayne Gretzky, who played his first 8 games of...
Appeals to sentiment and other emotions will not make Manitoba Hydro financially viable. Manitobans cannot wish away the debacle that cost the utility, and all Manitobans, billions of dollars. The problem over a decade ago, and it will take decades to get out of the...
Part 14 of John Robson's documentary comparing climate change alarmism with widely accepted facts about the past state and present condition of the Earth
Every member of the Manitoba Hydro Board, with the exception of Conservative MLA Cliff Graydon, resigned on March 21, 2018 over a dispute with Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister. According to Pallister the board resigned because the province won’t agree to a $67.5...
The primary responsibility of teachers’ unions is to represent their members. This includes advocating for better wages, opposing unfair working conditions, and ensuring that all teachers receive due process when their jobs are in jeopardy. Obviously, these are the...
Damage from rail car accidents far exceed pipeline leaks, as tanker trains are routed through cities and towns, exposing millions of Canadians to safety hazards. Worst of all was the 2013 derailment that killed 47 people in Lac-Megantic Quebec.
This Earth Day (April 22) we need to ask whether environmentalism has gone completely bonkers. Back in the 1970s, I skied Colorado’s cross-country and downhill slopes pretty regularly. Some years were incredible: many feet of snow as glorious to behold as to ski on....
I recently attended an event that began with an announcement notifying those present that “you are now on treaty land”. By now, we are all familiar with this new way of commencing public functions. It stems from a recommendation from the Truth and Reconciliation...
Television programs not only entertain, but they also are an important influence our ideas about our society and culture. These messages are not meant solely to reflect social reality accurately, but also to shape that reality. People and their actions and opinions...