More than 500 years ago, Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press revolutionized the world of letters. Instead of having to painstakingly copy books by hand, books could be printed by the thousands. The very first book that came off Gutenberg’s printing press was the...
Year: 2021
Thinkers’ Corner | Canada’s Deadly Response to COVID-19
Join us on July 29, 2021 For a discussion with David Redman on his latest research paper: CANADA’S DEADLY RESPONSE TO COVID-19 Register in advance for this webinar by clicking the button below. REGISTER NOW → In March 2020 most of the world’s countries, for the first...
The Kamloops Graves
“Have we reached the ultimate stage of absurdity, where some people are held liable for things that happened before they were born, while others are not held responsible for things they are themselves doing today?” - Thomas Sowell Canadians reacted with horror to the...
Beware a Pretty Face or Tasty Drink
How much poison would you willingly put on your skin or ingest? If the answer is zero, you might have to make some changes. We may assume our foods, drinks and cosmetics are safe because regulators allowed them. Unfortunately, that may not always be the case....
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Beijing’s Minions Don’t Belong on Canadian Stock Exchanges
The Chinese economy is growing and surpassing the U.S. economy in size. That stature, with its consequent soft and hard power, means opposition to the Communist Party of China (CPC) regime needs to be multilateral. No matter how much unipolarity the U.S. has enjoyed...
Manitoba Trade with the U.S.: The Need to Strengthen Relations with the Midwest
Trade is essential for Manitoba’s economy. International exports and imports represented 46.4 per cent of GDP for Manitoba in 2018. With a significant goods-related industry estimated at 26.9 per cent of GDP in 2019, Manitoba needs to have strong trading partners to...
$1.3B Leave it in the Ground Blunder at Windy Craggy (or N’tsi Tata)
A World Heritage site designation continues to prevent the development of one of the largest cobalt and copper deposits in North America, thereby denying opportunities for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities and serving as an example of how environmental...
Coronaphobia
Coronaphobia may not have entered our official vocabulary, but it deserves to. Virus fears have affected public policy and our daily lives. The condition is held by a great number of people. It is understandable why the elderly and immunosuppressed are worried. What...
Defund the Police? How About We Defund the Universities.
Our universities have nurtured and foisted on America and Canada an extreme radicalism that vilifies American and Canadian history, society, and culture. This radicalism stems in the first instance from identity grievance studies programs, such as feminist and gender...
Fact Check: Hurricanes Are Not Strengthened by Our CO2 Emissions
Over the past week, media across the world have proclaimed 2020 a record year for hurricanes in the North Atlantic. The culprit? Man-made climate change, of course. But this is a mistake, not only because the “records” are misleading but also because the causes of...
Canada’s Sexist Child Support Guidelines
If Christopher Sarlo is right, Canada’s Federal Child Support Guidelines are wrong. The economics professor at Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario made an in-depth analysis on the basis for the Guidelines and found them wanting. His 100-page examination leads...
The Geothermal Energy Revolution
There is a revolution coming in geothermal energy. How big it will be and how fast it can grow remains to be seen, but the revolutionary technology is here now. We already know about the new technology by name — fracking. But that is fracking for oil and gas, the...
As the Oil and Gas Industry Suffers Secular Decline, TD’s Arctic Virtue Signaling is Irrelevant
In recent days, Toronto Dominion Bank announced that it will not loan money towards any oil and gas or related development in the Arctic. While this may elicit joy from the woke anti-fossil fuel global warmists, this was, in reality, a very easy decision for TD, and...