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Screw the West, We’ll Take the Rest

Screw the West, We’ll Take the Rest

An infamous quote (“Screw the west, we’ll take the rest”) from then Liberal organizer Keith Davey during the 1980 election drove Albertans bumper stickers saying “let the eastern bastards freeze in the dark”. Pierre Trudeau and his notorious National Energy Program...

CPP Tax Hike Hurts Workers

CPP Tax Hike Hurts Workers

As the calendar flipped this month to 2020, the federal government has again made the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) tax more expensive. The combined employee and employer contribution rate has risen from 10.2 percent in 2019 to 10.5 percent this year, while the maximum...

Indigenous Path to Prosperity

Indigenous Path to Prosperity

The saying, “The more things change, the more they stay the same,” should not be applied to First Nations bands. Those that have maintained the same tired model that has failed for decades are still failing. Ones that have adopted property rights, economic...

FIDO – Forget It, Drive On

FIDO – Forget It, Drive On

Winnipeg’s Bear Clan has expelled its Thunder Bay sister group. While the mainly Indigenous volunteer group works closely with police, the collaborative relationship has broken down in Thunder Bay.  The Thunder Bay chapter began in 2016 - inspired by the success of...