Something we often hear is that students need to become critical thinkers, but what does this exactly mean? Critical thinking is defined as the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgment. Take a step back explore perspectives and come up...
In recent days, a controversy flared up, or was orchestrated, when it came to light that some Canadian pension and other institutional investment funds may have owned shares in an American prison-management company called GEO, and another one called CoreCivic. These...
The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIW) report declares that violence against Indigenous women is genocide. Already, the Senate committee is at work dealing with some MMIW’s 200 plus recommendations. This as part of the Senate’s study of an omnibus...
Thomas Edison is one of the greatest inventors who has ever lived. Some of the inventions that he is credited with include the light bulb, phonograph, motion picture camera. I think we can all agree Edison's inventions changed our lives for the better. however, Edison...
The Trans-Pacific Partnership was one of the world’s most ambitious trade deals. The agreement between Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam and the United States was signed on February 4, 2016. Its goal was...
Societies today are in a state of flux influenced by myriad factors—globalization versus nationalism, liberalization versus traditional values, and immigration versus closed borders. Some people perceive that an injustice has been committed against them while others...
A new poll by Sotheby’s International Realty suggests substantial disappointment among Canada’s young urban families, unable to afford to purchase the types of houses that they prefer. The poll determined that young urban households in Canada strongly prefer detached...
Free speech and free inquiry, birthrights bestowed upon us by western civilization, are under threat. There are too many questions that can’t be asked, too many subjects that can’t be discussed. Alessandro Strumia, a University of Pisa professor, lost his position...
Part 32 of John Robson's documentary comparing climate change alarmism with widely accepted facts about the past state and present condition of the Earth. What is left of the alarmist case? The increasingly preposterous things global warming will cause . . . (5.25...
There are three main methods that con men use to trick their mark. They might try to gain his sympathy, take advantage of greed, or threaten or extort. When presented with these sorts of situations, if you are in the wrong frame of mind, your critical thinking skills...
The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission called for The United Nations Declaration On The Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) to become the law of Canada. This is a very bad idea for many reasons. In the first place, enacting a law that would...
The federal government has decided to throw $950 million dollars into “strengthening Canada’s most promising clusters and accelerating economic growth in highly innovative industries…while positioning Canadian firms for global leadership.” What this means is that the...
The question has been asked, “Are the big tech companies, such as Google, Facebook, and Twitter, a monopoly?”. People have asked this question because we see more and more that they have come to control the dialogue and discussion of ideas on the public stage. And the...
The Indigenous Affairs department which is now Indigenous Services and Crown & Indigenous Relations which is the same department, just divided up a bit, has an annual budget of about $10 billion dollars. It's complicated to find out exactly how much money is spent...
After the United States and the United Kingdom, Canada has the highest number of blockchain-related projects—thanks to a relatively hands-off approach. Paranoid authorities, however, are set to suffocate innovation with poorly targeted regulations. On November 8, the...