"Indigenous Affairs is not like most government departments. Most government departments provide one service to all Canadians. However, Indigenous Affairs provides all services to an individual group of Canadians. Indigenous Affairs has jurisdiction over 90% of...
One of Canada’s best known historic heroes has taken quite a shellacking lately. John A. Macdonald’s statue was removed from a place of prominence in Victoria by order of its city council, and there have been calls elsewhere for buildings that honour his memory to be...
Kawana Wallace, 27, is an Indigenous entrepreneur who has been able to harness his technical skills to revitalize the Māori language. Wallace is a co-founder and CEO of my Reo Studios, a New Zealand-based software company providing bilingual (English and Māori)...
The most recent employment data from Statistics Canada shows a troubling trend. In Q3-2018, the ratio of private sector to public sector employees (excluding the self-employed) dipped to lows that – except for the period of massive “stimulus” spending by the federal...
Sitting on top of one of the world’s largest and richest natural resource warehouses is turning into quite a disconcerting distraction. While much of Canada’s population – the heavily urban part for whom “rural” means Whistler, Muskoka, or Mont Tremblant – likes to...
The economic upheaval now roiling over the world’s financial markets, rapidly lowering living standards, and even threatening to freeze Europeans this winter, is all directly related to the radical decision most western leaders took in March of 2020., when a new...
The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) was officially established on July 13, 1995. BDC is a federal bank exclusively focusing on Canadian entrepreneurs. BDC is a Crown corporation, owned by the Government of Canada. BDC Capital is a subsidiary of BDC, and is...
For Native American entrepreneur April Tinhorn, 43, working successfully in Indian Country is all about building and sustaining relationships with clients. “In working with tribal communities, it’s all about relationships. We are all about that and those relationships...
A class-action lawsuit against the federal government is underway for Indigenous students who attended day schools. It seeks damages for every Indigenous student who attended, an estimated 100,000 such people are alive. The lawsuit could result in a payout of at least...
What do the federal government, responsibility, and transparency have in common? When it comes to handing money to corporations, not much. Working class Canadians watch helplessly as their hard-earned money is taxed away to be put into the laps of large businesses-...
In 1961 John Profumo, Minister of War in the British government and a married man, conducted a brief, tawdry affair with teenage party girl Christine Keeler. Among Miss Keeler’s other lovers was Yevgeni Ivanov, a Soviet military attaché and intelligence agent. When...
This short video covers the key points of Chapter Six "Credit Diverts Production" from Henry Hazlitt's "Economics in One Lesson." The video follows Hazlitt's argument that when governments give loans or subsidies to businesses, they merely take funds away from other...
In recent days, readers of the Guardian have read very different articles on equalization, one by Premier Wade MacLauchlan and one by me. This is healthy. One hopes that the debate continues. It is important to be factual as we go forward. For example, Mr. MacLauchlan...
“Teachers – don’t worry if you don’t have the knowledge or skill set. You are the lead learner. Inquire not lecture.” This was an actual tweet from a prominent education guru. Sadly, this message is far from isolated. There is a common belief in education circles that...
Two recent cases show a troubling trend on the part of the police in reacting to Canadians defending their property and families. When an armed gang roared on to the farm of Gerald Stanley, attempted to steal vehicles, and assaulted his wife, Stanley responded by...