Calgarians jumped on the “Occupy” bandwagon on October 15th. Check out this video to hear what they had to say!
Amanda Achtman
Dick Cheney Speaks in Calgary
Former Vice-President of the United States Dick Cheney spoke to an impressive, yet intimate crowd in Calgary. The Bon Mot Book Club, began by Leah Costello, kicked off its first Calgary speaker series on Tuesday evening. Vice-President Cheney spoke briefly reflecting...
Three Right-Wing Parties in Alberta?!?!
Even for Alberta, three right-of-centre parties may sound like an impossibility. But not this summer.
Rising Inflation by Degrees
Grade inflation follows the same principles as monetary inflation. If the supply of high grades is inordinately and unduly increased, then the value of these grades will go down. Where such honours have traditionally served as legitimate academic currency, this currency is now running the risk of being rendered meaningless.
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There’s Nothing Fair About Canadian Health Care
For the past 14 years, Vancouver surgeon Dr. Brian Day has led the charge for health-care reform, pushing for the right of patients to pay for private care if their health and well-being are threatened as a result of waiting in a stagnant and overburdened public...
Transformers: More than Meets the Eye
The path to net zero, based on the much disputed belief that carbon dioxide is a pollution, is more steep and impractical than most people realize. Replacing fossil fuels with clean electricity will require much more power generation and a greatly upgraded grid to...
Student Loans VS. Big Oil
It’s time to drill the entitlement mentality out of Canadian students. In a recent Youtube video students are studying around a kitchen table when ominous music begins to play as they anticipate the impending delivery of their student loan statements. The students...
TAX-TIVISM – Part 2 on the Robin Hood Tax
Transactions are the result of human action. However, tax-tivists are dehumanizing financial actors and degrading them to financial institutions.
TAX-TIVISM – Part 1 on the Robin Hood Tax
In this age of constant digital activism through social media, is anyone suspicious as to why there are commercials by charities and foundations, not even by government, trying to sell us on more taxes?