Canadian politics may be headed for its most sweeping transformation in 30 years, but the outcome is anyone’s guess. The Liberals will soon choose a new leader who, on the evidence, is doomed to take the fall for a very unpopular party after nine years. It’s...
President Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president (1977-1981), provides a classic example of how a rich, influential establishment can co-opt and exalt people into power to serve their interests. Carter was born in 1924, four years before public relations pioneer...
A former Alberta cabinet minister says Canada must do a better job at promoting its energy sector and win the "war" against it. Sonya Savage, an energy lawyer with Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, was Minister of Energy and Mines from 2019 to 2022, then Minister of...
Canada has been through a demoralizing time in recent years, but hope remains. The 1989 Romanian Revolution is a good example well within our lifetime that serves both as a cautionary lesson for governments and some cause for inspiration for suffering citizens....
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...
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...
Water fluoridation has returned to the forefront of public policy debates thanks to environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy is expected to have a role in the Department of Health and Human Services, giving his opinion more weight than ever. In a post...
Poet T.S. Elliot once wrote, “This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper.” Canada has fallen but has all the illusion of being what it always was. Many Canadians fail to see a dystopian future foretold decades ago has arrived. Our...
Religious freedoms and the right to worship have been a recognized hallmark of civilized societies for centuries. The preamble of Canada’s constitution says our country is built on the principles that acknowledge the supremacy of God and the rule of law. In defiance...
The recent provincial election West of Manitoba’s border confirmed an urban-rural divide. The Saskatchewan Party won 34 seats and the NDP 27. Remarkably, the Sask Party took zero seats in Regina and only one in Saskatoon. Their win was solely based on rural...
The idea that gender is disconnected from sex was popularized by psychologist John Money. Perverted minds produce perverted ideas. Unfortunately, Money’s legacy of destruction continues. The idea that sex drives come out of nowhere and have nothing to do with...
Do teens going through cross-gender hormones and surgeries know what they’re doing? A leak of internal conversations by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health shows even some doctors administering the procedures have serious doubts. The U.S....
Alberta is leading the country with sensible youth gender policies. Other provinces should emulate them. Premier Danielle Smith recently confirmed transgender surgeries will be banned for those under 18 years of age. Puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones will...
An Albertan IT specialist has become a champion for father’s rights after hearing countless stories of their suffering. Monique Dietvorst works as a technical writer in STEM fields, mostly in software. Her honest inquiry into men’s rights presented a much different...
Public opposition in Regina halts Dewdney Avenue renaming as Kamloops mass grave allegations unravel