A group in Saskatoon is evaluating the feasibility of establishing a car sharing service in the city. To me, this is a good idea that can reduce the cost of transportation for a lot of people. Another desirable step would be for SGI to create a "pay-as-you-drive"...
Les Routledge
Memo to Vancouver about Alberta Oil
Have a nice summer with your stay at home vacations.
Experimental Lakes Program – Adding My Voice
I agree with this editorial from the Saskatoon Paper. At a time when global attention increasingly is focused on the environmental impact of oilsands development, and when the glacial melt that supplies fresh water for cities such as Calgary and Saskatoon is...
Road Safety
There are times where traffic cameras have merit. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sf-bikes-20120616,0,4422915.story The bicyclist was zipping south on Castro Street at the end of his twice-weekly ride to the Marin Headlands, blowing through red lights and stop...
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Our Health Ministers Need to Take a Lesson from Hockey Coaches
Those of you who are tired of my rants about the demise of our once great health system will be pleased to know that this is my last editorial. I am retiring from the BCMJ Editorial Board; currently, I am the longest-serving member (more than 20 years). I have been a...
Zinchuk: Oilpatch Only Spending Half What It Spent in 2014
Back in the lofty, pre-Justin Trudeau government days of 2014, back when oil was booming, pipelines were planned to east and west coasts, and Alberta and Saskatchewan were swimming in money, around $81 billion was spent in capital expenditures (CAPEX) in the Canadian...
Scaling Back EPA Powers
This looks like a good ruling for landowner rights in the USA. The EPA has had its draconian powers limited. Up here in Canada, we need to get behind efforts to scale back excessive DFO actions to protect "fish habitat" were no fish live. Municipalities across...
Is It Time for a New National Dream
When western Canada entered confederation, the construction of a national rail line was a key element of connecting the country east-to-west. In today's world, I wonder if we need a new national dream to enable infrastructure systems, namely roads, rail lines, power...
OAS Reform – Bring on a Debate
I hope the Harper Government approaches the reform of OAS payments in a manner that looks at different options instead of a dictate from above. In particular, I believe that seniors in poor health should be able to tap into pensions sooner rather than later. If a...
Health System Accountability
This is news that should be reported through the media on a continuous basis.
Eliminating Monopolies Creates Jobs
Let’s repeat that model again and again
Robo Calls – Abuse of Privilege
One element of the robo-call subject that has not received much attention is why political parties should be exempted from the "do not call list" maintained by the CRTC. Personally, I object to that exemption and I believe that if I state I do not want tele-marketers...
Preserving History
It is time to send this ship home unless someone in Canada is going to preserve it.
One More Academic Asking the Wrong Question
I cannot understand why Canadian academics insist on importing political models from the US to frame our political debate here in Canada.
An Academic Study Asking the Wrong Questions
Leave it to academics to wrongly phrase the research question to be asked