The last few weeks exposed schizophrenic aspects of Canadian culture and their influence on governments’ behaviour. The most palpable example lies in how we trampled, in fear, over memory and institutions, obsessively protective and morally dismissive of dignity and...
The COVID-19 lockdown sought to protect the healthcare system and the most vulnerable. Health authorities quite early identified that the elderly and those with chronic conditions were most vulnerable. Various leaders reminded us that among those most at risk were...
Much ink has been assigned to Sweden for its distinct approach to COVID-19 among Western nations. As more jurisdictions wrestle with lifting economic restrictions, Sweden is praised and condemned. People readily condemn Stefan Löfven’s Social Democrat (Sweden’s NDP...
When professors around the country were busy figuring ways to deliver their classes online, two faculty members at the University of Alberta wrote a letter and enlisted the endorsement of some 200 of their leisured colleagues at 33 universities in Canada. A crisis...
The Canadian Dream is increasingly being realized in smaller areas For decades, Canadians moved to the larger cities (census metropolitan areas, or CMAs) with their economic opportunities. The latest estimates indicate that CMAs have 72 per cent of the nation’s...
When the Premiers were first called to a sit-down lunch to talk about healthcare with Prime Minister Trudeau, there was plenty of talk about the potential for systemic change, innovation and accountability. It seemed that Canadians and their leaders were finally on...
Only in Canada would an Eastern politician refer to two billion dollars of Albertans’ hard-earned money as “chump change.”
The Liberal Party of Canada would have been well served in persuading Dominic Leblanc to run for the leadership of the party.
Google finds itself at the forefront of inevitable tensions between cultures and tradition and broader human freedoms.
The Alberta Government exaggerates its part in the development of the great culture that the province of Alberta has. Alberta’s culture is the product of its people, and not the creature of government.
The meeting between BC Premier Clark and Alberta Premier Redford in Calgary did not resolve the impasse on Northern Gateway pipeline.
A well-written and thought-provoking text by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.: Twin Demons.
BC Premier Christy Clark will be in Alberta next week, looking for money to boost her sagging electoral fortunes.
Margaret Wente at the Globe is accused of plagiarising, but her woes pale in comparison to the ongoing problem in universities.
The federal government has a duty to oppose Quebec’s bid to obtain and retain information from the now defunct federal long gun registry.