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...
The foundational idea of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is the Marxist theory that all humanity is divided between oppressors and victims. This class conflict can be seen in its economic dimension (bourgeois vs. proletarians), its political dimension...
Barack Obama recently tweeted his movie picks and they include the Canadian documentary “Sugarcane,” now streaming on Hulu. The documentary is an Oscar nominee finalist, and the film was picked up for distribution by National Geographic. What a prestigious...
A Snapshot of Property Rights Protection in Canada After 10 years
The writ has been dropped and Albertans are off to the polls on May 29. That leaves just four weeks for political leaders and voters to sort out what is arguably the most divisive, yet significant, issue for this election - health care. On Day 2, NDP leader Rachel...
“A teacher should be a guide on the side rather than a sage on the stage.” This common saying is one of the most useless pieces of advice that teachers receive from their education professors. Many learning opportunities are, in fact, lost when teachers try to...
After Covid lockdowns caused the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, employers across the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and the European Union have been struggling and competing to find workers. I spoke with various...
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....
If you thought responsible science drove the bus on the pandemic response, think again. A December 2024 report by the U.S. House of Representatives Select Subcommittee, Coronavirus Pandemic shows that political agendas made regulatory bodies rush vaccine...
Must we cancel fossil fuels to save the earth? No. James Warren, adjunct professor of environmental sociology at the University of Regina said so in a recent paper for the Johnson Shoyama School of Public Policy, a joint effort by his university and the...
Sentries stand at the National War Memorial in Ottawa during the Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 11, 2021. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang Every Nov. 11, Canadian eyes turn to Ottawa where, at the eleventh hour, the most solemn ceremony of our Remembrance Day takes...
As we start 2025, Manitobans should let their government know that it should commit to putting the health care of Manitobans ahead before any other interest. Manitoba can begin in one area: Using private nurses to help supplement the public system. This past...
(L-R) Commissioners Chief Wilton Littlechild, Justice Murray Sinclair, and Marie Wilson unveil the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada on the history of Canada's residential school system, in Ottawa on Dec. 15, 2015. The Canadian...
The sad legacy of masked children and school closures is still with us long after the pandemic is over. When you think of institutions that failed the public during the coronavirus pandemic, would teachers' unions come to mind? A recent report by the U.S. House...