A long-neglected technology offers new hope to Canadians that invisible viruses can be eradicated. The solution is ultraviolet light, invisible to the human eyes, but deadly to pathogens. And its proper application seems to be more effective than disinfectant...
Commentary
Zinchuk: The Feds Greenhouse Gas Programs Mean this for Saskatchewan: Strangulation
Premier Scott Moe thinks the overwhelming mass of federal environmental programs in the name of preventing climate change is getting to be too much. So on Oct. 21, he released a white paper called Drawing the Line: Defending Saskatchewan’s Economic Autonomy. After...
Smith Attackers Defend Appalling Policies
Following a question at her first press conference as premier, Danielle Smith expressed sympathies for unvaccinated Canadians who were persecuted by the COVID-19 regime. Smith mentioned that these Canadians “have been the most discriminated against group that I have...
Coming Economic Maelstrom Completely Unnecessary
With one action, in one week, the whole world will boom. I am sharply aware that the upper middle class, the people I grew up among, studied and worked with do not give a damn about the less fortunate. They can’t. They don’t have agency, they have effectively...
Featured News
The Public Debt of Canada Needs to Be Controlled
Around the world, the economic crisis caused by the restrictions taken to fight COVID-19 has consequently led to an increase in the public debt of the United States. Canada doesn't escape this phenomenon. Based on the IMF's data, Canada's gross debt of the general...
Early Observations on the Pandemic and Population Density
It is still too early to draw precise conclusions on the extent to which the spread of the COVID-19 is related to urban population density. But there are important recurring themes. The following observations are made with the caveats that we are largely dealing with...
A Proposal for Ending the Indian Act and Canadian Reserve System
Joseph Quesnel’s “‘Zero-in-10’ Plan for Ending the Indian Act and Reserve System” is a policy paper aimed at providing Canadian decision-makers with a way to bring to an end a failed 150-year old system of dealing with our Aboriginal population which has hitherto been...
Dependence On Any One Foreign Nation is Unhealthy; In the Case of China, All Too Literally So
Of late, it has been remarked that most of the active ingredients for key pharmaceuticals in North America come from abroad - usually from China; in the case of generics, often from India. In turn, India often imports its key ingredients from China. So, diverting...
Five Proposals for Three Indigenous Populations
In his paper “Successful Integration Experiences From Around the World”, Joseph Quesnel examines the response of three diverse countries to the economic and social challenges facing their Indigenous populations: Mexico with its Meso-American peoples, the Japanese with...
Capitalism Keeps us Fed – Even During the COVID Crisis
Even as the coronavirus disease has put much of the economy into shutdown mode and caused a run at the grocery stores on some staples such as bread, most of us remain generally well-supplied with food. That is something to be thankful for. It is indeed one of the...
Now Does The Premier Have Time For Northern Manitoba?
Last fall, the Manitoba Premier threw cold water on any discussions over Western separation. During a CTV interview, the Premier informed a reporter that he had no time for that movement. Making a reference to marriage, he said good relationships are not built on...
COVID-19 Panic Worse Than Disease
General George S. Patton once proclaimed, “Fear kills more people than death!” That makes as much sense (or not) as something Yogi Berra said: “No one goes to that restaurant anymore; it’s too crowded.” These days no one goes to the restaurant because the government...
Canada Has Weathered Other Epidemics, and Will Pull Through This One Too
COVID-19 is a novel coronavirus, and is causing panic across the country. Places like universities, libraries, schools, churches, restaurants, and pubs are closing. International flights are being redirected to just four airports with appropriate screening facilities,...
Basic Medical Supplies and Moral Contract
Finally on March 31, our Prime Minister announced that Canada will spend $2 billion to procure diagnostic test kits, ventilators, and the personal protective equipment (masks, face shields, gloves, gowns) that frontline healthcare workers require to carry out their...