BILL 64 is dead. There is little doubt that many Manitobans were delighted when interim Premier Kelvin Goertzen tolled its death knell. Instead of dancing around the bill’s funeral pyre, government members need to seriously review the Manness/MacKinnon commission...
Canada’s flag has been flying at half-mast since the shocking discovery of the bodies of 215 indigenous children, who died under sinister circumstances at the Kamloops Residential School, and were secretly buried in the area known as the “apple orchard”. Chief...
In July, the Canadian prime minister denounced the arson and vandalism of Catholic churches across the country in the wake of the discovery of unmarked graves at former residential schools. After more than 1,100 unmarked graves were discovered at schools previously...
The finance ministers of over 130 nations and territories have arrived at a tentative agreement that will create a tax floor—a minimum corporate tax rate of a proposed 15 per cent. Its proponents, including Ottawa, sadly, claim it will create a “level playing field”...
While activists and protesters celebrate the destruction of Sir John A. Macdonald’s statue in Montreal, they probably don’t want to be reminded that in neighbouring Ontario there stands another statue, one that has thus far escaped the wrath of Black and Indigenous...
The WE Charity inspired the questions, but so many other charities should be affected by the answers. On August 6, the federal Finance Committee called employees of Charity Intelligence to the stand. Ninety minutes of testimony from CI managing director Kate Bahen and...
A recent Gallup poll in the United States revealed that while 62% of Democratic party voters trusted the media, only 14% of Republicans believed that the media could be relied on to get the facts straight. Is there really bias in the news and public affairs media? Is...
In the last few years, Netflix has begun to take over the television world, first in the United States, but now it’s made its way to Canada. According to CBC, as of June 2016, there are more than 5.2 million Netflix customers in Canada. On September. 28, 2017,...
Nine years ago, the Obama Environmental Protection Agency issued an “Endangerment Finding.” It claimed that methane leaks from natural gas production and pipelines, and manmade carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels, cause dangerous global warming that...
The dust has still not settled after Wab Kinew was elected as the new leader of Manitoba’s New Democratic Party. He has admitted to past indiscretions, but revelations of a domestic violence charge from some years ago gave rise to a flurry of negative comments from...
In Canada, Airbnb is getting...well...deflated. The ironic reason is that it has become too popular. Airbnb is an online service for “Air bed and breakfast.” It's for guests who want a cheap place to stay the night, even if it's on an air mattress. Since its 2008...
The federal government is determined to eliminate any real or perceived income tax bias or benefit that people who incorporate receive versus those who file tax returns as individuals, usually as employees. The assertion is that these incorporated people are getting...
There have been a number of issues and problems in ordinary corporate governance in recent years and decades. Boards of directors of corporations are charged with supervising management of those corporations. Boards establish performance standards for those...
With the expected government legalization of marijuana in Canada by July 2018, Ottawa has an opportunity – if done right – to bring Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities into this lucrative sector in a big way. For example, the Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN) in...
Honourable Ian Wishart Minister of Education and Training Room 168 Legislative Building Winnipeg. MB R3C 0V8 Dear Mr. Wishart, As someone who has taught History at the University of Manitoba for 25 years, I am deeply interested in learning more about your government’s...