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Battleground: Family
Civil Liberties, Essay, Culture Wars, Education
Could #Leave Our Kids Alone Mark the Beginning of a Broader Protest Movement?
Manitoba PCs Deserve Another Mandate
Commentary, Core Public Sector Reform, Economy, Taxation, Manitoba
I have good news for commentators who say Manitobans will be sick, stupid, and broke if this tax-cutting PC government is re-elected: they’re wrong. The unadjusted StatsCan numbers for August 2023 prove it. As a total percentage of wages and salaries, Manitoba...
Should we continue with affirmative action?
Over the last few decades, Canada has made a strong effort to encourage inclusivity through the use of "equity" hiring, where women and visible minorities are given priority, with similar structures being undertaken in universities and professions. The idea is that we...
Reconciliation Day – A Day of Celebration
Commentary, Culture Wars, Reconciliation, Residential Schools
September 30th will be National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This year it should be a day of celebration. Parliament declared September 30 a holiday soon after the nation was convulsed by the shocking claim that 215 residential students had been somehow...
Soviet Terminology, Nuremberg And Children At Risk Of COVID: Dr. Francis Christian
Civil Liberties, COVID-19, Video, Healthcare
National Citizens Inquiry
What Kind Of Political Storm Is Coming?
ESG & DEI, Civil Liberties, Commentary, COVID-19, Culture Wars, Politics
The Rochester, New York, appeals courtroom scene last week was absolutely riveting. The state was appealing the lower court’s decision against Governor Kathy Hochul’s quarantine camp law. The law granted power to the state to seal anyone in an apartment or take...
2023 International Property Rights Index – News Release
Media Release, Housing Affordability
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Leaders On The Frontier – What Powers The Propaganda? – With Ray McGinnes
Civil Liberties, Culture Wars, Podcast, Video, Leaders on Frontier
Big Topics & Big Ideas
American Pandemic ‘Samizdat’
Civil Liberties, Commentary, COVID-19
On May 15, 1970, the New York Times published an article by esteemed Russia scholar Albert Parry detailing how Soviet dissident intellectuals were covertly passing forbidden ideas around to each other on handcrafted, typewritten documents called samizdat....
Lysenkoism: When Science is Politicized
Climate, Commentary, Culture Wars, Energy, Environment, Reconciliation
“Lysenkoism” is a term that was coined after the Soviet geneticist Trofim Denisovich Lysenko, who rose to prominence in the Soviet Union during the 1930s and 1940s. He was known for his political influence over Soviet science, rejecting Mendelian genetics and...
Election Good Time to Propose Review of Bishop Grandin Decision
Commentary, Culture Wars, Reconciliation
Winnipeg is saying goodbye to Bishop Grandin. His name is about to be erased from street signs, and soon he will be effectively erased from Manitoba’s history. His crime was being associated with residential schools. For reasons that are purely Canadian any public...
Anti-Parental Rights Rhetoric Undermines Public Education
Commentary, Culture Wars, Education
The debate over parental rights has become a flashpoint in the upcoming Manitoba provincial election. The Progressive Conservatives are promising to strengthen parental rights while the Liberals and NDP have both denounced this pledge as a “dog whistle” to...