In dealing with the Indigenous governance issue that is at the heart of the Wet’suwet’en dispute, Ottawa must not show favouritism to one side or faction, and must ensure that all parts of Wet’suwet’en society are represented as the community designs its internal...
If some petitioners get their way, Cecil Rhodes School will be no more. To be more precise, the Winnipeg school would still exist, but under a new name. No doubt most Manitobans who hear about this have one burning question: Who is Cecil Rhodes? Cecil Rhodes was a...
The current wave of protests in response to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and across the United States is just another in a lengthy list of protests against police misconduct. The list is long: Rodney King incident in Los Angeles (1991); Abner Louima a...
A recent story covered in The Monitor – a magazine published by the left-wing, union-friendly think tank Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – provides an important lesson in basic economics. The headline of the story triumphantly proclaimed: “Gig workers win the...
On a winter river bank, a scorpion approaches a frog. “Mr. Frog, would you carry me across the river?” “Do you think I am crazy, Mr. Scorpion? You could sting me and kill me.” “But why would I sting you, when I would drown as a result?” “Hmmm. Maybe.” “Be reasonable,...
“Give me liberty or give me death” was a battle cry that many people will remember hearing, but few will recall the statesman who said it. Even fewer will know what it meant. These seven words concluded a speech given by Patrick Henry on March 23, 1775; a speech that...
Environmental activists specializes in preaching, but their own moral standing is suspect.
The Government of Manitoba has reduced the education tax levels on farmland.
Who says disadvantaged children can’t learn? A dynamic principal beats the odds.
The new hog duties are protectionist, pure and simple.
Powerpoint slides from Michel Kelly-Gagnon speech on the changing perceptions of healthcare in Canada.
PowerPoint slides from the 2004 Education Frontiers Lecture featuring Yvonne Chan from Los Angeles
Robert Sopuck opines that rural America was the big winner in the U.S. presidential election
An Israeli politician considers rapid structural reform based on Rogernomics model from New Zealand.
Young natives are killing themselves. Why, and what can we do about it?