Hymie Rubenstein and Rodney A. Clifton, January 3, 2017 “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” (Martin Luther King, Jr.) That white,...
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Time for Manitoba Schools to Get Back to Basics
Michael Zwaagstra, December 19, 2016 Once again, Manitoba students have ranked near the bottom in Canada in the areas of science, math and reading. The Program for International Student Assessment, an international assessment of 15-year-olds conducted every three...
American Job Losses and NAFTA
Decades of steady trade liberalization have served Canada’s economic development. As the Montreal Economic Institute’s Mathieu Bédard noted recently in FP Comment (“Trump’s anti-NAFTA myths spread north,” July 14), the NAFTA years...
Canada’s equalization formula needs to change. Here’s why.
In the fall of 2014, the government of Nova Scotia banned hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking. Fracking could have developed industries and created jobs and wealth in the province. This could have ended Nova Scotia’s long standing status as a...
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How the Prairie Provinces Can Benefit from an Improved Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Trans-Pacific Partnership was one of the world’s most ambitious trade deals. The agreement between Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam and the United States was signed on February 4, 2016. Its goal was...
Social Conflict Abridged: From Unperceived Injuries to Claiming—What is Conflict?
Societies today are in a state of flux influenced by myriad factors—globalization versus nationalism, liberalization versus traditional values, and immigration versus closed borders. Some people perceive that an injustice has been committed against them while others...
Educational Achievement in Canada
Alberta’s educational system is distinct from other provinces in two significant ways. It offers more parental choice and more accountability through standardized provincial examinations. It also performs the best in Canada by a substantial margin.
An Unnecessary Burden on Our Teachers
The government should cancel its plans to implement subjective assessments at the middle level and instead reinstate objective year-end examinations in core subject areas.
We Mustn’t Short Change Canada
Our duty to our country is to go beyond what the numbers say and give more tax power to provinces and cities, argues BOB RAE
Reading, Writing, ROI
How did we — teachers, principals and our chief executive, Paul Vallas — do it? We defined the district’s “customers” exclusively as the 200,000 children we serve. Not interest groups. Not adult constituencies. We held adults accountable for results.
School Daze – Enrolments
To keep taxes from exploding in the future, we will need to keep the lid on fiscal spending on programs that governments can save money on. Education is especially important in this regard, since our low fertility rate is leading to declining school enrolment.
Province Should Pay School Tab
Manitoba could make its public schools more affordable with a smarter model that eliminates school boards.
Transit Blasphemies Feedback
Centre feedback on transit and light rail featuring response by Randal O’Toole
Murderous Margarine?
With bipartisan zeal, Parliament passes a new law based on junk science.
School choice: The issue for McGuinty
Ontario students should have the freedom to learn and improve their skills and not be limited in choice to publicly funded schools. Vouchers can provide the means to achieve that goal.