Study finds pipeline project losses, Canada should ditch it
An evaluation released by the Simon Fraser Universityâs (SFU) school of resource and environmental management has concluded that there is no likely scenario where the…
federal politics
OâToole running into trouble with social conservatives
Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) leader Erin OâToole has a problem. His party harbours an internal tension that threatens to rip the Conservative party apart….
Supreme Court recognizes threat of global warming
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled on March 25 in a 6-3 majority decision that the federal governmentâs carbon tax is within the legal scope…
WE Charity facing Parliament, public image challenges
Craig and Marc Kielburger â co-founders of the scandal-ridden WE Charity â have finally agreed to testify before a House of Commons ethics committee. The…
Regulate Facebook, but not with a link tax
Facebook, without a doubt, creates problems in the world today, and it may take substantial regulation to fix them. In Myanmar, Facebook was used by…
Recent minimum sentence reform inadequate
On the morning of Feb. 18, Attorney General David Lametti introduced Bill C-22 into the House of Commons. Bill C-22 will amend the Criminal Code…
Alberta government funding conspiracy-fuelled research
The process of investigating the public inquiry into anti-Alberta energy campaigns feels like a Whereâs Waldo crossed with a traffic accident. It takes some effort…
Restrictions on snowbirds prompt open season on vulnerable travellers
We warned them, but they did not listen. After months of escalating restrictions, multiple lockdowns, and the government all but begging Canadians not to travel,…
The private production of COVID-19 vaccines represents a moral failure of colossal scale
As Canada enters its second month of the tenuous COVID-19 vaccine rollout, citizens are becoming unnerved by its disorganized distribution. Although impatience is surfacing, slow…
Canada will not fight for the Keystone XL pipeline despite pressure from Alberta
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney made a bad bet and it looks like the house is about to clean him out. On his first day in…