Putting some faith in restrictions
Despite my best efforts to stay healthy this past year, I fell ill over the Easter weekend. While my symptoms were not related to COVID-19,…
Liam R. Forrester
Study finds pipeline project losses, Canada should ditch it
An evaluation released by the Simon Fraser University’s (SFU) school of resource and environmental management has concluded that there is no likely scenario where the…
O’Toole running into trouble with social conservatives
Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) leader Erin O’Toole has a problem. His party harbours an internal tension that threatens to rip the Conservative party apart….
Leviathan rises in Manitoba’s education system
In 2019, data collected from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development — an intergovernmental development group — indicated that among all Canadian K to…
WE Charity facing Parliament, public image challenges
Craig and Marc Kielburger — co-founders of the scandal-ridden WE Charity — 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 Where’s 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,…
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…