Excuses, excuses: Ontario’s taxpayers foot the bill
The recent Ontario Fall Economic Statement, titled “A Plan to Protect Ontario,” does nothing of the sort. Of course, this “protect Ontario” theme was…
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The issue of where we dump our trash begins to simmer
The temperature has just gone up on the simmering issue of where to dump our trash. And we can thank President Donald Trump. He…
DEI dies in Alberta
Hiring based on factors other than merit also leads to poorer performance in businesses and government, and research has shown it imposes increased costs as well.
Lessons from the B.C. election – Lorne of the Manor
With the polls closed and the first Conservative government soon to be in power in British Columbia in about a hundred years, there are…
Upheaval in B.C.
It was a rout. Commentators are discussing outgoing B.C. Premier Eby’s decision to call a snap election as possibly the biggest political error in…
Is it time to tighten the rules on online gambling?
In 1975, the government of Ontario Premier Bill Davis unveiled “Wintario,” its first lottery. Weekly ticket draws were held for prizes as high as…
Doerkson leads the BC Conservatives to the threshold of power
One month ago, Lorne Doerkson was a backbench member of the British Columbia Legislature who had never served in a provincial Cabinet. He was…
Get out the popcorn
There’s an old joke about Canadian politics that goes something like this: In Atlantic Canada, politics is a way of life, in Quebec it’s…
Eby’s huge snap election gamble
British Columbia Premier David Eby took a massive gamble last week in calling a snap election just two years into a majority mandate. Eby,…
Instead of labour strife, government and teachers’ unions must put students first
Perhaps it was too much to expect that this school year would start uneventfully. Instead, it looks like teacher union labour disruptions are again…