- Expanding Canada’s investment tax credit would be an important first step and would help level the playing field with our competitors.
- Expanding Canada’s investment tax credit would be an important first step and would help level the playing field with our competitors.
- As an industry predominantly located in rural communities with seasonal labour needs, Canadian farmers cannot find enough workers to realize agriculture’s full potential.
- As an industry predominantly located in rural communities with seasonal labour needs, Canadian farmers cannot find enough workers to realize agriculture’s full potential.
- When we talk about the elimination of racism, health care and mental health should be at the top of the list in order to atone for the sins of racism and the differential treatment for Indigenous peoples, and to fix it. We’re still waiting.
- When we talk about the elimination of racism, health care and mental health should be at the top of the list in order to atone for the sins of racism and the differential treatment for Indigenous peoples, and to fix it. We’re still waiting.
- Indigenous Peoples see the hypocrisy of land acknowledgments without any work to back them up. Don’t stop affirming Indigenous Peoples at the start of meetings,
- The health centre in Churchill, Man., is the community’s heart and soul, and some say it's the reason the community has had no suicides in a generation. No youth suicides or opioid abuse challenges. For an isolated town in the West and the Prairies, this is so unique. But there’s more.
- A functioning, healthy sport system is more important than ever in a time when the deliberate division of people and communities is far too common.
- A functioning, healthy sport system is more important than ever in a time when the deliberate division of people and communities is far too common.
- Brian Mulroney wore so many hats, but I bet he would take great joy in being known as a loving father and husband.
- None of us is winning—and the planet certainly isn’t—when commentary veers all over the climate road.
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has 12 lieutenant generals in the ranks, but only one can become Canada’s next top soldier.
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has 12 lieutenant generals in the ranks, but only one can become Canada’s next top soldier.
- It would be pretty tough to sugarcoat the military’s failings to a room full of many of the same officers who had a hand
- To date, no NATO country has suffered an armed attack against it, and thankfully, Article 5 of the charter has not been put to the test.
- Ed Broadbent, before his passing, agreed to join Liberals and Conservatives in an effort to save the structure and he was ready to co-sign a letter with Chrétien. So I approached Chrétien, who had an even better idea. He suggested that he would reach out to Harper so the pair could head up a fundraising effort which would be devoted to restoring the residence.
- Ed Broadbent, before his passing, agreed to join Liberals and Conservatives in an effort to save the structure and he was ready to co-sign a letter with Chrétien. So I approached Chrétien, who had an even better idea. He suggested that he would reach out to Harper so the pair could head up a fundraising effort which would be devoted to restoring the residence.
- Brian Mulroney was a people person. Even when his party had plummeted in popularity, he was able to keep the caucus united thanks to his
- The current bill is a softer version of the 2019 proposal because the government doesn't want to be accused of stifling free speech. According to Arif Virani, the awful stuff will still be lawful. But now people will have to think twice before telling me to hang myself.
- If the proposals survive, this national pharmacare intro-package should fill open gaps for many insulin-dependent diabetics, especially those with Type 1 diabetes. But there is scant hope of a full-fledged pharmacare program anytime soon.
- If the proposals survive, this national pharmacare intro-package should fill open gaps for many insulin-dependent diabetics, especially those with Type 1 diabetes. But there is scant hope of a full-fledged pharmacare program anytime soon.
- Climate change is on the agenda, but only sometimes, as one of several recurring issues. It might crop up when a town burns down,
- Plaudits to Quebec. It is more than carrying its weight when it comes to lowering national admissions and, unlike the federal government, gaining favourable notice outside our borders.
- Our system is still geared to an economy focused on investment in tangibles such as buildings, machinery, and equipment.
- Our system is still geared to an economy focused on investment in tangibles such as buildings, machinery, and equipment.
- But no one, it seems, has actually calculated what it would take to make Canada a world leader in innovation.
- Canadians now have the highest household debt relative to household income in the G7, and one of the poorest performances in innovation and productivity in its business sector. The two are linked.
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- No matter who wins the presidential election on Nov. 5, the majority of Americans will probably feel like they lost, and that’s not good for democracy.
- No matter who wins the presidential election on Nov. 5, the majority of Americans will probably feel like they lost, and that’s not good for democracy.
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- If age takes centre stage in this election, Joe Biden’s decision to run could hand the White House back to Donald Trump.
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- Shock Horror! Anthropocene Cancelled! We’re back in the Holocene! Man the Pumps!
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- Canadians can only hope that the potential for civil unrest and dysfunctional turmoil in the United States can be contained, as in 2021.
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