Feds shouldn’t need to be shamed into providing basic care for employees
People employed by the government should not have to be out of pocket for basic health insurance when representing Canada abroad. What a sad state of affairs that such an obvious statement needs to be spelled out. As The Hill Times’ Neil Moss reports this week, the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO) recently […]
Snap out of it: hair-trigger elections won’t save you
Strategy can’t outplay the public’s deeply entrenched, times-up temperament.
We can no longer ignore the North
The North represents more than two-thirds of Canada’s land mass, and is of huge importance to our future.
Hollow promises won’t stop climate change, says Toronto reader
Re: “Striking the balance between accuracy and ambition for climate change communications,” (The Hill Times, July 3, p. 9). The author of this piece, Megan Buttle, is not an independent voice looking for fairness in the application of an essential new Canadian law—C-59—intended to eliminate “greenwashing,” the use of misleading advertising to protect the financial […]
Use C-59 to curtail feds crying environmental ‘wolf’: letter writer
Wouldn’t it be nice if Bill C-59 applied to the Liberal government and its claims about the efficacy and benefits of its carbon tax? As they have admitted, they are not actually measuring greenhouse gas emissions—they are modelling it. Their claims that the tax is “working” are just greenwashing. There ought to be heavy fines […]
Use the right lens to find root of problems and solutions, Oakville reader says
How many of Canada’s woes are really reflections of global malaise but are being pinned on the Liberals? How many pressing concerns being blamed on the federal Liberals are really due to provincial or jurisdictional silos? Maybe the many well-intentioned remedies are not delivering as promised because the right questions are not being asked. Bev […]
Canada’s discourse on finfish aquaculture is environmental extremism at its finest
NGOs run misinformation campaigns, seed mistrust in good government, and undermine balanced policy that would benefit Canadians and the global community.
It’s worth two per cent: NATO is Canada’s grand strategy
Instead of a plan that binds itself to specific population goals or political parties, NATO binds us to the collaborative consensus-building and problem-solving of the alliance.
Oilsands alliance can’t handle the truth
Asking oil companies to provide evidence for their green claims isn’t censorship, it’s an inoculation against misinformation.
Armed Forces under new management, but new CDS faces tough challenges
CAF senior leadership needs to regain the trust of the rank and file, which won’t be easy without the political will to effect major changes.
