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Political parties shouldn’t get to set all of their own rules

The fight between federal political parties and voters’ right to know what happens with their personal information that’s playing out in the British Columbia court system is an interesting case study in how differently political and non-political players view the democratic process. As The Hill Times’ Ian Campbell has been reporting, the federal Liberal, Conservative, […]

Here are the facts about education and copyright: library reps

Re: “Canadian writers, visual artists, and publishers need copyright reform now,” (The Hill Times, April 10, p. 14). This recent opinion piece misrepresents the Canadian education sector and universities with respect to copyright and the use of course materials. The piece fails to recognize more than a decade of digital transformation in both the publishing […]

Netanyahu not alone in his motives, says Calgary reader

Benjamin Netanyahu

Re: “Who can stop Benjamin Netanyahu?” (The Hill Times, April 8, p. 10). Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not the only politician more “concerned about his political survival than the national interest.” The same can be said about Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau whose every act is calibrated against the size of the voting […]

Should telecommunications be nationalized?

François-Philippe Champagne

The federal government must not accept that the telecommunications companies under its jurisdiction and regulated at its initiative are exporting our jobs and damaging our economy.

Time for some Liberal soul searching

The Liberals are getting to a place where they need to decide if they are going to stumble into an election walloping, or do something about it.