The booming use of productivity-eroding stock buybacks will come under the microscope with new federal tax
Stock buybacks have played a very significant role in the growth of income inequality and the declining economic prospects of the North American middle class.
Canada needs a comprehensive, national plan for refugee claimant housing
With emergency shelters overwhelmed, and alarming headlines telling of refugee claimants sleeping on the streets in Toronto and other major Canadian cities, this is a problem that can no longer be ignored.
Freedom of choice for kids is always the right move: Ottawa reader
Re: “There are signs of resistance to the right-wing juggernaut, if you look hard enough,” (The Hill Times, March 25, p. 15). In her column, Susan Riley quoted Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew: “If my boys show some small measure of the courage, integrity and grace [of Kinew’s transgendered colleagues] I will die a happy man, […]
Barbados was right to cut ties with the monarchy
We can remain on good terms with the Crown, but we can swear allegiance to Canada and its people, free ourselves of many of the anachronisms of colonialism, and be genuinely independent.
A carbon price may not save the world, but it’s a start, says letter writer
Re: “Trudeau’s carbon tax hike will hurt future generations,” (The Hill Times, March 27, p. 15). The opinion of author Kenneth Green’s home institution, the Fraser Institute, is known to be strongly slanted along certain ideological lines. That behind us, let’s look at the options: raise the carbon tax, keep it stable, or reduce/remove it. […]
Blame Hamas for Gaza food insecurity: Williams
Re: “A tale of three famines,” (The Hill Times, March 27, p. 20). With respect to Gwynne Dyer’s comments on Gaza, it’s hard to follow his logic. How can he admit that “Hamas started the war,” that Hamas “undoubtedly intended to trigger a massive violent Israeli retaliation,” and that Hamas would use the Palestinian victims […]
Canada is becoming an afterthought in Africa
Global power is moving away from western hegemony, and African nations are busy courting the opportunities that come with competition.
A cap on emissions will actually hinder Canada’s environmental, social, and economic efforts
The path to accelerating emissions reduction is not by adding more regulation.
A national pharmacare plan should cover what’s best for patients, not what’s new
Using insulin is always challenging, so access to a broad range of appropriate options is vital.
Making the Canadian military fighting fit again
The architects of restructuring the Canadian Armed Forces should look to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict for the future blueprint of Canada’s military.
