Canada’s response to Israel-Hamas war leaves Canadian citizens confused: letter writer
Re: “The prime minister must demand a ceasefire in Gaza, write members of his youth council,” (The Hill Times, Nov. 9). Canada’s reaction to the ongoing war in Gaza leaves us, the citizens, confused and horrified as the two members of the Prime Minister’s Youth Council describe so well. When faced with Israel’s merciless onslaught […]
Yet another tranche of propaganda from the oil industry: McElroy
Re: “Lowering Emissions while Growing Production: Conventional Oil & Natural Gas,” CPP ad, (The Hill Times, Nov. 14, 2023). Yet another tranche of propaganda from the oil industry. Another desperate ad to confuse the public and lead the world deeper into disaster. Mere days from COP28, and our oil industry is bragging about increasing production. […]
Government should focus on cultivating competition in the financial sector
Unless policy is actively designed to foster a robust credit union sector, only the very largest will be able to bear the costs of technology and ever-increasing regulation, resulting in more concentration, fewer choices, and higher costs for Canadian consumers.
As John F. Kennedy famously said in his inaugural speech, we should never negotiate out of fear, and never fear to negotiate
Jeffrey Sachs, the renowned senior UN adviser and author, said the key lesson that we can learn from Kennedy ‘is to fashion the future out of our rational hopes, not our fears.’
This just in: is Poilievre charismatic?
I’m not saying ‘Pierremania’ will sweep Canada the way ‘Trudeaumania’ did in the 1960s or the way ‘Justinmania’ did in 2015. But no one will ever call Pierre Poilievre dull.
Revving up Canada’s energy independence: why biofuels incentives are vital
Canada has enormous potential to be global leader in biofuels production, but it has to compete with the tax credits being offered south of the border by the U.S.’s Inflation Reduction Act.
Feds must maintain health care momentum in fall economic statement
Creating meaningful, long-lasting change in our health system will require sustained funding with clear, measurable, and transparent results.
The frog, the scorpion, and Hamas
Both Hamas and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have always had the same goal: to thwart the ‘two-state’ peace settlement that would have divided the territory known as Palestine between the Palestinian Arabs and the Zionist Jews.
Western media have contributed to loss of truth in Gaza
It’s been said that the first casualty in war is truth. Never has this been truer than in Gaza.
Government hostility to biopharmaceutical industry reduces access to innovative drugs
Developers bring new drugs to Canada later than in other nations. Some aren’t launched here at all. The result is that Canadians who need new drugs either have their access long delayed, or denied.
