by Bob Weber, The Canadian Press EDMONTON – Opposition politicians are raising concerns over a report done for Alberta’s energy regulator that suggests doctors are reluctant to draw links between…
Trade missions have always been questionable vehicles for boosting the Canadian economy. Nonetheless, some can be justified by, if nothing else, the trade potential of the host country. For example,…
Last month, we told you about the CRTC’s investigation into price-gouging by Big Telecom. Here’s two simple gifs you’ll want to see. And remember, meetups are happening all over the…
We are pleased to launch the first instalment in a series of online pieces “Visions of the Left.” Author and activist Derrick O’Keefe makes the case that the Peoples’ Social…
The corporate tax rate in 2000 was 28% and the unemployment rate was 6.8%. In 2013, the unemployment rate was 7.2% and the corporate tax rate was 15%. Ever wonder…
A few years ago we were in discussion with the Central East Local Health Integration Network about the idea of having a number of consultative committees made up of unionized…
“A man standing up for downtrodden people: Is he a hero, or a hypocrite? Let our expert panel decide for you by suggesting the hero is a hypocrite simply through…
Your news links for today: There is an iPod tax after all (Macleans) Update: CBSA ATIPs on the iPod Tax (Mike Moffat) Canadian Regulators Place Google’s Business Model Under Microscope…
Does Netanyahu really speak for “all of the people of Israel” as he claims here? Many in the country feel his hardline stands are counterproductive for both the Palestinians and…
As more of Harper’s speech to Israel’s Knesset comes to light, the degree of dysfunction and narrow-mindedness of it becomes all the more clear. The prime minister said he refused…
Any guesses who it is?
While Stephen Harper’s trip to Israel is receiving wide domestic media coverage, coverage that I have been studiously avoiding out of deference to my at-times delicate sensibilities and constitution, the…
(Note from Nick of One Big Campaign: Please take a couple of minutes to read about this new global initiative and give us your feedback. Is it time for massive…
The combined wealth of the world’s richest 85 people is now equivalent to that owned by half of the world’s population – or 3.5 billion of the poorest people –…
If anybody thought there was a crisis underlying how we live now, the new these days should convince them.In addition to increasing concern about the state of our highway infrastructure,…
Always looking for material pro or con the royals, there was a web site discovered the other day that looked like a goldmine of liberal thought on Canada’s relationship with…
I’d wondered why the USA wasn’t chasing after draft dodgers still. On this day in 1977, U.S. President Jimmy Carter granted an unconditional pardon to hundreds of thousands of men……
Bought a book at Loblaws (of all places) this week, one by Harry Turtledove: The Big Switch. It’s one of his many alternative history novels, about what might have happened…
Stephen Harper claims that criticizing Israel is a new form of Anti-Semitism. Of course, he defines Israel as the Netanyahu government. But, as Gerry Caplan writes, there is so much…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Erika Shaker rightly questions why government policy toward business is based on a level of permissiveness which we’d recognize as utter madness…
