Looking at Trudeau After the Paris Attacks
The honeymoon is not over, but if you look closely, you can already see a tiny bit of egg on the face of our photogenic new prime minister. Until Black…
Mark Crawford
Cariboo-Prince George and Edmonton -Griesbach Illustrate the Difficulty–Even the Perversity–of so-called "Strategic Voting"
On the whole, the October 19 election was a good day for democracy. I had feared—more than once in these columns—what a re-elected Conservative Harper majority might mean in terms…
Cariboo-Prince George and Edmonton -Griesbach Illustrate the Difficulty–Even the Perversity–of so-called "Strategic Voting"
On the whole, the October 19 election was a good day for democracy. I had feared—more than once in these columns—what a re-elected Conservative Harper majority might mean in terms…
Cariboo-Prince George and Edmonton -Griesbach Illustrate the Difficulty–Even the Perversity–of so-called "Strategic Voting"
On the whole, the October 19 election was a good day for democracy. I had feared—more than once in these columns—what a re-elected Conservative Harper majority might mean in terms…
Time for a Change
It’s the home stretch of the federal election campaign and two leaders’ debates and endless commercials may have done more to blur lines between the parties and leaders than to…
Time for a Change
It’s the home stretch of the federal election campaign and two leaders’ debates and endless commercials may have done more to blur lines between the parties and leaders than to…
Time for a Change
It’s the home stretch of the federal election campaign and two leaders’ debates and endless commercials may have done more to blur lines between the parties and leaders than to…
Conservatism’s Relativism about the Truth
Of course he rejects the Statistics Canada report concerning the definition of a recession. Just like he and other conservatives reject the ICPP reports on climate change, United Nations and…
Conservatism’s Relativism about the Truth
Of course he rejects the Statistics Canada report concerning the definition of a recession. Just like he and other conservatives reject the ICPP reports on climate change, United Nations and…
Conservatism’s Relativism about the Truth
Of course he rejects the Statistics Canada report concerning the definition of a recession. Just like he and other conservatives reject the ICPP reports on climate change, United Nations and…
Six Questions About Science and Technology
How government funds science and how it treats the information that scientists produce says much about the direction a society is taking and the vision that the government has for…
Six Questions About Science and Technology
How government funds science and how it treats the information that scientists produce says much about the direction a society is taking and the vision that the government has for…
Six Questions About Science and Technology
How government funds science and how it treats the information that scientists produce says much about the direction a society is taking and the vision that the government has for…
The Debate About the Debates
“Pick your battles” is a wise adage for life, especially in the intensely competitive and adversarial arena that is politics. That is why we have a certain tolerance and even…
The Debate About the Debates
“Pick your battles” is a wise adage for life, especially in the intensely competitive and adversarial arena that is politics. That is why we have a certain tolerance and even…
The Debate About the Debates
“Pick your battles” is a wise adage for life, especially in the intensely competitive and adversarial arena that is politics. That is why we have a certain tolerance and even…
Why Are Drug Prices High?
Canadians now spend $34 billion per year on pharmaceuticals. That is almost a thousand dollars for every man, woman and child— considerably more than most citizens of other OECD countries…
Why Are Drug Prices High?
Canadians now spend $34 billion per year on pharmaceuticals. That is almost a thousand dollars for every man, woman and child--- considerably more than most citizens of other OECD countries…
Why Are Drug Prices High?
Canadians now spend $34 billion per year on pharmaceuticals. That is almost a thousand dollars for every man, woman and child— considerably more than most citizens of other OECD countries…
The REAL Problem with Jim Prentice’s 2015 Budget
We should all welcome Premier Prentice’s commitment to getting off the energy-revenue roller-coaster and his plans to replenish Alberta’s savings. But two things bothered me about the premier’s pre-budget TV…