CHARBONNEAU – Low-income taxpayers could benefit from auto filing
MANY LOW-INCOME CANADIANS are missing out on benefits because they don’t file tax returns. While most Canadians — including me — think of what they owe at tax time, [Continue]
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CHARBONNEAU – Bubble families emerge from the pandemic
PROVINCES ARE ALLOWING THE EXPANSION OF FAMILY UNITS to include friends and family. The selection of who’s in and who is out is tricky. B.C.’s provincial health officer, [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – China should speak softly and carry a big wallet
CHINA HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF COVERING UP the start of the COVID-19 pandemic for months, giving the virus time to spread globally. China’s response has been to come out [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Ageism contributes to poor care in long-term care facilities
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC has made it clear the disparity of care for residents in long-term care compared to that in hospitals. An indicator of that disparity is the fact that [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Ventilator treatment leads to questions about end-of-life
NOW IS THE TIME TO TALK to your friends and family about your prospects of survival should you become deathly ill. But if you’re like me, you’d rather not start the [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Canada could have stopped virus earlier but at what cost?
THE COMMON GOOD has to outweigh the misguided opinions of a few. Two nations have contrasting approaches to the control of COVID-19. One uses state-control, the other appeals [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Some people still think the COVID-19 pandemic is a hoax
THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH OF COVID-19 is that it’s going to kill millions. That reality is slowly dawning on a majority of Canadians as the virus moves closer to home. However [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Art imitates life in movie Contagion
THE MOVIE CONTAGION (2011) accurately predicted some aspects of the current COVID-19 pandemic. Of course, the movie is meant to be entertaining and has a happy ending. [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The coronavirus pandemic is a fact, but it’s also news
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IS A FACT. It is also news. The difference between facts and “the news” is that facts don’t always become news, not because those facts [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Coronavirus tests Canada’s character
CANADIANS ARE SEEN AS “NICE” PEOPLE, sensible, proud of Canada but not jingoistic, modest, not fanatically religious. The way we respond to the novel coronavirus pandemic [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Coronavirus gives the virus family a bad name
MOST VIRUSES ARE BENIGN and some are even lifesaving. Only a few cause panic and fear. We are literally immersed in viruses. A UBC professor has discovered that billions of [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The language of the infiltrators in pipeline dispute
INFILTRATORS OF THE PIPELINE PROTEST intend to shut down dialogue and perpetuate the divisions between us. What was once the sole grievance of hereditary chiefs is now a [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Cheer up, climate change could be a lot worse
THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL was remarkable for three reasons: It was a model for international cooperation; it succeeded in reducing atmospheric pollution; and now studies show it [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The Kamloops rental shortage is no accident
THE SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS in Kamloops is the result of deliberate government policy starting with the Mulroney Conservatives in the 1990s. Not just Kamloops but [Continue]
