Opinion

PROVINCIAL PULSE – B.C. Liberal economic message resonates; concerns over campaign finance and housing persist

March 24, 2017 // 4 Comments

Excerpts from a new report released by Angus Reid Institute today (March 24, 2017) on the B.C. election: INVESTIGATIONS INTO campaign financing have commenced, tax cuts have [Continue]

MURPHY – Radical Jack and the birth of modern Canada

March 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

AS WE ANTICIPATE Canada’s 150th anniversary celebrations this summer, spare a thought for an unlikely Englishman who played a role in the events leading up to [Continue]

CHIDIAC – Investing in children to stop the scourge of extremism

March 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

CHILDREN’S RIGHTS advocate Marian Wright Edelman said, “The question is not whether we can afford to invest in every child; the question is whether we can afford not [Continue]

FRASER INSTITUTE – Federal budget punts major policy decisions to another day

March 23, 2017 // 0 Comments

By CHARLES LAMMAN and JASON CLEMENS The Fraser Institute THE FEDERAL BUDGET adds fuel to the growing problem of policy uncertainty hovering over the Canadian economy. It’s [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – M-103: If Canadians, not MPs, voted in the House, the motion condemning Islamophobia would be defeated

March 23, 2017 // 7 Comments

AS PARLIAMENT prepares to vote on the anti-Islamophobia motion that has been part of the national discourse for months, a new public opinion poll released today (March 23, [Continue]

ANALYSIS – Can our cities cope with protest and unrest?

March 23, 2017 // 4 Comments

By ALLAN BONNER IN UNSETTLED political times, it’s worth noting how our predecessors dealt with – or failed to deal with – unrest. North Americans thinking back to the [Continue]