Other Voices

THE CONVERSATION – Fighting historic wildfires amid bad ideas and no funding

August 14, 2018 // 0 Comments

By EDWARD STRUZIK Queen’s University, Ontario SHORTLY AFTER my book “Firestorm, How Wildfire Will Shape Our Future” was published in late 2017, I received a flurry [Continue]

THE CONVERSATION – Both countries are wrong in Saudi-Canada spat

August 10, 2018 // 1 Comment

By HOUSSEM BEN LAZREG University of Alberta THE SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED diplomatic crisis between Canada and Saudi Arabia has raised questions about their levels of bilateral [Continue]

SUZUKI – Will energy efficiency stall climate disruption?

August 8, 2018 // 1 Comment

IN THE RACE AGAINST the increasingly widespread and devastating consequences of climate change, solutions tend to focus on products and technologies. Renewable energy, [Continue]

BUS TRAVEL – In Greyhound’s wake, government should stay off the bus

August 7, 2018 // 1 Comment

When governments run transportation services, more tax dollars make trips than people. Let private business fill the gap By LEE HARDING Research fellow Frontier Centre for [Continue]

SUZUKI – Reconciling energy and Indigenous rights

August 1, 2018 // 1 Comment

IN 2007, CANADA WAS one of four countries to vote against the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (with New Zealand, the United States and Australia). With its [Continue]

THE CONVERSATION – Fighting back against the poison of social media

July 28, 2018 // 0 Comments

By FUYUKI KURASAWA Associate Professor, York University, Canada IN THE MINUTES AND HOURS that followed of the recent mass shooting in Toronto, an all-too-familiar pattern [Continue]

PRIVACY – Antiquated privacy laws fail to protect Canadians

July 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

Government must update legislation in a way that addresses today’s technology and prepares for future changes. And political parties can’t be exempt By Sen. ART [Continue]

SUZUKI – Vancouver’s ban on single-use plastics a step in the right direction

July 25, 2018 // 0 Comments

PEOPLE IN CANADA discard about 57 million plastic drinking straws every day. In my hometown of Vancouver, we toss out 2.6 million disposable cups every week. It’s a global [Continue]

CONVERSATION – America looks hopeless – a lot like the ‘mother country’ once did

July 23, 2018 // 4 Comments

Gin Lane, a scene of urban desolation with gin-crazed Londoners; a woman lets her child fall to its death and an emaciated ballad-seller. (Image: William Hogarth) By J.M. [Continue]

EGGLETON – Contrary to what Trump says, our Forces are pulling their weight

July 18, 2018 // 0 Comments

Our contribution to NATO shouldn’t be measured by a flawed financial system. It’s a matter of willingness and ability. We have both By ART EGGLETON Senator U.S. [Continue]

WEATHER – Canada wins if the globe warms but we must be ready

July 17, 2018 // 4 Comments

If the Earth warmed as much as models say, the increase in Canada’s arable land would be an area two times the size of Quebec By LEE HARDING Research Associate Frontier [Continue]

TRADE – Canadian steel tariffs hurt construction, and all Canadians

July 16, 2018 // 0 Comments

By CHRIS GARDNER Independent Contractors and Businesses Association LAST HALLOWEEN, Justin Trudeau launched a thousand photo ops by wearing a Superman costume into the House [Continue]

REWRITING HISTORY – Changing original name for painting is going too far

July 15, 2018 // 5 Comments

Leave Emily Carr’s painting alone, and leave our history alone, too, warts and all By BRIAN GIESBRECHT Senior Fellow Frontier Centre for Public Policy THE MODERN [Continue]

ELECTORAL CHANGE – Proposed options are neither simple nor straightforward

July 14, 2018 // 5 Comments

Referendum may grant more power to B.C. politicians and bureaucrats, at democracy’s expense By Dr. LYDIA MILJAN University of Windsor THIS FALL, BRITISH COLUMBIANS will [Continue]