SUZUKI – Saving Notre Dame is worthy but so is saving the environment
WHEN PARIS’S NOTRE DAME caught fire on April 15, the flames threatened more than eight centuries of culture and history. The fire evoked shock, horror and grief [Continue]
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SUZUKI – When does plant and animal species loss become a societal crisis?
IT’S HEARTENING, in the midst of the human-caused sixth mass extinction, to find good wildlife recovery news. As plant and animal species disappear faster than they [Continue]
GARDNER – City Hall is failing residents on affordable housing issue
By CHRIS GARDNER President, Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C. WHY DO POLITICIANS given the reins of power seem so allergic to common sense? Time and [Continue]
POLITICS – Oil tanker moratorium drives a deep wedge between provinces
By ELAINE McCOY, QC Senator MEMBERS OF THE Canadian Senate, myself included, have heard from thousands of Canadians for and against Bill C-69, which promises to modernize the [Continue]
SUZUKI – Children are fighting for their future and we must support them
“And a little child shall lead them.” – Isaiah 11:6 AT 16, GRETA THUNBERG may not be a little child, but she’s showing tremendous leadership. The Swedish student has [Continue]
TRAVIS – Government’s credit card charges reveal eclectic spending record
GOVERNMENTS MUST DREAD the day they have to post their credit card charges online. Thousands of charges totalling in the millions of dollars, it’s a sure bet someone [Continue]
SNC-LAVALIN – Deferred prosecution deals aren’t get-out-of-jail free cards
By SUKANYA PILLAY University of Windsor PRIME MINISTER Justin Trudeau’s government remains in hot water over SNC-Lavalin. Even anti-bribery officials from the Organisation [Continue]
SUZUKI – Government should heed Unist’ot’en message about the Earth
I VISITED the Unist’ot’en camp near Kitimat, B.C., a year ago. The people, led by Chief Freda Huson, are trying to re-establish a sustainable relationship with territory [Continue]
TECHNOLOGY – Municipalities must protect against cyber attacks
Canadian towns and cities hold valuable data yet are poorly prepared to detect and fend off attacks By FERGUS HODGSON Research Associate Frontier Centre for Public Policy [Continue]
SUZUKI – Winter weather doesn’t disprove global warming
WEATHER AND CLIMATE aren’t the same. It’s one thing for people who spend little or no time learning about global warming to confuse the two, but when those we elect to [Continue]
POLITICS – Trudeau is wrong to back intervention in Venezuela
Apparently it’s wrong for Russia to interfere in U.S. or Canadian elections, but okay for the U.S. and Canada to pick Venezuela’s leader By GUS VAN HARTEN York University [Continue]
EDUCATION – B.C. system performs well while holding line on spending
B.C. financially supports parents who choose independent schools with per-student grants of up to 50 per cent By ANGELA MacLEOD Analyst, The Fraser Institute WHILE OTHER [Continue]
TRAVIS – No pot of gold at the end of the private auto insurance rainbow
IMAGINE A LAND where drivers pay 55 per cent more for auto insurance than other drivers in Canada, a land where an insurance company may not cover you because of the city you [Continue]
SUZUKI – Eating less meat would make our planet’s environment healthier
JUST AS AVOIDING climate catastrophe isn’t the only reason to phase out fossil fuels, it’s not the only reason to curtail meat consumption. Phasing out fossil fuels will [Continue]
