SUZUKI – Tackling climate change requires healing the divide
CANADIAN CLIMATE CHANGE opinion is polarized, and research shows the divide is widening. The greatest predictor of people’s outlook is political affiliation. This means [Continue]
Other Voices
REFERENDUM – The compelling arguments against prop rep in B.C.
Former NDP Premiers Glen Clark and Ujjal Dosanjh may be against electoral reform, but retired lawyer Ian MacLeod expresses his opposition best By ROSLYN KUNIN Columnist, Troy [Continue]
POLITICS – Is there a conservative case against the carbon tax?
All four strands of conservatism in Canada – traditionalist, religious, free-market and populist – should logically support a tax By JIM FARNEY EvidenceNetwork.ca [Continue]
CLIMATE CHANGE – We need a new, more relevant kind of weather forecast
More regular reporting on extreme weather patterns would help Canadians understand the real threat of climate change By MICHAEL WOLFSON EvidenceNetwork.ca THE TORNADOES that [Continue]
SUZUKI – Human behaviour is at the root of orca plight on B.C.’s coast
NEWS ABOUT ORCA MOTHER Tahlequah carrying her dead newborn for 17 days through the Salish Sea this summer was heartbreaking, and rightfully captured the world’s attention. [Continue]
REFERENDUM – 87 ridings represent 100 per cent of the power under FPTP
Comments by MLA Mike Morris (Liberal, Prince George-Mackenzie) in the B.C. Legislature on Monday, Nov. 5, 2018 during debate on on proportional representation. M. Morris: The [Continue]
THE POT DEBATE – Marijuana’s medical attributes are vastly overstated
Pot’s benefits have been overstated by political advocates and scientists, whose bias may have tainted research results By LEE HARDING Research Fellow Frontier Centre for [Continue]
THE CONVERSATION – Goodbye Apu – here’s what you meant to us
By FAIZA HIRJI McMaster University The Simpsons’ Apu may be dead, but stereotyping of South Asians most certainly is not. In fact, from the debates that preceded the [Continue]
TRAVIS – Time to dial down the rhetoric in B.C.’s referendum campaign
HAVING SURVIVED two referendums in Quebec – the 1992 Charlottetown Accord and the 1995 referendum on independence – I feel I might have a few experiences to share and [Continue]
POLITICS – Municipal governments should do less and spend less
The surest way to trim the bloated costs of municipal services is to privatize them. Competition drives costs down and quality up By MATTHEW LAU Research Associate Frontier [Continue]
ELECTORAL CHANGE – Let us remember the word ‘democracy’ in every sense
Excerpts from a speech by Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Donna Barnett this week during debate in the Legislature on Bill 40, the Electoral Reform Referendum 2018 Amendment Act. By [Continue]
SUZUKI – Protecting the complex web of life should be the priority
NEWS THAT ENVIRONMENT and Climate Change Canada is considering “priority threat management” to assess endangered species is troubling. The method is often used to inform [Continue]
ELECTORAL CHANGE – Prop rep is a perfect example of loser take all
Replacing the existing system with proportional representation will result in a government of chaos By ROSLYN KUNIN Troy Media THE B.C. REFERENDUM on how citizens elect those [Continue]
CRIME & PUNISHMENT – End mandatory minimum sentences for murder
Indigenous women are vastly over-represented among those sentenced to life By DEBRA PARKES University of British Columbia WHAT’S WRONG with mandatory minimum sentences? [Continue]
