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]
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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]
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