Other Voices

ELECTIONS – The federal Liberals’ lukewarm shift toward electoral reform

July 1, 2018 // 1 Comment

The Trudeau government’s belated commitment to election law revisions is welcome, if far short of earlier promises By PAUL THOMAS University of Manitoba THE RECENT [Continue]

FRASER INSTITUTE – Ottawa lays another brick in the wall at Alta. border

June 30, 2018 // 2 Comments

Ottawa ignores the evidence with Bill C-48, which will make it more difficult to ship oil and byproducts to lucrative Asian markets By KEN GREEN Senior director of natural [Continue]

HOMELESSNESS – Tent cities aren’t the problem, just a symptom

June 28, 2018 // 0 Comments

We need to address contributing factors to homelessness, including mental illness, addictions and poverty By JINO DISTASIO Expert Adviser EvidenceNetwork.ca TONIGHT, AN [Continue]

SUZUKI – Caribou science denial cripples conservation efforts

June 27, 2018 // 0 Comments

TO ITS CREDIT, the Forest Products Association of Canada recognizes climate change is a serious threat to forests and habitat, and has vowed the sector it represents “is [Continue]

PIPELINES – The risky business of government-run pipelines

June 27, 2018 // 1 Comment

By SHERENA HUSSAIN York University WHEN THE CANADIAN government announced its acquisition of Kinder Morgan’s ownership interest in the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, it [Continue]

HISTORY – The dreadful history of children in concentration camps

June 25, 2018 // 1 Comment

Child survivors of Auschwitz are seen in this 1945 photograph. (Creative Commons) By WILSON T. BELL Thompson Rivers University CHILDREN AND FAMILY have been central [Continue]