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CONFLICT – U.S. air strikes in Syria are unlawful, irresponsible and unjustified

April 19, 2018 // 1 Comment

Canada needs to speak up for peace and stability before the situation escalates into a wider conflict By GUS VAN HARTEN Professor Osgoode Hall Law School THE RECENT U.S. air [Continue]

SUZUKI – Kinder Morgan pipeline controversy proves need to shift course

April 18, 2018 // 3 Comments

ON MARCH 31, an underwater pipeline carrying oil to a refinery in Balikpapan, Indonesia, broke, spreading crude over 20,000 hectares of Balikpapan Bay. Some of it ignited, [Continue]

PIPELINES – The high cost of pipeline obstructionism in Canada

April 16, 2018 // 5 Comments

Our lack of capacity to cheaply transport crude is costing us billions. Policy-makers need to recognize the urgent need for pipelines By KENNETH P. GREEN ELMIRA ALIAKBARI and [Continue]

HEALTHCARE – When the doctor says sorry

April 15, 2018 // 1 Comment

It’s been a dozen years since health-care apology laws came to Canada. Do they work? By PAUL THOMAS Expert Adviser EvidenceNetwork.ca My introduction to the complex and [Continue]

POLITICS – Canada needs another politician like John G. Diefenbaker

April 14, 2018 // 3 Comments

In the hyper-sensitive world of modern politics, opposition politicians aren’t brave enough to talk about critical issues By BRIAN GIESBRECHT Senior Fellow Frontier [Continue]

HISTORY – Vasili Arkhipov kept his head and saved us from nuclear destruction

April 5, 2018 // 1 Comment

We owe so much to Vasili Arkhipov, yet he’s not well known. He kept his cool while those around him were losing it during the Cuban Missile Crisis By BRIAN GIESBRECHT [Continue]