Other Voices

SUZUKI – Species at Risk emergency order aims to protect resident orcas

January 31, 2018 // 1 Comment

CANADA IS LOSING a lot of its wildlife. The World Wildlife Fund’s 2017 Living Planet Report Canada found half the monitored mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian and fish [Continue]

SUZUKI – On climate, OECD head embraces environmentalism

January 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

ANGEL GURRIAa sounds like the leader of an environmental or social justice group. In a recent University of Toronto lecture, “Climate Action: Time for Implementation”, he [Continue]

CHIDIAC – Tackling conflict in the Middle East cauldron

January 25, 2018 // 1 Comment

AS A THIRD-GENERATION Arab-Canadian, I’ve long been troubled by the conflicts in the Middle East. When I read about riots, fighting, hatred and killing in the land of my [Continue]

KINSELLA – Mob rule: the Internet at its most thoughtless and hurtful

January 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

IN THE SOCIAL media era – in our mad rush to judgment – people get ground up and spat out. Happens all the time. Happens too often. Ask ‎Aziz Ansari, the Muslim [Continue]

TIM HORTONS: The killing of another Canadian icon

January 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

By SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS Senior Fellow Atlantic Institute for Market Studies DESTROYING Canadian business icons seems to be a trend. In 2017, it was Sears. While employees were [Continue]

EDUCATION – Universities have schizophrenic attitude on public service

January 23, 2018 // 0 Comments

By ALEX USHER President, Higher Education Strategy Associates I HAVE A STRONG message today. It’s mostly for people in social science fields (especially Deans and [Continue]