Jody Wilson-Raybould most recently served as the independent Member of Parliament for Vancouver Granville. The sun was flooding through the third-floor windows of the Signature private plane terminal at Vancouver International Airport as I sat waiting for the Prime Minister to arrive. The terminal is distant and isolated, far from the bustling main […]
I don’t want to alarm you, but you might like to know that the federal government is about to take over the media. Every minute of every hour of every day of what is broadcast on Canadian radio and television is overseen by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission , with […]
After two military coups in Mali in the past eight years, Canada and other key donors are being urged to reconsider their massive financial and security support for Mali’s dysfunctional government. Soldiers seized power in the West African country on Tuesday for the second time since 2012, capitalizing on mass […]
Jeff Booth is the author of The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation Is The Key To An Abundant Future. The economic system we have relied on is breaking down. Amplified by COVID-19, society is on a collision course that most are not even aware of, caused by two competing forces […]
This is the very best that we are: Because COVID-19 infections are below forecast levels in Alberta, the provincial government is donating ventilators and personal protective equipment to Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia. “I, for one, as an Albertan and as a Canadian, could not in conscience watch us stockpile […]
Without a doubt, Canadian governments should take debt reduction seriously. In reference to this, it is well known that Canadian governments will soon present their tax and expenditure plans in their 2020 budgets. This year’s budget season offers an opportunity for federal and provincial governments to reverse the trend of […]
Among the many promises delivered in its Throne Speech last week, the government reaffirmed its commitment to securing a seat on the 2021–2022 UN Security Council. It’s one of the leftover pledges from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s first term, when he declared that the peacekeeping country of our collective memories […]
It should be noted that after cordial meetings with the leader of the Québec block Yves-François Blanchet and the leader of the PND Jagmeet Singh last week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau clearly has the green light to move forward on an agenda focused on the fight against climate change, spending […]
Certainly many believe that humanity is “evil” since all it does is destroy, however, it is not so, at least in reference to climate change. It is important to mention that in conversations at the United Nations, the 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg said that if humanity really understands the […]
Most people on the planet wake up every day thinking that things are getting worse. This should not be something of a surprise since, in fact, it is brought to what they usually read in the newspaper or watch on television. That being the case, this bleak mood is a […]