It’s widely accepted that truth is generally preferable to lies. In the past, we could expect news outlets to objectively report the facts, but recent events would suggest either a lack of journalistic integrity or—more concerningly—ideological capture in our mainstream media institutions.
If passed, Premier Smith’s legislation would make Alberta the third province to implement a policy around parental rights, with her plan being the most far-reaching.
Canada should hedge its bets and more aggressively pursue trading arrangements with others. Instead of continuing to resist opening our highly protected and low-productivity sectors—like dairy—we should embrace as many markets as possible.
There’s something conceptually incompatible with the egalitarian promise of Canadian society for the “haves” to be able to own homes and have children and the “have nots” to have neither. These basic milestones shouldn’t be treated as luxury goods.
In this episode of Hub Dialogues, Marc-David Munk, author and U.S.-based emergency physician, discusses his must-read book, Urgent Calls from Distant Places: An Emergency Doctor’s Notes about Life and Death on the Frontiers of East Africa.
From all angles, Canadians are being told that Canada and its founding ideals of liberal democracy are not worthwhile. The sense of civic responsibility among Canadians and Albertans needs to be revived.
Today’s “new journalism” education has students increasingly view the world through a social justice lens and question the idea of objectivity
Either a country has a narrative to offer to its new citizens or it doesn’t. Having mostly abandoned pride in its historical roots, Canada is hoping for the future to simply reveal the answer to the question “Who are we?”—or if there is even going to be a “We.”
While the government has temporarily delayed further expansions of MAID for mental illness, this staggering rate of growth in the current system should prompt not only reflection but a commitment to investigating what is going on.
Regardless of who wins the next American election, the best thing Canada can do to manage our most important bilateral relationship is to start taking our defence and security responsibilities seriously.
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