‘None of the above’ should be a valid ballot choice
Voters should be given the opportunity to say none of the options are acceptable. It could lay the foundation for a stronger democracy…
Unplugged from the reality of our energy needs
The green movement’s fossil-fuel divestment crusade hurts the poor and middle class…
The kids will smoke pot anyway
That's hardly a good reason to legalize marijuana but the federal government is pushing ahead anyway…
A new wave of B.C. small-town cultural renaissance
Let's be honest, most of B.C.’s artistic community has always lived on the Gulf Islands, on Vancouver Island, up the Sunshine Coast, in Haida Gwaii rather than in Vancouver…
Using student job funding to silence critics
The Liberals’ latest decision means summer employment is now a testing ground for ideological adhesion, obedience and purity…
First Nations spending accountability is essential
Forward-looking Indigenous governments realize that transparency is the only way to improved social and economic conditions…
Just who’s the bully when it comes to minimum wage hikes?
Government generally has little or no understanding of franchising, how food distribution forces play out or even simply how small businesses operate…
Why did Justin Trudeau rush into a photo-op with Joshua Boyle?
No political spin doctor or Liberal-friendly talking head can ever make Trudeau’s inexplicable meeting with the Boyle family go away…
Finding enlightenment in the dark
Twenty years after Montreal's devastating ice storm, some life lessons remain indelibly carved in a survivor’s psyche…
The American dream is moving north to Canada
Great uncertainty faces Canada and the United States, but Canada seems better equipped to adapt and flourish…