Category: Viewpoint

Viewpoint

Canada’s intercity rail network is rotting away

by Eric Boutilier | Mar 23, 2023

Is the federal government simply letting our trains wither before cancelling the service outright?

How to help someone achieve their goals

by Faith Wood | Mar 23, 2023
Sir John A Macdonald and the fog of cancel culture

by Greg Piasetzki | Mar 23, 2023
Oil sands producers not greenwashing net zero plans

by Deborah Jaremko | Mar 22, 2023
Feds dish out $198 million in bonuses in 2022 – so far

by Ryan Thorpe | Mar 21, 2023
Bishop Grandin was a hero of early Manitoba

by Brian Giesbrecht | Mar 21, 2023

How David Johnston became the wrong choice for special rapporteur

by Michael Taube

His close ties to the Trudeau family and Communist China quickly tarnished the sheen from the appointment

University professors should just say no to oil and gas divestment

by Gina Pappano

The end goal of divestment is supply shortages, higher prices, shuttered factories, job losses, and energy poverty

China–brokered deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia catches world by surprise

by Rashid Husain Syed

A new crude oil bloc seems to be taking shape, apparently at the cost to the U.S. and the West

Canada Revenue Agency raking in more taxes due to shrinkflation

by Sylvain Charlebois

It is unacceptable that, with “shrinkflation, consumers get less and are taxed more

ChatGPT no reason to move away from traditional teaching

by Michael Zwaagstra

ChatGPT is an impressive tool, but it is just that – a tool

MPs take pay raise same day they take more from taxpayers

by Franco Terrazzano

Politicians don’t deserve pay raises while making life unaffordable for Canadians

Alberta inactive assets trial balloon shot down

by Bill Whitelaw

Cleaning up inactive assets continues to hang over the energy sector like a dark cloud

Michael Caine is still going strong at 90

Picking favourites from Caine’s extensive film catalogue is a challenging proposition

With information overload comes great responsibility

by Gerry Chidiac

Wading through the rampant disinformation in media today requires a healthy dose of skepticism

Nixon in love

A 2015 biography by Evan Thomas gives us Nixon in the round, talented and tortured, ambitious and insecure

Alberta budget deserves a thumbs up

While the 2023 budget may be an election budget, taxpayers have a lot to be happy about

Alberta’s blueprint for its energy future works in the shadows

by Bill Whitelaw

Premier Smith’s retread energy panel seemingly only out to please only one particular constituency