March 2011

Canada Votes: Please stay honest and don’t tell lies

March 31, 2011 Politics

Would you like to see a one-on-one debate between Stephen Harper and Michael Ignatieff? I would.

1 comment Read the full article →

Guaranteed Income, bring it on…please

March 30, 2011 Politics

Some provinces have recently raised their minimum wage rates. Good, you might say, but I have always been skeptical about minimum wage. It interferes with employers’ willingness to hire students, for example, and puts the burden of poverty relief on business owners. Even worse, minimum wages still fail to ensure that people make enough money [...]

1 comment Read the full article →

Canada Votes: Liberals and NDP ahead of Tories on policy announcements

March 30, 2011 Politics

So far, we have heard a bunch of promises and announcements from the main parties, but when it comes to common sense, more or less, both the Liberals and NDP are ahead of the Tories.

Read the full article →

Canada Votes: Toronto Star columnist in dire need of a shrink

March 29, 2011 Media

There’s no denying that there are great differences among competing ideologies. There are also wide areas of disagreement among political parties, but to a lesser degree, because parties are about politics, not policy, and politics are invariably about one thing, regardless of the party: duping voters into buying into even the silliest ideas.

3 comments Read the full article →

Canada Votes: Elizabeth May barred from televised leaders’ debate

March 29, 2011 Politics

What a surprising, yet pleasant, turn of events: Green Party leader Elizabeth May has been excluded from the televised leaders’ debate.

2 comments Read the full article →

Canada Votes: Ignatieff’s education policy is only cosmetic

March 29, 2011 Politics

Nothing matters in today’s world more than education. Education is knowledge, and knowledge is today’s weapon of choice to tackle every challenge or problem we encounter.

Read the full article →

Canada Votes: The stupidest idea ever

March 28, 2011 Politics

The current election campaign is not even half a week old, but we already have a winner of the Stupidest Campaign Promise Award. And the award goes to …

1 comment Read the full article →

Canada needs more and better public transit

March 28, 2011 Society

There’s nothing that makes people feel freer and more independent than having access to a public transit system that runs around the clock and takes you wherever you need to go. In London, for example, as well as most other European cities, you get to experience this sense of freedom. In Canada, however, you’re out [...]

1 comment Read the full article →

Canada Votes: First Sunday of the campaign

March 27, 2011 Politics

The party leaders are criss-crossing this great country of ours, but they all seem to be spending more time slagging off opponents rather than telling people what they actually stand for.

Read the full article →

If Calgary Herald is any indication, PostMedia will die like CanWest

March 27, 2011 Business

When CanWest went bankrupt, the new owners of its newspapers, PostMedia, promised to do better – in particular, it would launch a major digital offensive.

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries