Leo Durocher, the fiery win-at-all-costs baseball player, and later manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, once remarked, “I never question the integrity of umpires. Their eyesight? Yes!” Durocher would have questioned their eyesight more if he had known they were suffering ...

It seems what’s old is new again in Budget 2017, presented to the House of Commons.budget shortfalls The big federal budget deficits of the 1970s and ’80s? They seem to have taken up permanent residency again in Canada. Federal finances ...

How much should the federal government pay towards health-care costs? Hardly a week goes by without this thorny issue being disputed between federal and provincial governments—even now that the federal budget has been tabled and health accord agreements have been ...

In the March 22, 2017 federal budget, Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced an increase in funding for the Security Infrastructure Program (SIP), which will receive an additional $5 million over five years, doubling the government’s support for the program.CIJA In ...

“Children!” says Kelly, 6. Kelly, do you mean you’ll finally get even for all those times when adults got to do more than you did? No, says Daniel, 11. “Whosoever humbles himself like a little child is greatest in the ...

Canadians often express pride in our universal health system, which provides publicly funded doctor and hospital services. We don’t have to worry about filing for bankruptcy to get care when we need it.essential medicines But when it comes to prescription ...

In the lead up to today’s federal budget there have been on-going rumours that the federal government will raise capital gains taxes. Despite misperceptions that hiking capital gains taxes will only affect “rich” Canadians, in reality this policy will further ...

“I haven’t been discriminated against because I’m a woman,” said Véronique Bergeron. “I’ve been discriminated against because I’m a mother.” Bergeron—a technical writer, holder of two law degrees, creator of a home business and mother of nine children—brought that message ...

Canadian seniors are a privileged group. The Conference Board of Canada reports that life expectancy today is 10 years longer than in 1961. And the average Canadian can expect to live three years longer than the average American.health ration According ...

Just when we thought we had advanced as a society, putting disgraceful intolerance of antisemitism behind us and embracing and celebrating our ethnic diversity, we realize we still have a long way to go.antisemitism The Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver ...