Ontario plans to provide a publicly funded pharmacare system for children and youth in Ontario. It’s a small step in the right direction and arguably most important for its symbolism in a national debate. Why just a small step? Because ...
Read More »Carbon pricing a triumph of ideology over reason
Canada’s political and business leaders are pursuing an emissions-reduction (carbon) agenda that will harm our nation’s citizens and our economy. And it’s an agenda that defies prevailing world trends. The COP 22 Marrakech Climate Change Conference began on Nov. 7 ...
Read More »Setting the table for a radically different food guide
Food guides count. Canada’s Food Guide is a big deal – but it can be much more influential. On the whole, the guide is a symbol Canada’s food-related values. Public institutions, schools, universities and community-based organizations look to it to reflect ...
Read More »Orange was the colour of the election, not the NDP
A funny thing happened on Election Day as the Dippers imploded and the Tories were demolished. Orange was the colour of the month for all parties except the Greens. But it didn’t exactly show a desire to emulate Tom Mulcair ...
Read More »John Sewell’s book and how he and friends saved Toronto (Video)
John Sewell provides an insider’s account of 12 years when Toronto was transformed by activist citizens and high-rise developments. By the mid-1990s Toronto was well on the way to being Canada’s laraget and most powerful city, but all this “progress” ...
Read More »Group shows secret gov’t contract supports detention violations
Tings Chak — The End Immigration Detention Network is releasing a secretive contract between the Ontario and Federal government which shows joint responsibility for immigration detention violations. Ontario has denied the existence of this agreement on multiple occasions, and it ...
Read More »Ottawa enriches slowpoke Xplornet ISP monopoly
Brooke DeCosta Young — For rural Canadians, being ripped off by Xplornet is the price they pay for trying to use the most expensive, undependable monopoly Internet connection in North America. Canada’s Leaders Keep Obsolete “5 Mbps” Standard in Place, ...
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