Opinions
National Affairs: What is the point of NATO?
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on July 7th, 2018
Donald Trump says too many NATO countries, including Canada, don’t pay their fair share of defence costs. The U.S. president is right about that. But the real question facing the 29-member alliance is far more fundamental. What is the point of NATO these days? In 1949, when the then 12-member North Atlantic Treaty Organization was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More appreciation needed for city’s historical buildings
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on July 6th, 2018
Most of us appreciate traditional architecture, the elements of design and construction that you just don’t see anymore but that does not often translate into doing what we can to keep them. Just for a moment, imagine Medicine Hat without the beautiful St. Patrick’s Church, or the other historical churches such as Saint Barnabas, St. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Report from Ottawa: Let’s promote responsible citizenship
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on July 6th, 2018
Recently, I was given the opportunity to contribute a regular column in the Medicine Hat News. I considered a number of options for my introductory remarks: Should I discuss the details of the new firearms legislation? Would it be worth writing again about the incoming legalization of marijuana? Do the changes to the Canada Summer ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Farm safety law won’t kill Alberta agriculture
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on July 5th, 2018
Two years after the Alberta New Democrats announced new farm safety legislation, cows are not wearing hard hats and the sky has not fallen. That’s according to a farm and ranch industry coalition involved in fitting occupational health and safety standards to the special case of agricultural production. That also stands in stark contrast to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A victory for Alta. farmers
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on July 3rd, 2018
Southern Albertans will remember the anger and opposition. Back in 2015, when the provincial government passed legislation to protect farmhands, we heard cries of condemnation from all sectors of Alberta’s agricultural industry. From Manyberries to Manning, producers warned that provisions of Bill 6 would destroy the family farms and the rural economy they support. Protest ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guest Column: Jeff Sessions, a toady, was just following his boss’s orders. Sad!
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on June 30th, 2018
There are few things more despicable than a toady. The toady is a leader’s ‘yes’ man, a sycophant. He possesses the skill of doing and saying only those things his boss wants to hear — regardless of the consequences. The toady desires nothing more than to kiss his leader’s, umm, hand. Historically, dictators and egotists ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!U.S. VIEWS
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on June 30th, 2018
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the third iteration of President Trump’s travel ban on people from several mostly Muslim countries was facially neutral and that the government had “set forth a sufficient national security justification” for the policy. That’s the threshold the ban needed to meet to pass legal muster. But only an amnesiac ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Election fever ramping upin Alberta
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on June 29th, 2018
Current activity among some political parties could be construed as having the inside track on an imminent election, while others evidently don’t see one on the horizon. The next election could take place in the spring of 2019. The Legislative Assembly of Alberta passed an Election Amendment Act on Dec. 6, 2011, legislating that general ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National Affairs: Is Trudeau keeper of dad’s legacy?
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on June 29th, 2018
To mark the 50th anniversary earlier this week of the election of Pierre Trudeau’s first government, Radio-Canada’s version of CBC’s The Current set out to look back on what it called 50 years of Trudeauism. But can the last half-century of federal governance — including nearly two decades of Conservative rule — really be summed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In these turbulent times, Canada needs ‘more Canada’
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on June 28th, 2018
The phrase “the world needs more Canada” began as a marketing slogan to promote Canadian authors, but was quickly embraced by a population that’s typically been slow to brag about our accomplishments. It’s been picked up and repeated by several world leaders and global celebrities whose causes align with our traditional support for compassionate internationalism. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National Affairs: Signs are not hopeful on animal testing
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on June 27th, 2018
A bill that would ban the manufacture and sale of cosmetic products that rely on animal testing has finally cleared the Senate. It took three years for Bill S-214 to win the approval of the Upper Chamber. It still must be voted on by the Commons before it can become law. And Commons approval is ... Read More »
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