Opinions
MLA Report: Carbon taxes and hiding from reality
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 17th, 2018
Well, there you have it. Even Justin Trudeau’s federal government now concedes that carbon taxes pose a significant threat to Canada’s economy. In case you missed it, last week the federal government announced plans to roll back its plan for carbon taxes on major industries. The taxes on all major emitters are to be reduced, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Media the enemy? Yes, of ignorance
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 16th, 2018
Donald Trump may be redefining how politics are played in the United States, but real danger comes if citizens allow him or any one person the power to define who is and isn’t a so-called “enemy of the people.” Newspapers across the United States today are coordinating their editorial page topics to argue against his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How decisions are made
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 15th, 2018
Sir John A. Macdonald will no longer stand outside Victoria’s city hall. As his statue disappears out of public view, we should be concerned about how it happened. Victoria council approved a recommendation on Thursday to remove the statue and put it in storage until a decision is made about whether or where it should ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Broken ties are no loss
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 14th, 2018
It’s unfortunate thousands of Saudi Arabian students are getting caught in the crossfire as a new school year is about to begin, but the breakdown of relations between Canada and the Middle Eastern kingdom is news we can cheer. Saudi Arabia is mad that Canada’s Global Affairs department tweeted it was “gravely concerned about additional ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NAFTA deal must be worth effort
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 13th, 2018
As NAFTA heads into its possible endgame, with fast-track negotiations set to begin in the next week in the hopes of coming to some type of final agreement before the U.S. Congressional elections kick off later this fall, many in Canada are wondering what we may yet have to give up to ensure a final ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guest Column: In Greyhound’s wake, gov’t should stay off the bus
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 13th, 2018
Troy Media Western Canadian bus riders have received an early Halloween scare: as of Oct. 31, 2018, Greyhound won’t offer passenger routes west of Ontario. For the company, it means 415 fewer employees and two million fewer passenger rides each year. For bus riders in remote areas, a vital link has been cut. Some advocates ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What are we doing wrong?
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 11th, 2018
In recent years we have been hearing a lot about a growing opioid crisis. Increasing numbers of people are getting addicted to these substances either through abuse or misuse of prescription medications or through experimentation with these deadly substances on the street. Hundreds are dying every year from overdosing largely on illegally produced forms of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada should say goodbye to Saudi Arabia
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 11th, 2018
Canada’s diplomatic row with Saudi Arabia made international headlines this week. Global Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland sent a tweet, apparently the preferred method of communication for diplomats in 2018, calling for the “immediate release” of two Saudi women’s rights activists who were recently detained. The Saudis responded rashly, calling off new trade deals with Canada, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pope is right: Capital punishment is always wrong
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 10th, 2018
Pope Francis’s condemnation of capital punishment is simple and unambiguous: It is inadmissible. No exceptions for especially heinous crimes; no loopholes allowing execution when other lives might be in jeopardy, as in past Catholic teachings. No, declared the pope; state-sanctioned killing is always an unjustifiable attack on the dignity of human life, it’s always wrong. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stick with Canada’s values
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 9th, 2018
Saudi Arabian students studying in Victoria could be heading home early because of their country’s strange overreaction to a Canadian government tweet. Although Canada might feel some pain from the dispute, it should stick by its principles. Global Affairs Canada sent out a tweet criticizing the Middle Eastern nation for arresting and detaining two female ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau’s bad move on carbon tax emboldens Ford on his terrible one
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on August 8th, 2018
No one said it would be easy for the Trudeau government to balance its necessary effort to fight climate change, while continuing to assure everyone that it won’t undermine Canada’s economic success. But in scaling back one element of the national plan to put a price on carbon, Justin Trudeau managed to weaken an already ... Read More »
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