Opinions
Guest Column: Alberta buys another ticket on the resource revenue roller-coaster
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on April 9th, 2018
Before forming government, Rachel Notley and the Alberta NDP vowed to get the province “off of the resource revenue roller-coaster.” So it’s ironic that now-Premier Notley’s third budget promises to take the province on yet another ride. Her government’s vague and risky “path to budget balance” relies on future growth in natural resource revenue to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shameful decision by Pope Francis
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on April 3rd, 2018
When you do something wrong, you apologize. When someone you’ve deeply hurt asks for an apology, you give it. You don’t try to tip-toe around it. You don’t issue the non-apology of “I’m sorry, but…” You don’t make excuses. Excuses like “he felt that he could not personally respond.” This was the reasoning given in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National Affairs: Russia policy raises many questions
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on March 31st, 2018
Canada’s decision to expel Russian diplomats raises more questions than it answers. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said the expulsion of four diplomats and the refusal to accredit three more is designed to show solidarity with Britain, which blames Russia for deploying a deadly nerve agent in England. She called the use of the nerve ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tory arguments on pot legalization don’t add up
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on March 31st, 2018
With the legalization of recreational marijuana approaching across the land, the debate over its merits will no doubt resurface. The federal Conservatives remain staunchly opposed to legalization, arguing that it legitimizes cannabis use. Ontario MP Peter Kent went as far as to compare allowing pot to be grown at home to “putting fentanyl on a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada could benefit from U.S. unpredictability
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on March 29th, 2018
After 14 months of handwringing about how a Trump presidency could effect a Canadian economy, crisis after crisis is presenting opportunity after opportunity. It’s high time for the nice northern neighbour to get off the back foot and go on the offensive. As surprising as Donald Trump’s election was in late 2016, his follow-up actions ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Put protecting yourself first when it comes to scammers
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on March 27th, 2018
It’s OK to be rude. No, this isn’t an invitation to stop holding doors for strangers, to skip the please and thank-yous, or to burp out the alphabet at dinner. As Fraud Prevention Month wraps up, it’s a reminder that “rudeness” is a perfectly legitimate tactic when it comes to protecting yourself from scams. Despite ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guest Column: Neighbours, with differences
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on March 24th, 2018
Our two nations have shared over 150 years of more or less friendly relations. We’ve developed similar economic traditions and practices. We are each other’s main trading partners, share in the defence of both countries, and share a border which is considered one of the most porous borders between nations in the world. But we ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The dark side of data mining
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on March 23rd, 2018
Frequent internet users have become accustomed to targeted advertising. You probably see them regularly — ads that seem aimed especially at you, based on your age or interests. You might find them helpful, or perhaps invasive. Such advertising is possible because of the “data mining” of information gleaned from your internet search patterns. The intent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLA Report: Worried about their own legacy, the benefit of few
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on March 23rd, 2018
There has been a lot of talk and reminiscing in the province regarding political legacies — particularly surrounding two of Alberta’s former premiers. Premier Peter Lougheed has long been held as the gold standard of Alberta’s political leadership with Ralph Klein figuring in prominently but without the near unanimity of admiration of his predecessor. But ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guest Column: Trump should put away childish things
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on March 21st, 2018
President Donald Trump and I have things in common. We are, for example, the same age and both males. We also watched a lot of television when we were boys. We did not view the programs together, physically in the same room, but we might as well have been on the same couch. We surely ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Deportation just shifts the problem somewhere else
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on March 20th, 2018
Good riddance. It’s the sentiment of many Canadians have when it comes to announcements like the one last week that Tooba Yahya is stripped of her permanent residency by the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada Yahya, alongside husband Mohammad Shafia and son, Hamed, were found guilty in 2012 of first-degree murder over the deaths ... Read More »
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