Opinions
Nothing has changed; Trans Mountain project will continue to drag on
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on June 1st, 2018
The only thing that has really changed when it comes to the Kinder Morgan pipeline is that taxpayers are now on the hook. One of the reasons for an end-of-May-deadline was because the shareholders of Kinder Morgan were no longer willing to invest any more money in a pipeline that was facing delay after delay. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Phoenix pay debacle a federal disaster
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on May 31st, 2018
A federal auditor general’s report this week into the rollout of the Phoenix pay system confirms that a slow-motion train wreck has indeed occurred. It also gives some clues about nebulous thought process that has kept box car after box car plowing into the tangled mess of accounting for the last 28 months. It doesn’t ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ending grain woes
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on May 29th, 2018
The rail transportation woes that stranded billions of dollars of grain on the Prairies through the winter months should be unlikely to see a repeat if the federal government’s new transportation bill, passed this week, works as planned. One of the key focuses of Federal Transportation Bill C-49 is to put the onus on Canadian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guest Column: Why marriage still matters
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on May 28th, 2018
Canadian supporters of marriage are speaking up — and not a moment too soon. In a recent Angus Reid Institute survey, about 56 per cent of Canadians said, “marriage is simply not necessary” to form a lifelong relationship. Almost the same proportion (57 per cent) went on to say that when an unmarried couple has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ontario NDP surge could be good news for Notley
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on May 26th, 2018
Ontarians will most likely elect a new premier on June 7 and according to a poll released yesterday by the Toronto Star, NDP leader Andrea Horwath is firmly in majority government territory with a whopping 47 per cent support. If the polling stands, this could be a replay of 2015 in Alberta, with Premier Kathleen ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National Affairs: Vulnerable Ford must produce economic plan
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on May 26th, 2018
When Ontario’s election campaign began earlier this month, it was enough for Tory Leader Doug Ford to be the anti-Wynne. A good many Ontarians were sick of Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne and ready to support whichever party leader was best-positioned to deny her another term in government. In those early days, that leader was Ford. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Reduce, reuse, recycle: It all starts with you
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on May 25th, 2018
The city has gone to great lengths to make recycling easier and more convenient and that is a good thing. It is still up to us to reduce the amount of recycling we need to do and that is key. The better way is still to reuse items again and again and again. When you ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tinkering for tinkering’s sake?
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on May 24th, 2018
Would you support term limits to get so-called “career politicians” out of local government? How about a law preventing qualified candidates with experience from seeking public office? To most ears, the first likely resonates, while the second sounds like pure silliness. Yet, those are the same question, expressed from two sides in the debate about ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!It’s when, not if, for pipeline
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on May 23rd, 2018
Pipelines make money. It’s not just the oil and gas producers who make a profit when their products are shipped to market. The pipeline operator earns a healthy return as well. That’s why the suggestion that the provincial or federal government — or both — should put public money into the TransMountain pipeline expansion project ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guest Column: Pipeline obstructionism costing Canada billions
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on May 22nd, 2018
Canada’s need for new pipelines is critical. The recent decision by Kinder Morgan, one of the largest energy infrastructure companies in North America, to halt all “non-essential spending” on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion — which would run from Alberta, through British Columbia, to the coast — made headlines across the country. Stories have focused ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Recharge this weekend, maybe with the royals
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on May 18th, 2018
The weekend is here and not just any weekend. It’s the Victoria Day weekend, the “May long,” the traditional kick-off to camping season, warmer weather activities and digging in the garden. For more than a hundred years after her death Canada is still celebrating Queen Victoria’s birthday. Although she was born on May 24 our ... Read More »
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