Opinions
National Affairs: Is orange the new red?
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on March 5th, 2018
Connect the dots between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s India adventure and Tuesday’s budget and what you find is what was meant to be a pre-emptive one-two punch against the NDP. Trudeau is hardly the first prime minister to use trips abroad — including to India — to shore up support in selected communities at home. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guest Column: Regressive Conservatism
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on March 3rd, 2018
No one can doubt that we live in unusual times. Those who are sane have watched the rebirth of nationalism and militarism, increased gross economic disparities within societies and between nations, and a frightening increase in general incivility. Is this really happening, they wonder? Is it possible that the last half-century of optimism and hope ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Take campaign promises with a full helping of salt
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on March 2nd, 2018
Provincial and federal elections are a little more than a year away so it’s the season for making promises to win votes. Voters are often swayed one way or another based on those promises but the track record of politicians following through, is not good. With that in mind it is worth considering major promises ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Finance ministers in Canada keeping close eye on U.S.
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on March 1st, 2018
Heaven help the political leader who has to work in the shadow of Donald Trump. Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau did it earlier this week while presenting Ottawa’s new budget. Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci was at the podium on Wednesday for a provincial fiscal update, and will be back next month when the Alberta ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Step back, listen and learn
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 27th, 2018
Why do drive-through ATMs have braille on them? This sort of question is often thrown around as witty banter and small talk. Hah! See the state of the world? How full it is of absurdity and nonsense and poor planning. No wonder things are such a mess. Unfortunately in the quest to be clever, this ... Read More »
1 responseStanley, Cormier verdicts show much reconciliation work to be done
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 26th, 2018
There was a much justified outpouring of anger in the past few weeks with the acquittals of Gerald Stanley and Raymond Cormier, who were accused of killing Colton Boushie and Tina Fontaine in separate cases in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. These not guilty verdicts show that instead of relying on the criminal justice system and politicians ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guest Column: Accountability and responsibility
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 26th, 2018
Each year, the Webster Dictionary adds a number of news words to its pages. This is necessary because we need language to describe our lives and the things around us. If we need new language as our world changes, does it not seem reasonable that some words may, at some point, no longer be needed? ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National Affairs: Patrick Brown lone Red Tory in PC leadership melodrama
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 24th, 2018
Ontario’s bizarre Progressive Conservative melodrama has entered a new phase of absurdity. Former leader Patrick Brown is considered too disreputable to sit in the Legislature as a Conservative. But he is apparently reputable enough to be the party’s leader again. He’s also the only candidate vying for the leadership who is running as a Red ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Billy Graham will loom large for years to come
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 23rd, 2018
The death of Billy Graham closes a significant chapter in world history. Hundreds of thousands of people made their way to gigantic stadiums around the world, not to watch a game or hear a rock star perform, but to hear Graham preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. There have been people who have tried to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLA Report: B.C.’s actions over pipeline shake the very foundation of confederation in Canada
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 23rd, 2018
The need for Alberta to get its oil to tidewater so it can market our commodity internationally is absolutely essential to the province and the rest of our nation. Albertans need to be united in the demands of the federal and B.C. governments to allow a pipeline that has met the regulatory requirements to be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wanted: More entrepreneurs willing to open their wallets
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 22nd, 2018
The loss of the Spitz plant in Bow Island is a blow to that town and, more generally the regional economy that for some time now has been pumping itself up as a destination for value-added agricultural production. The story behind the sunflower seed company, which started 30 years ago as a better use for ... Read More »
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