Opinions
National Affairs: Veterinarian’s case underscores Canada’s weak animal cruelty laws
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on November 22nd, 2017
How far have we come in protecting animals? Based on money spent in the pet industry, you might be forgiven for thinking we have come a long way. Many owners spend handsomely on their dogs, cats and other pets. They feed them special diets, arrange to have them walked and, in some cases, take them ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City council should consider small tax increase instead of raising facility user fees
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on November 18th, 2017
City council’s public works committee put forward a number of user fee increases last week to help plug the fiscal hole left by declining natural gas revenues. This gap needs certainly needs to be filled one way or another, but user fee hikes tend to hit the worst off people the hardest and should only ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!True democratic change unlikely in Zimbabwe despite removal of Robert Mugabe
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on November 17th, 2017
After almost 40 years as president of Zimbabwe it looks as though Robert Mugabe will be removed from office soon, one way or another. With military forces taking over, but not calling it a coup, the surprise is the almost reverential tones of other African leaders as they speak about Mugabe’s situation. Some have referred ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New boundaries may quiet local urban voices
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on November 16th, 2017
Medicine Hat: Growing mid-sized city or home for retired ranchers. An increasingly urban centre or more concerned with rural issues. Are we a big city or a small town? The answer to those complex questions depends on who you ask and the current plan to redraw the region’s electoral boundaries shows that it also depends ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The role of education in charting a child’s future
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on November 15th, 2017
Education has a value which goes well beyond the practices incorporated into a classroom setting. Education, by necessity, has to be a preparation for life beyond itself. Children won’t stay children forever, and those children need to be taught from a young age what it takes to succeed in the world outside. There seems to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guest Column: Canada can rise above mediocrity
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on November 13th, 2017
Troy Media Canadians have a global reputation for being nice; we’re polite, trustworthy and, some would say, generous to a fault. Regrettably, these qualities mean Canadians have turned underachievement into a fine art form. Why? At the heart of the Canadian political and business establishment lies a deep-seated sense that it’s not our place to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Another slap in face for taxpayers
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on November 13th, 2017
The release of the so-called “Paradise Papers” is the latest slap in the face to Canadians who are still smarting over the Bill Morneau controversy. While the Liberals pushed their tax reform plan by trumpeting the slogan “tax fairness,” revelations of Morneau’s own financial dealings — including failure to disclose his ownership, through a private ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National Affairs: Why, after years of ignoring tax havens, do leaders care?
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on November 11th, 2017
Tax avoidance by the wealthy is the most visible sign of a larger phenomenon. That phenomenon is globalization or, to be more precise, global capitalism. It is a system designed to produce maximum profits from around the world and concentrate them in the hands of a few. If those few happen to stash their gains ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rights of LGBTQ students to join a GSA should not be subject to debate
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on November 11th, 2017
U.S.-style culture wars are coming to Alberta. United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney recently announced that he will oppose the NDP government’s new bill codifying support for gay-straight alliances in the province’s schools. Bill 24, an expansion on Bill 10 from earlier this year, forbids teachers from divulging a student’s membership in a GSA to ... Read More »
1 responseReturn to former transit system will be welcomed
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on November 10th, 2017
In frigid and snowy weather transit users could be seen this week bundled up and waiting at many bus stops without any shelter from the elements. For many Nov. 27 can’t come soon enough for a return to the original transit system. One senior told the News this week she has simply stopped using transit ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City’s focus likely to be on treasury and energy
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on November 9th, 2017
The ballots have been counted, the results are in, and this week the new city council group in the City of Medicine Hat resumed regular business following last month’s election. It’s early days. A strategic plan is not due until January. But what can Hatters expect for the next four years? Mayor Ted Clugston made ... Read More »
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