Opinions
MLA Report: Don’t look back. Get involved
By Medicine Hat News Opinion on February 19th, 2021
Despite the government’s economic restrictions, $100 billion in provincial debt and bottlenecked resource movement, Alberta is in a wonderful spot. This is because North Americans everywhere know Alberta is one of the last places where strong, societal, conservative values like truth, economy, charity and freedom are still valued and part of culture. Albertans also value ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!For What It’s Worth: Lamenting Keystone XL
By Medicine Hat News Opinion on February 18th, 2021
Alberta suffers from unfortunate geography. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Alberta has the third-largest proven oil reserves in the world. However, because the oil sands are landlocked thousands of kilometres from the nearest ocean, we are at the mercy of neighbouring jurisdictions in terms of getting oil to market. This has been clearly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Editorial: Homegrown vaccine a missed opportunity for Canada
By Medicine Hat News Opinion on February 13th, 2021
While an army of federal and provincial government officials continue to assure us that Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout is still nominally on track, doubts have been growing in many quarters across the nation that getting those needles into millions of waiting arms will not be coming anywhere close to meeting the timelines that have been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Laying It Out: Staying the course straight into the next brutal wave
By Medicine Hat News Opinion on February 13th, 2021
If on the first of February I gave you one cent and told you I would double it each day thereafter for a month, on the 10th day I would owe you $5.12. However, when Feb. 28 rolls around, your last payment is going to be a shade over $1.3 million. Exponential growth is funny ... Read More »
1 responseCity Notebook: With a sale off the table, a power plant review still smart
By Medicine Hat News Opinion on February 13th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant This week Hatters heard a sales option for the power plant was off the table in a review of the viability of the last remaining municipal power company in Alberta. The thought had raised the ire of some residents who, it seems, remembered they are shareholders of the company. Such a review however, is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Human Condition: The mothers of intervention
By Medicine Hat News Opinion on February 11th, 2021
In the coming weeks I plan to write at least one column on our provincial media and how it functions. But first I think it is important to discuss a significant problem that is infecting our discussions of politics in general: dehumanization. To be Liberal or Conservative these days seems, to the opposite camp, to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!An urgent letter to all Members of Parliament
By Medicine Hat News Opinion on February 10th, 2021
We have a very serious situation in this country, and we are delighted to hear that Minister of Heritage Steven Guilbeault said on Monday that the government is preparing legislation to force tech giants to fairly compensate content creators. Google and Facebook, two of the richest companies in history, control the onramp to the internet ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City Notebook: Communication of power
By Medicine Hat News Opinion on February 6th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The city is attempting to get more information out on issues of a potential power plant sale with a Q&A portal on the its website. It’s a complex matter riddled with details, wrapped in dense legislation and obscured by a hard-to-understand business environment. It’s as hard to grasp as what’s going on in any ... Read More »
1 responseLaying It Out: When the truth is told to be lies
By Medicine Hat News Opinion on February 6th, 2021
Gaslighting – A psychological tactic leading you to question your own reality through misinformation, misdirection, contradiction and outright denial from someone else. The purpose is to confuse and diminish your beliefs to the point you become completely dependent on that person for what you think or feel. The term comes from an old film adapted ... Read More »
1 responseMP Report: Government that hides facts untrustworthy
By Medicine Hat News Opinion on February 5th, 2021
Trust is in short supply these days. Historically, it has always been so with politicians (and should stay that way) – however, over the past number of years trust in critical institutions has deteriorated in Canada. For example, trust in policing is at an all time low as we witness varied outcomes for differing groups ... Read More »
1 responseViewpoint: Sustainable long-term energy plan needed
By Medicine Hat News Opinion on February 4th, 2021
The Keystone XL Pipeline is dead, probably forever. It is an unfortunate decision by President Biden, but he is applauded by supporters in the United States and in Canada. The completion of this project would have been a boost to Alberta. Jack Mintz, University of Calgary School of Public Policy, has written that about 15,000 ... Read More »
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