Opinions
Leaders should be leading by example
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on October 4th, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade The message we have heard this week when it comes to action against climate change is that you don’t actually have to make any adjustments to your lifestyle – just pay the equivalent of a fine. That seems to be the message Justin Trudeau wanted to get across in the leaders’ debate on Wednesday, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!They want to cut your social safety net
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on October 3rd, 2019
sschmidt@medicinehatnews.com If there’s one thing we never grow out of from childhood, it’s our ability to be hardest to please over the things we take for granted. Most Canadian children wake up knowing hunger will be replaced by food. Child poverty is a real problem, but for analogy purposes let’s all pretend we’ve met a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Push for better pay in the private sector
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on October 2nd, 2019
sschmidt@medicinehatnews.com You perceive your neighbour’s life to be better than yours. Maybe their house is bigger. Maybe you’re more attracted to their spouse than your own. Maybe their car is faster. For whatever reason, they have it better than you and it seems unfair. You could direct your attention to bettering whatever aspects of your ... Read More »
1 responsePrivatization tends to drive prices up
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on October 1st, 2019
sschmidt@medicinehatnews.com Premier Jason Kenney staked his political everything on a balanced budget in his first term, and in a Monday column I wondered if Albertans were at all prepared to judge the path his party takes to get there. The question isn’t whether lower deficits is a discussion worth having, but whether the choices made ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Should ‘efficiency of service’ always be the top priority?
By medicinehatnews on September 30th, 2019
sschmidt@medicinehatnews.com Premier Jason Kenney says Albertans should judge him harshly should he not fulfil a promise to balance the budget in the next four years. The question remains however, are Albertans prepared to judge the United Conservatives on how they accomplish this? According to the recently released MacKinnon Report, that feat needs to be accomplished ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guest Column: Child abuse in the name of climate change
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on September 28th, 2019
In recent times, those seeking power in the world have taken on climate change as their means of instilling fear and gaining control. The ultimate goal is to have power, rule the world and control the masses to do their bidding. Since the Second World War there have been many dire predictions of the end ... Read More »
2 responsesWhy do criminals have the power?
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on September 27th, 2019
gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade What a crazy world we live in when someone who breaks into your home appears to have more rights than you do. In February 2018 Edouard Maurice of Okotoks became aware of people on his property and at the time they were going through his vehicle. It is alleged Maurice fired a warning shot ... Read More »
11 responsesNational Affairs: The Liberals’ pharmacare plan is really unimpressive and vague
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on September 27th, 2019
@tomwalkom When this campaign began, it seemed that universal pharmacare would be a central plank in Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s bid for re-election. Polls showed the idea of expanding medicare to cover all necessary pharmaceutical drugs for all Canadians was overwhelmingly popular. As well, universal pharmacare made good financial sense. The non-partisan Parliamentary Budget Officer ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Keep the debates, but ditch the leaders
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on September 26th, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Grumbling, posturing and general disillusionment with the leaders’ debate format in the current federal election could be solved by repurposing an idea kicked around at the advent of the internet. Mirroring arguments now woven throughout our society, the debates, it is said, are more style over substance, confrontational, and, that oldie but goodie – ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLA Report: Few can compare to Thatcher on handling a struggling economy
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on September 20th, 2019
Despite our best efforts, the world’s economic market has never been easy to manage or influence. During times of economic hardship, it has often been the first instinct of a government to exert more control over the marketplace rather than trusting what Adam Smith’s economic theories referred to as the “Law of Supply and Demand.” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!It’s not the end, but an evolution
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on September 19th, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@collingallant Much has been written about the City of Medicine Hat’s decision to permanently close in 2,000 uneconomical gas wells, and make no mistake, there’s much more to be discussed and decided. Hatters may need time to digest, even come to grips with, shutting down of a substantial portion, in fact almost all, of the ... Read More »
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