Opinions
Why 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 »
Be the first to comment!Guest Column: The City of Medicine Hat’s ‘business’ is every resident’s business
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on September 18th, 2019
Re: “We have a right to clear answers from councillors, bureaucrats,” Sept. 7 I take Mark Oxamitny’s letter as a challenge to share what I learned from two terms on city council. First, the Ernst and Young recommendation to sell Natural Gas & Petroleum Resources came prior to my first term on council. The billion ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ratepayers have spoken: No Newell deal
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on September 18th, 2019
The examination of regionalizing the County of Newell, Town of Bassano and the City of Brooks under one umbrella has died as the Regional Working Group made up of representatives from the aforementioned municipalities will no longer meet. Cue the cheering from the rural area ratepayers. After all the money spent on doing research, hosting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Election is about issues, not smear tactics
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on September 17th, 2019
So we’re off to the races! Our federal election is underway, after weeks and months of pre-election skirmishes. And Canadians have less than five weeks to make up their minds on whether they’re going to vote – and for whom. In many cases, voters make that decision based on which party leader they prefer, regardless ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guest Column: AER overhaul a dangerous game
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on September 16th, 2019
Grant Sprague and Bev Yee, Alberta deputy ministers of energy and environment respectively, are very capable senior bureaucrats. Here’s hoping they bring to bear all their skills for the review of the Alberta Energy Regulator. They should keep in mind that the review ought not to be the witch hunt the current political framing suggests ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National Affairs: We’re not lacking for sleeper issues
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on September 14th, 2019
@ChantalHbert If Day 1 of Canada’s 43rd federal campaign demonstrated anything, it is that an election, once it is called, tends to take on a life of its own. No sooner was it officially launched on Wednesday than the campaign conversation had veered off script. Neither Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau nor his Conservative rival, Andrew ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Get involved in the electoral process however you see fit
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on September 14th, 2019
jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel Political junkies in Alberta, rejoice. For the second time this year, it’s election season. Signs have been going up around town and, in case you haven’t noticed, they’ve all been for one candidate – incumbent Glen Motz of the Conservatives. This makes sense. In the 2016 byelection he won, Motz received just about 70% ... Read More »
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