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Albertans will expect the promised result
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on October 10th, 2019
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@collingallant The Alberta Legislature has resumed sitting for what it’s worth, for a hard-charging United Conservative government has proven in five months they don’t consider ruling this province a nine to five endeavour. Indeed it’s been a blitz of issues, policy changes and reviews since the new government was sworn in at the end of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Iron fist in an iron glove for Kenney as budget approaches
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on October 7th, 2019
While Albertans will be fascinated to see how the federal election goes, especially in regards to those in the petroleum industry where two of the four major parties have all but full demonstrated they want the oil patch barren and those two parties doesn’t even include the Liberals. Just ask people in the oil industry ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guest Column: You’re up, Premier Kenney
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on October 5th, 2019
I was a junior high student during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. I remember the air raid sirens in Medicine Hat screaming their warnings across town. I recall the drills at school where we all rushed to designated “shelter” areas in the basement of Alexandra Junior High and crouched under lunch tables. Fear and ... Read More »
2 responsesLeaders 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!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 »
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