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Kenney has bigger battles to wage than carbon tax fight with Trudeau
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on April 27th, 2019
With Jason Kenney and the UCP’s landslide victory in the 2019 provincial election, the fate of the province’s carbon tax is certainly on the chopping block. However, by axing the provincial $30 a tonne levy, the province will fall into the federal government’s mandatory pricing of $20 a tonne, with the individual households receiving rebates ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Maple Leaf Foods, U.S.A.?
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on April 27th, 2019
Maple Leaf Foods, the largest pork processor in the country, has opted to build its new meatless plant south of the border. Unfortunately, the decision makes perfect sense. The iconic Canadian food company recently announced plans to spend US$310 million on a 230,000-square-foot processing plant in Indiana, where its Lightlife Burger and other products will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National Affairs: Ford’s OHIP move strikes at the heart of medicare
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on April 27th, 2019
The Ontario government’s proposal to end out-of-country emergency OHIP coverage is a bad one. It is presented as a minimalist measure. It is anything but. Rather, it is a violation of the Canada Health Act. It strikes right at the heart of medicare. Canadian medicare is, in essence, an insurance plan. Those who live in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rudyard Kipling remains a favourite despite some of his war-time writings
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on April 24th, 2019
I just recently revisited the Esplanade. Just the foyer. What a great place. Then I walked over to that bronze sculpture of the early “Germans from Russia” pioneers. It lists many of the names. Their descendants – you’ll have noticed their names in sports, businesses, ranching, farming, politics, industries, etc. – are now legion, all ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National Affairs: Trudeau must brace for shifting winds as provinces signal new era of instability
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on April 20th, 2019
And then there were none. As of the victory on Tuesday of Alberta’s United Conservatives, Canada’s first ministers club is once again male-only. Of the quartet of female premiers who led Canada’s largest provinces as recently as five years ago, not a single member is left at the table. But before jumping to the conclusion ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How much can premier-elect Kenney do, and how fast can he do it?
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on April 18th, 2019
Jason Kenney has created a daunting to-do list for the incoming United Conservative Party government. After this week’s celebrations and the moving of furniture in the Alberta legislature, we’ll begin to find out how do-able it is. Make no mistake, Conservatives have been champing at the bit to be back in government. After four years ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Advance voting seems to indicate a strong turnout for election
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on April 13th, 2019
There is every indication that voter turnout in this provincial election could be significant and maybe even break a record. In larger cities, in particular, Albertans have protested in large numbers about the economy, lack of jobs and lack of any momentum for recovery of the oil and gas industry. If that anger is representative ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National Affairs: Wilson-Raybould, Philpott face both obstacles and opportunities
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on April 13th, 2019
Justin Trudeau’s Liberal caucus may be done with Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott, but that does not mean either of the former ministers is done with politics. Each has accumulated enough political capital over the course of the SNC-Lavalin affair to have alternative options to explore. But with a federal election looming, time is of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Volunteers’ value is priceless
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on April 12th, 2019
Sometimes, the gifts that cost nothing are the ones that have the greatest value. Such is the case with the gift of time, which is given every day by selfless people across the country, including many in our own community. These are the people being celebrated this week during National Volunteer Week. “Volunteerism really does ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Student Vote gets youth involved in democratic process
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on April 10th, 2019
Friday did mark the various candidates vying for an MLA seat at the provincial politics table being asked several questions from school youth at a forum held at Central School. W.R. Myers Social Studies program participates in the Student Vote program whenever an important election comes Alberta’s way, be it on the provincial or federal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guest Column: The first thing to go
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on April 8th, 2019
Over many centuries, populations around the world worked to find a sustainable means of governing. Some succeeded and many did not. Many are still striving to achieve democracy and others have lost what they once had. Some still struggle to maintain communist or socialist regimes even though they traditionally fail in the end. Socialism looks ... Read More »
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