Opinions
Diversification wanted
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 7th, 2019
Albertans have heard and will hear a lot over the next months about the waning days of the “desperate” New Democrats. It might as well be the unofficial campaign slogan of the United Conservative Party which is similarly advertising itself as the government-in-waiting, ready to undo the damage caused over the last four years. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa should be bolder in fighting election meddling
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 6th, 2019
What an awfully Canadian approach the Trudeau government is taking to the problem of potential foreign meddling in our elections. A committee of senior bureaucrats, operating under the weighty acronym of the SITE (Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections) task force, will be standing by to alert voters if any outside entity tries to interfere ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cut the cynicism: Mental health should be talked about
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 5th, 2019
Mental health issues have always been in society as has any human ailment. A lot of it was swept under the rug and not talked about years ago, primarily because it was misunderstood by society in general with the prevailing attitude seeming to be the work to try to understand mental health issues wasn’t worth ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Despite the bitter cold, global warming hasn’t gone anywhere
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 4th, 2019
With frigid Arctic weather descending on tens of millions of Americans last week, states declared emergencies, mail carriers stayed inside, and there was a risk of frostbite for exposed skin in Chicago in as little as five minutes. Little wonder that global warming is the last thing on people’s minds and that from some sectors ... Read More »
1 responseSupervised consumption site is needed
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 2nd, 2019
Medicine Hat needs a supervised consumption site and it must be in a location that is most accessible to addicts, which in our case appears to be downtown. Yes, there’s much public opposition to the site. Many downtown business owners fear for their property values and having addicts hanging around their property. But with the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Failing to keep campaign promises brings disreputeto democracy
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 1st, 2019
In the approaching provincial election, it is the things politicians do not promise you that will be perhaps even more important than the pledges they make. In the last week Premier Rachel Notley made a point of warning about the grave consequences if Albertans vote for the UCP and leader Jason Kenney. In her speech, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MP Report: Sharing a hopeful vision for Canada
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 1st, 2019
Call it optimism or positive expectations, whichever does not matter. What is relevant is the hopeful vision that Canada’s Conservatives hold for our country as we move towards the 2019 fall election. Trudeau’s Liberal leadership has been taxing for Canadians — both literally and figuratively — but change is on the horizon. With confidence I ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Let’s Talk Day helps to break down barriers
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 31st, 2019
Statistics indicate that one in five people will experience a mental health issue at some time in their lives. Two-thirds of those people, however, will be hesitant to talk to another person about it, let alone seek treatment, opting instead to try to navigate the rough waters on their own. The reason is the stigma ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada needs a much more realistic policy toward China
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 30th, 2019
With the departure of John McCallum, he of the remarkably undisciplined mouth, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in the market for a new ambassador to China. That’s urgent. With relations at a new low, Canada needs a top-rank representative in Beijing. A fill-in deputy, no matter how expert, isn’t enough. But it’s clear now that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McCallum’s ‘gaffe’ was telling the truth
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 29th, 2019
John McCallum, ex-minister and Canada’s ambassador to China, has committed a gaffe, an awfully big one. More precisely, he has committed what’s known as a Kinsley gaffe, named for the American journalist who came up with this definition: “A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth — some obvious truth he isn’t supposed to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National Affairs: Meng arrest more about politics than rule of law
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on January 26th, 2019
In Canada, the deepening dispute between Ottawa and Beijing over the detention of corporate big shot Meng Wanzhou is viewed as conflict between rule of law and politics. “Regardless of what goes on in other countries, Canada is and will always remain a country with rule of law,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said last month ... Read More »
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