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UCP and speed surgery
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 27th, 2019
Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes once cited the Canada Health Act’s mandate for equally accessible health care for all while criticizing the NDP’s childcare plan. In an article printed in the Jan. 19 edition of the Medicine Hat News, he said he was fine with $25 per day childcare for some but surprised “Alberta taxpayers’ ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLA Report: Surging ahead on solar development
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 22nd, 2019
Our region is rich in a number of resources but it is the development of renewable energy that is looking more and more like the power source of the future. And it is Medicine Hat which is at the centre of this resource in Canada, much like Fort McMurray is in the middle of the ... Read More »
1 responseIs compensating property owners near the supervised consumption site the way to go?
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 22nd, 2019
Perhaps there is a solution to having the supervised consumption site at 502 S. Railway St. by addressing the concerns of those in close proximity to it. Most people in the community say they can see a need for the type of services the consumption site is promising. Most of these people, if they are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guest Column: Tilting right, to society’s detriment
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 16th, 2019
Where have all the moderate conservatives gone? This is a relevant and urgent question for Canadians. Our lives are deeply affected by American politics, which have lurched to the outer edges of radical conservatism and threaten the foundations of democratic institutions world-wide. The Tea-Republican-Trump Party has succeeded in erasing our collective memory of what conservatism ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau’s ‘real change’ slogan rings hollow in SNC-Lavalin affair
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 16th, 2019
Those looking for moral leadership from politicians, if such people exist at all, must have been sorely disappointed the past week. The Prime Minister’s Office is alleged to have pressured then-justice minister and attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to go easy on SNC-Lavalin, a Quebec-based global engineering firm accused of paying out $48 million to Libyan ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Political parties’ tax policies can be confusing
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 14th, 2019
Justin Trudeau needs to clarify whether he thinks low income Canadians pay taxes, and various conservative actors need to clarify their position on tax cuts. The issue flared last week when the opposition erupted in disbelief during a discussion on the effectiveness of the Canada Child Benefit. It was increased as a main plank of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Take another look at polls
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 12th, 2019
The provincial byelection in Nanaimo last month was a lifesaver for the NDP. Had the party’s candidate lost, the seat tally in the legislature would have been tied and a general election might have followed. The B.C. Liberals did manage to increase their share of the vote. But it wasn’t enough to overcome the huge ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A step toward an electric future?
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 9th, 2019
Electric vehicles are still a long way from outnumbering traditional gas-powered automobiles, but a key step toward that possible future was taken this week in southern Alberta. Thanks to a collaboration between civic administrations across the south and the Alberta government, plans are being put in motion for a 20-station, $2-million “Peaks to Prairies” network ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!We need to change how we recycle
By Medicine Hat News Opinon on February 8th, 2019
We are told the carbon tax will encourage “consumers” to reduce consumption of anything contributing to carbon emissions but in many cases we have absolutely no control. The excessive plastic packaging for the cannabis you can now buy legally is ridiculous. It is not the suppliers/producers that designed the packaging, it was the federal government ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!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 »
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