Opinions
Economic growth coming close to a complete stop this year
By Lethbridge Herald on July 21st, 2022
Jock Finlayson and Ken Peacock BUSINESS COUNCIL OF B.C. The threshold has been crossed. Canada’s largest bank, RBC Financial Group, just published a report predicting that Canada will tip into recession in early 2023. RBC’s call is unusual. Anticipating recessions is notoriously difficult. And it is uncommon for analysts at any of the country’s large ... Read More »
1 responseCity residents and all Albertans are key players in Canada
By Lethbridge Herald on July 9th, 2022
AT THE LEGISLATURE Nathan Neudorf – UCP MLA for Lethbridge East Canada. Around the world it’s a country known for its stunning landscapes, generous people and of course, ice hockey and poutine. 155 years ago, on March 29, 1867, the British North America Act (BNA Act) was passed by British Parliament, creating the Dominion ... Read More »
12 responsesCOVID mismanagement needs to be investigated
By Lethbridge Herald on July 7th, 2022
Preston Manning Increasing numbers of Canadians are demanding a national, independent investigation into government mismanagement of the COVID-19 outbreak. Because governments themselves would be the subject of such an investigation, its conduct would need to be assigned to a non-governmental commission whose commissioners possess the experience, expertise and personal integrity necessary to render their findings ... Read More »
49 responsesCanadians need help to combat food inflation
By Lethbridge Herald on July 6th, 2022
Dr. Sylvain Charlebois Dalhousie University It wasn’t a good week if you’re a consumer on a tight budget – and that means most of us. Consumers are under attack. We’ve just learned that Canada’s food inflation rate was at a record 9.7 per cent in May. Everyone is noticing higher food prices and no section ... Read More »
6 responsesThere are many reasons why Canada should be celebrated
By Lethbridge Herald on July 6th, 2022
Marke Milke Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy To understand why it’s popular among the chattering classes to trash Canada at this time of year, it helps to understand the power of utopian thinking. In past centuries, utopian movements sprang from religious impulses and secular imitations of the same nature. Religious examples include communes which, in ... Read More »
3 responsesPutting politics over people no way to serve a country
By Lethbridge Herald on July 2nd, 2022
Rachael Thomas Conservative Member of Parliament for Lethbridge The history of a nation is always composed of some great decisions and some not-so-great decisions. This is the nature of humans leading humans. Mistakes are made. But generally, those who take on the responsibility of leading a democratic country do so with the desire to serve ... Read More »
5 responsesCanada Day should perhaps be a time for reflection
By Lethbridge Herald on June 30th, 2022
Alica Mistaken Chief and Jason Laurendeau As July 1 approaches, it is worth reflecting on the state of affairs on these lands we occupy. Perhaps Canada Day should be not a celebration, not a moment to honour Canada’s past, but a moment for deep reflection. Perhaps it can be a moment to ask ourselves what ... Read More »
9 responsesSummer kicking off with much to celebrate
By Lethbridge Herald on June 25th, 2022
Blaine Hyggen Mayor of Lethbridge With Lethbridge PrideFest, National Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the Lethbridge Rotary Dragon Boat Festival and the grand opening of Festival Square, among other events – what a week this has been to kickoff summer in Lethbridge! Wednesday’s grand opening event, the first day of a three-day festival called ‘Lighting Up Festival ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UCP education system failing kids and their families
By Lethbridge Herald on June 24th, 2022
Shannon Phillips NDP MLA for Lethbridge West The spring rain is slowly but surely making way for a hot prairie summer, while yet another school year winds down for students and teachers across the province. Many Albertan kids are rejoicing for the end of what has been a third pandemic year, one full of uncertainties ... Read More »
1 responseFirst Nations clinic will cut health-care wait times
By Lethbridge Herald on June 23rd, 2022
Joseph Quesnel Frontier Centre for Public Policy Indigenous communities across Canada should learn from an Alberta First Nation that’s establishing a private health clinic to provide services that will reduce the pressure on the public system. The Alberta government recently approved a plan by the Enoch Cree Nation, close to Edmonton, to build a private ... Read More »
6 responsesProvince seeking input on enhanced definition of elder abuse
By Lethbridge Herald on June 18th, 2022
GUEST COLUMN Josephine Pon Minister of Seniors and Housing As Minister of Seniors and Housing, I feel great responsibility for the safety and security of seniors. It is critically important that Alberta’s government raise awareness of the need to prevent and address elder abuse in Alberta. Because we all need to take strong action on ... Read More »
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