Opinions
What could be more essential than feeding the nation?
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on May 1st, 2020
Across the country, farmers and food processors are working hard to ensure our shelves are stocked with food so that even in the midst of a pandemic, Canadians have the luxury of going to the grocery store, putting choice foods in their cart and taking them home to enjoy. We are incredibly fortunate! Imagine for ... Read More »
4 responsesTime for MPs to take a pay cut
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on April 30th, 2020
It would be a practical and symbolic gesture Aaron Wudrick Federal Director Canadian Taxpayers Federation As we struggle to contain COVID-19, virtually everyone is paying the price while the economy faces an unprecedented storm. Many members of Parliament are sharing in that sacrifice by donating their automatic pay raise to charity. The rest need to ... Read More »
2 responsesFarmers need help now
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on April 29th, 2020
Sylvain Charlebois Dalhousie University We always needed farmers. Now, with COVID-19, they need us. Farming needs real help, right now. Plenty of attention has been given to the foreign workers program in recent weeks. The federal government and the provinces have done the best they could to mitigate the situation. But that was just the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oil woes: The perfect storm
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on April 25th, 2020
For the global oil industry, it has been a double whammy. First a foolish price war between two of the world’s three biggest producers, Russia and Saudi Arabia, drove the price per barrel down from almost $70 in early January to under $50 in early March. They were fighting each other for market share, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coping with challenging time
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on April 24th, 2020
Friends, we’re all going through a lot right now. My office has been fielding calls from constituents who have lost incomes, parents unsure of how to best educate their kids – especially those with disabilities – and many, many people struggling with anxiety around COVID-19 and all of its impacts on our community. This is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What comes after the pandemic?
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on April 23rd, 2020
Trevor W. Harrison UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE The word “war” has become the standard metaphor in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. But all wars end, eventually, and so we must turn our thoughts to what comes after. A series of articles in recent days have begun this turning. The most thoughtful of these is that of ... Read More »
2 responsesBattling a pandemic, ‘Shandemic’
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on April 22nd, 2020
By Southern Alberta Physicians Dear Lethbridge and surrounding community, We are in troubling times. Physicians and the community are feeling uncertain and frightened. One aspect. of this fear is the government’s health-care cuts, which have included terminating the Physician Master Agreement and implementing a new Physician Funding Framework without expert physician involvement. This has been ... Read More »
6 responsesLives and livelihoods
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on April 18th, 2020
Reopening the U.S. economy too soon could be disastrous Wuhan, the Chinese city where it all started, was locked down for 79 days before the restrictions on movement were finally lifted last week. A bit over-cautious, perhaps, but in China the coronavirus does really seem to be under control – not totally eradicated, but controllable ... Read More »
9 responsesGetting through the COVID crisis
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on April 17th, 2020
I’d like to start out by thanking and acknowledging the hard work of the people who have been guiding our city through this COVID-19 pandemic. The doctors, nurses, retail sector employees, truck drivers and all others; our Emergency Co-ordination Centre (ECC) team; our first responders; our police; our staff >enforcing bylaws, communicating and maintaining community ... Read More »
1 responseEnergy sector critical to economy
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on April 16th, 2020
COVID-19 crisis can’t be excuse to kill a key industry Mark Milke and Lennie Kaplan CANADIAN ENERGY CENTRE While the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic and an economic downturn, anti-energy activists have spotted an opportunity: to kill off Canada’s oil and gas industry – the one that provides hundreds of thousands of jobs and ... Read More »
6 responsesNo food shortage yet, but …
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on April 15th, 2020
We’re entering a crucial period in the pandemic Sylvain Chalebois PROFESSOR IN FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND POLICY, DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY Access to food during the COVID-19 crisis has been a source of anxiety everywhere in the West. But the worst of the pandemic is yet to come, which means that anything can still happen. Panic buying by ... Read More »
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