Opinions
System ill-prepared for crisis
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on April 14th, 2020
Gwyn Morgan CONTRIBUTOR, TROY MEDIA The Liberal government’s plan to use Canada’s “fiscal firepower” to help Canadian families and businesses weather the COVID-19 pandemic has been appropriately termed “a measured well-targeted response” by the Fraser Institute. But no amount of cash can change the terrible reality that Canada’s health-care system is one of the least ... Read More »
3 responsesSpain, COVID-19 and basic income
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on April 11th, 2020
Crisis an opportunity to make basic income permanent part of economy In times of great emergency, when the normal rules have been suspended, all sorts of things that used to seem unthinkable suddenly enter the realm of possibility. A national health service paid for by taxes and free at the point of delivery in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Getting through pandemic together
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on April 9th, 2020
It is hard to believe that the last time I wrote an article most of us barely knew what COVID-19 was, let alone imagined the impact it would be having on us now. >The changes to our everyday lives have been immense and I am sad to say but we will likely be here for ... Read More »
4 responsesCOVID changing how we buy food
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on April 8th, 2020
Sylvain Charlebois PROFESSOR IN FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND POLICY, DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY COVID-19 will redefine grocery shopping and food service. Convenience now has a different meaning. It’s less about saving time and more about survival and safety. Before the crisis, barely anyone ordered online and many Canadians wondered why someone would ever order food in that fashion. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Green’ energy won’t meet needs
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on April 7th, 2020
Cosmos Voutsinos The recent column by the Southern Alberta Group for the Environment (SAGE) promoted wind and solar technologies, based on a series of half truths and omissions. SAGE stated that renewable technologies generate more energy per energy input, ignoring the energy needed to build, operate, maintain and decommission all “backup” electricity generation facilities that ... Read More »
45 responsesHungary: The first casualty?
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on April 4th, 2020
Pandemic provides opportunity for leaders with dictatorial ambitions “Hello, dictator!” said Jean-Claude Juncker cheerily to Hungary’s leader, Victor Orb‡n, at a European Union summit meeting a couple of years ago. The president of the European Commission was only joking, of course, but it was gallows humour. Dictatorship was clearly where Orb‡n was heading – and ... Read More »
2 responsesPut Canadians first; stop tax hike
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on April 3rd, 2020
Now is not the time to hit citizens with a carbon tax increase Wednesday was April Fools’ Day, but the prime minister’s carbon tax increase failed to cause laughter among Canadians. Individuals in every part of our country are facing a massive health and economic crisis. Due to COVID-19, 1.6 million people have been laid ... Read More »
8 responsesA good reason to quit smoking
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on April 2nd, 2020
COVID-19 serves as a wake-up call to smokers, vapers Juliet Guichon ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY The coronavirus is not just a threat. It’s an opportunity. The COVID-19 pandemic offers every smoker and vaper with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to quit: a wake-up call. The novel virus causes a respiratory disease that’s worse with lungs that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The (not so) Great Alberta Parks Clearance Sale
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on April 1st, 2020
Parks are not an unnecessary luxury Lorne Fitch PROFESSIONAL BIOLOGIST The Alberta government plan to divest, downgrade or deconsecrate 184 of the province’s parks and recreation areas is bold, imperious and ill-considered. This scheme targets “small, underutilized” parks and their facilities for the ostensible rationale this decision will save money. It is an ironic twist, ... Read More »
8 responsesEase layoff laws during COVID crisis
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on March 31st, 2020
Alex Whalen and Niels Veldhuis THE FRASER INSTITUTE Aside from the enormous health-related challenges due to the COVID-19 virus, employers and workers are feeling major economic pain with job loss, reduced income and revenue. The ability of businesses to adjust quickly will be key to stabilizing the economy and laying the foundation for recovery. As ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Plague: a few changes
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on March 28th, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is going to change a number of things in our world They teach you in journalism school never to use the phrase “… X has changed the world forever.” Or at least they should. COVID-19 is certainly not going to change the world forever, but it is going to change quite a ... Read More »
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