By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on February 8th, 2020
China’s medical people responded well but the politicians didn’t In an emergency, the good thing about a dictatorship is that it can respond very fast. The bad thing is that it won’t respond at all until the dictator-in-chief says that it should. All the little dictators who flourish in this sort of system won’t risk ... Read More »
2 responsesBy Lethbridge Herald Opinon on February 7th, 2020
This month’s ‘From the Hill’ column by MP Rachael Harder Liberals don’t seem to have a plan to fix fractured relationship Arguably, the relationship between Canada and China has never been worse. > The Chinese government has implemented bans on Canadian >products >such as canola, pork >and beef, which have cost the Canadian economy billions, ... Read More »
5 responsesBy Lethbridge Herald Opinon on February 6th, 2020
Cautious optimism understandable in view of previous roadblocks The latest court victory for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion means the on-again, off-again project is on again – at least for now. The Federal Court of Appeal announced Tuesday it had struck down a challenge by several British Columbia First Nations groups, paving the way for ... Read More »
1 responseBy Lethbridge Herald Opinon on February 5th, 2020
Plan will do little for economic growth Jake Fuss and Finn Poschmann THE FRASER INSTITUTE According to a Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) report released last week, the federal government’s plan to increase the basic personal income tax deduction will cost nearly $7 billion annually when fully implemented. This is not only higher than what the ... Read More »
4 responsesBy Lethbridge Herald Opinon on February 4th, 2020
Ottawa must step up to save potential source of positive trade with the U.K. Jack Buckby RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, FRONTIER CENTRE FOR PUBLIC POLICY Brexit uncertainty is no more, following the election of Boris Johnson as prime minister of the United Kingdom with the largest Conservative majority since 1987. The U.K.’s withdrawal agreement with the European ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on February 1st, 2020
‘Two-state solution’ leaves out one of the states The peculiar thing about the “peace deal” between Israelis and Palestinians that was announced in Washington on Tuesday was obvious at a single glance. There was President Donald Trump and his good buddy Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, together at the podium, and an audience of ... Read More »
1 responseBy Lethbridge Herald Opinon on January 31st, 2020
Trevor W. Harrison UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE In the weeks leading up to the American election in 2016, many of my friends, relatives, colleagues and casual acquaintances spoke rather smugly of Canada’s political culture compared with that of the U.S. The idea that people would elect a narcissistic, misogynistic con man as president seemed beyond the ... Read More »
7 responsesBy Lethbridge Herald Opinon on January 30th, 2020
Nathan Neudorf MLA FOR LETHBRIDGE-EAST Criticism by certain people that the City of Lethbridge “had to hire a lobbyist” because I was not doing my job is not only false, but entirely misleading >and opportunistic, given that these allegations were made while I was away on vacation after a very busy fall for our government. ... Read More »
6 responsesBy Lethbridge Herald Opinon on January 29th, 2020
Really connecting can help make challenges more bearable Our digital world has people connected like never before. Technology enables us to stay in touch 24/7 if we choose to be. But are we really connecting? Today is Bell Let’s Talk Day, an annual event aimed at encouraging open discussion about mental-health issues and removing the ... Read More »
2 responsesBy Lethbridge Herald Opinon on January 28th, 2020
Citizens need to discuss privacy rights to regain control of personal information Jill Clayton ALBERTA INFORMATION AND PRIVACY COMMISSIONER Today is Data Privacy Day – a day to reflect on privacy rights over the past decade and how to move privacy discussions forward over the next 10 years. Revelations of societal surveillance were continuous during ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on January 25th, 2020
Russian leader prizes order above all else Five years ago somebody posted photographs on the internet showing a man who looked a lot like Vladimir Putin in photographs from 1920 and 1941. In both shots he was in military uniform, defending the interests of the Russian people then as he still does today. But how ... Read More »
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