Opinions
Another nurses strike brewing?
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on February 12th, 2020
Let’s hope walkout can be avoided Most people know that open flame and gunpowder is a combination that can have explosive results, so they seek to avoid such situations. But in a situation the head of the United Nurses of Alberta calls “a powder keg,” the UCP government is playing with fire by making contract ... Read More »
7 responsesBigger burden on taxpayers
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on February 11th, 2020
Federal deficit-spending plans could cause decades of trouble Tegan Hill and Milagros Palacios THE FRASER INSTITUTE Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau recently confirmed that, should a recession occur, Ottawa will turn on the spending taps using borrowed money. This government’s lack of fiscal discipline coupled with a willingness – if not outright enthusiasm – for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gene-edit foods our next risk communication fiasco?
By Lethbridge Herald Opinon on February 10th, 2020
Proponents need to make a legitimate case to consumers Sylvain Charlebois PROFESSOR IN FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND POLICY, DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY Will Canadian consumers want to eat gene-edited food? There’s a lot of excitement in agriculture about the introduction of gene-edited food products into the Canadian food system over the next few years. But there’s also a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coronavirus: The good and the bad
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 responsesAction needed on Canada-China ties
By 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 responsesTMX back on track, for now
By 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 responseLiberals’ tax plan offers little relief
By 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 responsesGolden post-Brexit opportunity
By 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!The Trump-Netanyahu peace deal
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 responseUCP mimics Trump’s style
By 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 responsesThe true function of an MLA
By 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 »
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