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01Mar2016

Who Gains From “Cassie & Molly’s Law”?

It’s been 28 years since the Supreme Court of Canada took away a woman’s right to choose. Oh, somebody framed the argument well: “A woman has the right to choose what happens to her body.” What they haven’t said is that you only have the right if you choose to kill your baby.
  • March 01, 2016
  • Vicki Gunn
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23Feb2016

Running Deficits to Fund Hamas?

​While travelling on the connecting flight to Vancouver this morning, my plane hit a patch of what is euphemistically called “turbulence.” We dropped suddenly, “fetched up” abruptly, the plane shuddered violently, and then we continued on our course.
  • February 23, 2016
  • Rod Taylor
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16Feb2016

Interest Free Debt!

Imagine paying no interest on a mortgage . . . no interest on a car loan, no interest on a farm! Imagine the possibilities!
  • February 16, 2016
  • Peter Vogel
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12Feb2016

Separation of Mosque and State

​As I write this, Canada—under the direction of our new Prime Minister— is hurriedly preparing to welcome Syrian refugees by the tens of thousands and Canadian military bases are being turned into domestic refugee camps.
  • February 12, 2016
  • Rod Taylor
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09Feb2016

Calling Evil Good and Good Evil

​Shakespeare’s famous line, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” may be true as regards the perception of our physical world by our senses but the descriptive terms used to categorize human behaviours certainly affect our attitudes towards those being described.
  • February 09, 2016
  • Rod Taylor
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02Feb2016

Is Truth “Non-negligible”?

It’s a non-negligible amount of work to read the news sometimes. There’s not only watching for media bias and looking for “the spin,” there’s also watching for misleading words that misdirect us as to various mis-implications in the article.
  • February 02, 2016
  • Vicki Gunn
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29Jan2016

Alberta Education Ministry Bullies Families

Alberta has recently released its new mandatory guidelines on sexual diversity in schools. NDP Education Minister David Eggen said the new guidelines ensure the “safety” of transgendered students.
  • January 29, 2016
  • Vicki Gunn
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26Jan2016

The PM’s Undoing

In any great endeavour—such as running a country—people want to know how much is being accomplished. In Canada today, it behoves us to also find out how much is being “un-accomplished.”
  • January 26, 2016
  • Rod Taylor
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19Jan2016

Is CHP For or Against Marijuana?

​Science-based decision-making is a much-touted theme of our current government, but how much do you know about the science of marijuana? Marijuana has two substances that we need to understand...
  • January 19, 2016
  • Peter Vogel
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15Jan2016

10 Rapes, 11 Years

​On January 14th 2016, a rapist was convicted in Montreal. Most of us haven’t heard about this horrendous case because it elicited only a small amount of media coverage.
  • January 15, 2016
  • Peter Vogel
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12Jan2016

Fearing the People

How do we choose those who rule over us? Does it matter? Can we change it? If we do so, will things improve? Our new Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, has vowed to change the electoral system and—so far—says he will do it without allowing Canadians to vote on it in a cross-country referendum. Is he right or wrong?
  • January 12, 2016
  • Rod Taylor
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05Jan2016

2015—What Did We Achieve?

​The beginning of a new year is a good time to reflect on the past twelve months. What went well? How can we build on our successes and make the most of our opportunities in the next twelve?
  • January 05, 2016
  • Vicki Gunn
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