No force on earth is more powerful than a movement that embraces the truths of personal empowerment, forgiveness, courage, acceptance and love There are many dark pages in the history of the 20th century, notably the tens of millions of deaths cased by Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin. Caught between the regimes of these cruel
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August 2017
Taxes Are The Average Canadian Family’s Largest Expense
on August 30th, 2017
In fact, taxes consume more of the average family’s income than all the basic necessities of life combined With home prices rising across the country, many may assume that housing costs (including rent and mortgage payments) are the most expensive budget item for the average Canadian family. In reality, the average Canadian household spends more
Kids Can Be The Best Teachers
on August 29th, 2017
Canadian preschool teaches kids with autism and typically developing kids together in a unique integrative program My oldest son came home one day with an excellent idea. Little did we know how it would shape all our lives. In Grade 4, Liam handed me an application to attend Montreal’s Mackay Centre School where he, as
Finding Salvation In The Ashes of The Daily Newspaper Business
on August 24th, 2017
The CBC can be the link to broader success, if it goes ad-free and makes its news content freely available to other news platforms Sometime in the not-too-distant future, the nation’s largest media chain is expected to fail, taking many of the nation’s once proud but now emaciated major daily newspapers to the grave with
Trump’s Failure of Moral Leadership is Consequential
on August 20th, 2017
Amid the fallout from the Charlottesville chaos, we should pause to examine the dynamics of the two major factions involved. This was a protest of whites vs. whites. Throughout American history there has been a dichotomous war between whites. This struggle has existed from the founding of our democracy. Indeed, there were founders who fiercely
The Prohibitive Cost of Living in Metro Vancouver
on August 19th, 2017
The extraordinary run-up in real estate prices like the one experienced in the Lower Mainland raises the odds of a painful market correction How can people afford to live in Vancouver? That question came to mind as I struggled to catch up with the latest torrent of media stories on the Lower Mainland’s seemingly inexhaustible
The Age of Civility Has Entered a Dangerous Time
on August 18th, 2017
If you believe our hard-won social norms are worth keeping, you must become truly active to stop this cancer before it metastasizes Canadians are front-row spectators to the swelling social chaos in the United States, so close that we can feel the heat, sweat and blood. So close, in fact, that we need to worry
A Measured, Rational Response to Climate Change is Possible
on August 18th, 2017
The risks can be managed using conventional policies, engineering, and research and development – and without all the hysteria Just in time for summer, when every heat wave and forest fire will be sold as evidence of a “climate crisis” and “extreme weather event,” we have a new panic-mongering article on climate change in New
High Grades For Canadian Students, High Praise For Their Teachers
on August 15th, 2017
Canadian students’ results in literacy, mathematics and science are among the best in the world. What drives our schools to be so good? A recent BBC article called Canada “an education superpower.” It referred to the fact that, in recent years, Canadian students’ results in literacy, mathematics and science are among the best in the
Thinking The Unthinkable on NAFTA
The bottom line is, either we stand up and defend our rights or we’ll simply have traded one colonial master for another Everyone who’s ever done business with Donald Trump knows his favourite tactic: don’t negotiate; intimidate. Well, he’s at it again, threatening to pull the plug on NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) because