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Response to Refugee Crisis Must Include Expanding Refugee Health Care

on October 2nd, 2015 by The Afro News

Health care access for refugees must be a key element of Canada’s humanitarian response to the Syrian refugee crisis The haunting image of Alan Kurdi’s lifeless body lying face down on a Turkish beach have prompted many Canadians to ask what we can do as a country to help Syrian refugees. Unfortunately, our search for

Filed under: Familly Matters, Point of View, The Bridge Tagged as: Canada resettlement program, Canadian government, humanitarian aid, politic, Refugee Health Care, Response to Refugee Crisis, Syrian refugees

October Election Could be a Dry Run for Proportional Representation

on July 31st, 2015 by The Afro News

But the parties may not be able to adapt to the new system if it is introduced If current polling trends hold, we are heading for a minority government in October, and the two front-runners might have to approach rivals to construct a stable government. Unaccustomed as they are to such a scenario and given

Filed under: Point of View, The Bridge Tagged as: Canadians voters, cynicism politics, Doreen Barrie, October election, party leaders, politic, Political Scientist

Higher Wages do Not Materialize by Government Fiat

on July 10th, 2015 by The Afro News

Want higher wages Ontario? Attract private sector investment Whenever some group claims that wages can be artificially boosted via government intervention, as one Ontario lobby group recently did, ask them this question: Can boats on a dry California lake float higher without mountain snow-packs first melting into rivers and lakes? If their response is “obviously

Filed under: Business, Business, Finance, Point of View Tagged as: Canada, eye on ontario, Higher Wages, Mark Milke, politic, private sector investment

Rachel Notley is Bob Rae 2.0

on July 9th, 2015 by The Afro News

It’s becoming clear that the Notley NDP is intent on following the disaster policies set by the Rae government There are many parallels between Alberta’s first NDP premier, Rachel Notley, and Ontario’s only NDP premier, Bob Rae. Some similarities, like the fact neither was expected to even contest the election let alone form a majority

Filed under: Business, Point of View Tagged as: Ben Eisen, Canada, Jason Clemens, NDP, politic, Rachel Notley
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