Favours the communist approach to economic development Despite having the fastest-growing population in the developed world, thanks to a massive acceleration of immigration, Canada is facing a forecasted economic growth of only one per cent in 2023 (according to the OECD). This is surprising given the rise in demand for things we are very good…
Providing services in other languages embraces true diversity
Prime Minister Trudeau has “trademarked” the line “diversity is our strength,” but his idea of diversity seems to be related to only skin colour, costumes (for which he is fond), and food. It definitely does not include more fundamental elements found in a diversity of languages or thought. Canada is targeting 400,000 immigrants per year.…
Client interfaces in law and medicine are as moribund as they were a century ago. It’s time to use technology to better advantage
In the time of the 1918-19 Spanish flu, the world was very different. Of course, there was no Internet, TV or social media. In fact, there wasn’t even any radio until a few years later. All the news was provided by the newspaper and almost all long-distance transportation was by rail or ship. We’ve come…
Manitoba Hydro should look for ways to increase domestic demand by displacing non-renewable energy consumption
The world’s economy continues to grow every year by between two and four per cent. From when civilization began 5,000 years ago, the production of energy remains an important factor to continued growth. In these environmentally conscious times, efforts are intensifying to reduce energy consumption and switch to renewable resources. Manitoba is in a very…
Government must cut public sector costs, taxes and fees. And become vastly better at providing needed and efficient services
For the first time in decades, Manitoba’s unemployment rate has risen above the national average. With the provincial economy growing (briskly for Manitoba) around two per cent a year, we might have expected some declining unemployment rates and labour shortages. But it’s not enough with record immigration and a slowdown in Manitobans leaving for Alberta…
Imagine what Pierre Trudeau would have thought of his son's hyphenated Canadian fixation
Like father, like son? Not so for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who appears to have selected a path at odds with the best of his father's legacy. Pierre Trudeau, even as one of the most divisive prime ministers in Canadian history, was a champion of a singular, unifying notion: one Canada. He boldly fought to…