The end goal of divestment is supply shortages, higher prices, shuttered factories, job losses, and energy poverty Just as they did with university endowment funds, divestment activists are now pressuring university pension plans to abandon investment in oil and gas companies. That’s why InvestNow has called on 20,000 university professors to reject the divestment agenda.…
Gradually, entire cities are becoming unaffordable for working families A new report from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) shows that rents are skyrocketing in many, if not most, Canadian cities. No surprise there. But this year’s annual report also documents, for the first time, rent increases in vacant units. It shows rents going…
It’s expensive out there and Manitobans trying to gas up their car to get to work or simply heat their homes need relief Manitobans shouldn’t be fooled by the paltry sum that Trudeau has sent them via carbon tax rebates. It doesn’t come close to what the tax costs them. The Parliamentary Budget Officer crunched…
Taxpayers have a right to be mad at the government People are hurting. But the anger towards the federal government comes from a deeper sense of being ripped off. Taxes and regulations are making it hard to put food on the table. Politicians and bureaucrats are misleading us. They’re wasting our money and not being…
Homeless make more than 26,000 visits to Alberta emergency departments each year Edmonton emergency department patients who lack housing will soon get a chance to find permanent homes following their hospital stay, thanks to a new transition housing program. “No one should leave emergency without a place to go and a roof over their head,”…
Most thefts are by people driven by desperation, negligence, or a mixture of both Grocery theft has always been a major problem, but with food inflation as it is, shopkeepers now fear the wrongdoers more than before. In December, some Ontarians visited stores in Trois-Rivières, Que. to steal $4,000 worth of meat. In Sherbrooke, Que.…
Canadians are paying too much tax because the government wastes too much money Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to govern for “the middle class and those working hard to join it.” Canadians can be forgiven if we feel he’s forgotten that promise. Whether it’s the nurse working at the hospital, the mom who commutes to…
Assisted death has gone from a last resort to an earth-friendly way to reduce the world’s population Liberalism used to mean live and let live. If your neighbour painted his house Day-Glo green, liberals shrugged and said, “so be it”. Now? You must not only heap fulsome public praise on his paint preference but you…
The program risks failing the people it claims to assist The federal government has launched a one-time $500 housing benefit for low-income tenants. Though a good initiative in times of high inflation, the program is fraught with problems. Unless these problems are fixed – which is doable – the program will fail the people it…
There are many reasons why the answer is yes, but the best is that it gives us time to share with those in need The holiday season is upon us. Christmas, New Year, Hanukah Diwali, Kwanza and probably others all seem to congregate around the time of the winter solstice. Holiday lights, seasonal music and…
The end goal of divestment is supply shortages, higher prices, shuttered factories, job losses, and energy poverty Just as they did with university endowment funds, divestment activists are now pressuring university pension plans to abandon investment in oil and gas companies. That’s why InvestNow has called on 20,000 university professors to reject the divestment agenda.…
Gradually, entire cities are becoming unaffordable for working families A new report from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) shows that rents are skyrocketing in many, if not most, Canadian cities. No surprise there. But this year’s annual report also documents, for the first time, rent increases in vacant units. It shows rents going…
It’s expensive out there and Manitobans trying to gas up their car to get to work or simply heat their homes need relief Manitobans shouldn’t be fooled by the paltry sum that Trudeau has sent them via carbon tax rebates. It doesn’t come close to what the tax costs them. The Parliamentary Budget Officer crunched…
Taxpayers have a right to be mad at the government People are hurting. But the anger towards the federal government comes from a deeper sense of being ripped off. Taxes and regulations are making it hard to put food on the table. Politicians and bureaucrats are misleading us. They’re wasting our money and not being…
Homeless make more than 26,000 visits to Alberta emergency departments each year Edmonton emergency department patients who lack housing will soon get a chance to find permanent homes following their hospital stay, thanks to a new transition housing program. “No one should leave emergency without a place to go and a roof over their head,”…
Most thefts are by people driven by desperation, negligence, or a mixture of both Grocery theft has always been a major problem, but with food inflation as it is, shopkeepers now fear the wrongdoers more than before. In December, some Ontarians visited stores in Trois-Rivières, Que. to steal $4,000 worth of meat. In Sherbrooke, Que.…
Canadians are paying too much tax because the government wastes too much money Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to govern for “the middle class and those working hard to join it.” Canadians can be forgiven if we feel he’s forgotten that promise. Whether it’s the nurse working at the hospital, the mom who commutes to…
Assisted death has gone from a last resort to an earth-friendly way to reduce the world’s population Liberalism used to mean live and let live. If your neighbour painted his house Day-Glo green, liberals shrugged and said, “so be it”. Now? You must not only heap fulsome public praise on his paint preference but you…
The program risks failing the people it claims to assist The federal government has launched a one-time $500 housing benefit for low-income tenants. Though a good initiative in times of high inflation, the program is fraught with problems. Unless these problems are fixed – which is doable – the program will fail the people it…
There are many reasons why the answer is yes, but the best is that it gives us time to share with those in need The holiday season is upon us. Christmas, New Year, Hanukah Diwali, Kwanza and probably others all seem to congregate around the time of the winter solstice. Holiday lights, seasonal music and…