I am not an expert, but I have always thought taking a vaccine was for my protection. That will be my call if I want to take a risk and contract a disease. I have taken a vaccine for the Wuhan Flu dominating the news. But that was my decision.
The Calgary Police Service Communications Group deserves a huge shout out for audacity. They released a press release saying that they needed more officers. They gave us the obvious reason an apparent rise in violent crimes and break-ins. Now I…
The young child cried out, “The emperor has no clothes”. Only then did the emperor realize what he had to do – get dressed. In the late 1970s when I moved to Alberta, I was a self-selecting economic/political migrant. I…
Ted shines in this article. We have the principal benefit from Mr. Lougheed’s reign, lets use the damn thing – the “notwithstanding clause” – and get the public service under control. So now is the time for Alberta to use…
A recent CBC TV news report video showed the horrific crash scene of the Lufthansa jet in France. The CEO of Lufthansa, laying the wreath and mourning the loss of so many lives, refused to take reporters’ questions pertaining to…
This statement tells you a lot about our government and our culture and is provided by a good friend: Alberta Provincial Social Services (welfare) is proud to be distributing this year the greatest amount of money ever. Meanwhile, Alberta Parks,…
I would have thought that we had more than enough recorded experience to disabuse even the most stubborn of us that big government planning is effective or useful. But still we persist in applying this solution to all manner of…
Jeffrey MacIntosh (TSE Chair in Capital Markets Law at U of T) is doing a series of articles at the National Post regarding the proposed ‘single national regulator’ that are a must read: National Regulator 1: The Grand Market Regulator:…
I come to bury the Peace Bridge, not to praise it. The statistics around the Peace Bridge, otherwise known as Farrell’s Folly, are legend. The construction overruns, the time overruns–the initial crossing of over $25 million versus a fraction of…
Democracy is not the answer; I am not going to throw my alderman out of office because of this one issue. Voting with my feet is not a realistic option either; I have too much invested in living in Calgary. …