By Rick Salutin |

It is striking and, to use a religious term, a bit awe-inspiring to see how central that religion has become to politics in the post-Cold War era. For more than 200 years, the defining split was left versus right. Now religion is in the equation in a big way. Continue Reading

By Dale Wallace

On March 7th, 2010, I read an interesting article by Alan Shanoff “Freedom to read needs freedom from censors” in the Toronto Sun. In the article he argues strongly for people to have free choice of what they read. As well, he made the following interesting statement: “Schools are at the mercy of parents who not only want to choose what their children read but also what other children may read.” Unfortunately, in some schools in Calgary Alan Shanoff’s statement rings alarmingly true. Continue Reading

Troy Media – By Ben Eisen

Manitoba’s provincial government recently announced that in response to a looming $600-million deficit for this fiscal year, the province would freeze the wages of public-sector employees for the next two years. Continue Reading

By Elizabeth Sande

When you’re a little kid you’re fearless. You’ll climb a tree and scrape your hands or you’ll ride your bike down a hill and crash it into a bench, but you get up and do it again. Somewhere along the way, we become analytical. We think about every decision, calculate every possible outcome and go with the logical choice.  I suppose that’s called being an adult, but do all choices have to be logical? Continue Reading

By Naomi Klein 

Ever since deregulation caused a worldwide economic meltdown in September ’08 and everyone became a Keynesian again, it hasn’t been easy to be a fanatical fan of the late economist Milton Friedman. So widely discredited is his brand of free-market fundamentalism that his followers have become increasingly desperate to claim ideological victories, however far fetched. Continue Reading

By Barb Gustafson

House prices, mortgage rates, mortgage rules … it’s all been in the news lately, and it’s been a popular topic of conversation among my family members as I have children who are young adults and all want houses of their own. Continue Reading

By Linda McQuaig

One of the few iconic tales of Canadian politics revolves around how Paul Martin, as Liberal finance minister in the 1990s, wrestled the deficit to the ground with his bare hands. Continue Reading

Troy  Media – By Gwyn Morgan

The recent announcement that Korea Gas Corp. would invest $1.1-billion to participate in the development of EnCana’s huge gas shale holdings in northeastern British Columbia is another signal that Canada’s natural gas industry has entered a profoundly important new stage that, at earlier times, government policies made impossible. Continue Reading

By Daryl Makk

If you drive an SUV you are a criminal!!  I ride a motorcycle. Does that scare you? Continue Reading

Troy Media – By Mark Milke

If you care to know what governments desperately want to hide, it’s best to skip speeches and introductory fluff in the beginning of budget documents. Instead, dig deep until you find hard numbers that in past years would be trumpeted. Here’s a good example, this one on Canada’s federal debt after another five deficit years: Continue Reading