Program to support innovation is killing it instead There’s widespread agreement that Canada’s Scientific Reseach and Economic Development program (SR&ED) has become too adversarial and difficult to manage without a consultant. The new Budget even acknowledges that the program is
Read MoreUber has a sexual assault problem; Halifax must insist on filed background checks Shame on Mayor Andy Fillmore of Halifax. He has been persuaded by an American corporation that some citizens of Halifax deserve less protection than others. Fillmore supports
Read MoreRose Valland preserved memory and catalogued truth Author unknown: source Meta For 4 years, she sat at a desk while Nazis looted 20,000 artworks around her—and they never knew she understood every word they said. Paris, October 1940. The Nazis
Read MoreA message from Reza Pahlavi To all of our friends around the world, Under the yoke of the Islamic Republic, Iran is identified in your minds with terrorism, extremism, and poverty. The real Iran is a different Iran. A beautiful,
Read MoreIt’s deja-vu all over again. For the third time in my lifetime, Iranian citizens are fighting for freedom from a tyrannical government, and again I am praying for their success. First in 2009, then in 2018, and now in 2026,
Read MoreThe heavy crude oil Venezuela produces is similar to Canada’s product By Dan McTeague In the wee small hours of January 3, Canada’s economic future sustained a serious blow. It was at that time that American law enforcement, supported by
Read MoreI think 2026 is gonna be a long year…. When my sons were teenagers, they had an especially obnoxious habit of crowing and shouting gleefully when events broke their way, personally. “IN YOUR FACE!!!!!!!!!!!” one would shout to another, aggressively
Read More“It’ll be a cold day in Hell before I even consider betraying my constituents” by Scott Anderson, Member of Parliament for Vernon-Lake Country-Monashee It’s important for my constituents to know that I, like others, have been approached by the Liberals
Read MoreReality is stubborn that way by Paul Kearley “My son, you only have a loan of your kids,” my father used to say. I didn’t fully understand that sentence when he first said it. I understand it now. After travelling
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