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  • October 6, 2023

    Toward the Alberta Advantage

    Late in 1978 and early 1979, the Peter Lougheed government embarked on a mission to lower the “small business” income […]

    Column Marco Navarro-Génie Provincial Rights Public Finance and Fiscal Federalism
    Continue Reading →: Toward the Alberta Advantage
  • October 1, 2023

    Rehabilitating the Charter of Rights

    The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms needs to be rehabilitated.  The COVID-19 regime caused enormous damage to individual rights […]

    Column Marco Navarro-Génie Property and Civil Rights Provincial Rights
    Continue Reading →: Rehabilitating the Charter of Rights
  • September 30, 2023

    Canada-India Conflict Grows

    Canada-India tensions grew during the recent G20. But the bombshell Trudeau dropped yesterday in the House of Commons multiplied those […]

    Column Foreign Policy and Diplomacy Marco Navarro-Génie
    Continue Reading →: Canada-India Conflict Grows
  • September 27, 2023

    Prime Minister Trudeau Tries to Apologize

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau finally emerged from the shadows today to address the regrettable incident on the floor of the […]

    Column Foreign Policy and Diplomacy Marco Navarro-Génie
    Continue Reading →: Prime Minister Trudeau Tries to Apologize
  • September 26, 2023

    Canada Deserves Better Government: A Former Nazi is invited to the House of Commons

    The Bible verse in Hebrews that inspired the motto for the Order of Canada has always resonated with me. In […]

    Column Foreign Policy and Diplomacy Marco Navarro-Génie
    Continue Reading →: Canada Deserves Better Government: A Former Nazi is invited to the House of Commons
  • September 24, 2023

    Grocers as Scapegoats for Trudeau’s Failed Economic Policies

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s directive to force grocery stores to reset prices with the aim of stabilizing inflation appears to […]

    Agri-food and Food Security Column Marco Navarro-Génie
    Continue Reading →: Grocers as Scapegoats for Trudeau’s Failed Economic Policies
  • September 19, 2023

    Personal Diplomacy Beyond Trudeau’s Skills: The Failed G20 Visit to India

    PM Justin Trudeau wasted a golden opportunity to work things out with India’s PM Narendra Modi at he G20

    Column Foreign Policy and Diplomacy Marco Navarro-Génie
    Continue Reading →: Personal Diplomacy Beyond Trudeau’s Skills: The Failed G20 Visit to India
  • September 4, 2023

    Contrived Sexual Identities Erode the Natural Standard in the Parent-Child Relationship

    The assertion that parents are inherently the primary educators of their children has stirred quite the debate, prompting a need […]

    Column Marco Navarro-Génie Provincial Rights
    Continue Reading →: Contrived Sexual Identities Erode the Natural Standard in the Parent-Child Relationship
  • August 25, 2023

    Forest Fires and Empty Promises: Trudeau’s Climate Emergency

    It was two years ago this week, on August 18th, amidst a general election, that the Liberal Party of Canada […]

    Column Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Marco Navarro-Génie
    Continue Reading →: Forest Fires and Empty Promises: Trudeau’s Climate Emergency
  • August 9, 2023

    Unpacking a ban on plastic waste packaging

    Ottawa’s plan to eradicate plastic waste by 2030, led by Minister of the Environment Stephen Guilbeault, on its face seems […]

    Column Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Marco Navarro-Génie
    Continue Reading →: Unpacking a ban on plastic waste packaging
  • July 28, 2023

    Justin Trudeau is the Donald Trump of Canada’s Left

    Trudeau’s form of populism has been so deftly executed, media and his followers seem blissfully unaware of his striking similarities to Trump, and how closely the disposition of Trudeau’s followers mirror Trump’s own followers.

    Column Marco Navarro-Génie
    Continue Reading →: Justin Trudeau is the Donald Trump of Canada’s Left
  • July 6, 2023

    Woke inclusion opens gates to exclusion and division

    Canada’s federal government has cheerfully proclaimed June to September to be Pride Season. Beyond the commonplace vulgarity in pride parades, one reasonably […]

    Column Marco Navarro-Génie Property and Civil Rights
    Continue Reading →: Woke inclusion opens gates to exclusion and division
  • June 1, 2023

    A smaller caucus presents Smith some advantages

    Despite reports and comments about the Alberta election results, Smith’s victory with a smaller caucus offers many advantages

    Marco Navarro-Génie Provincial Rights
    Continue Reading →: A smaller caucus presents Smith some advantages
  • May 22, 2023

    BUY our NEW BOOK! Canada’s COVID: The Story of a Pandemic Moral Panic

    Our new book Canada’s COVID: The Story of a Pandemic Moral Panic is now on sale in electronic form at […]

    Barry Cooper Book Health and Social Policy Marco Navarro-Génie
    Continue Reading →: BUY our NEW BOOK! Canada’s COVID: The Story of a Pandemic Moral Panic
  • April 24, 2023

    Ottawa has its national security priorities backward

    Canadians know very little of these exploited security weaknesses because the government regularly invokes national security to obstruct Parliament from asking questions and to cover up its mismanagement in security affairs.

    Column Marco Navarro-Génie
    Continue Reading →: Ottawa has its national security priorities backward
  • March 12, 2023

    The muddling gambit of a special rapporteur

    It is not that there is a flaw in Trudeau’s proposal. It’s deliberate. In keeping with natural justice, one ought not  be judge in one’s own cause, and one ought not choose a special individual, much less create a new position outside of the existing investigating officers in law enforcement, to investigate one’s misdeeds. It…

    Column Marco Navarro-Génie Property and Civil Rights
    Continue Reading →: The muddling gambit of a special rapporteur
  • March 4, 2023

    The Story of a Pandemic Moral Panic

    Excerpt from Chapter 7, “The Democratic Politics of Fear,” in the newly expanded  book: Canada’s COVID: The Story of a […]

    Barry Cooper Column Health and Social Policy Marco Navarro-Génie
    Continue Reading →: The Story of a Pandemic Moral Panic
  • January 24, 2023

    A “Just Transition” for the CBC

    The influence of traditional print and broadcast news media has dropped dramatically. Even with handsome government handouts, many of them […]

    Column Economy and Economic Development Marco Navarro-Génie
    Continue Reading →: A “Just Transition” for the CBC
  • January 16, 2023

    No justice for West in “Just Transition”

    The “Just Transition” legislation that Justin Trudeau and Jagmeet Singh want to introduce represents terrible news for hydrocarbon energy producers […]

    Column Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Marco Navarro-Génie
    Continue Reading →: No justice for West in “Just Transition”
  • November 30, 2022

    Great COVID gaslight is under way

    The Great COVID Gaslighting is underway. I will leave it to historians to determine when and who precisely launched it, […]

    Column Health and Social Policy Marco Navarro-Génie
    Continue Reading →: Great COVID gaslight is under way
  • October 28, 2022

    Notley is still in denial over mandatory vaccination

    Following a question at her first press conference as premier, Danielle Smith expressed sympathies for unvaccinated Canadians who were persecuted […]

    Column Health and Social Policy Marco Navarro-Génie
    Continue Reading →: Notley is still in denial over mandatory vaccination
  • October 5, 2022

    Crisis politics are stormy politics: An evaluation of the Kenney Years

    In a crisis, compromise can become vice because it can quickly turn into indecision when people expect resolve. Crisis demands decisiveness, not zigzagging or reversals.

    Column Health and Social Policy Marco Navarro-Génie
    Continue Reading →: Crisis politics are stormy politics: An evaluation of the Kenney Years
  • September 24, 2022

    Shandro gun announcement shows how Sovereignty works

    In mid September (2022), Premier Jason Kenney openly disagreed with UCP leadership hopeful Danielle Smith over Smith’s proposed Alberta Sovereignty […]

    Column Marco Navarro-Génie Property and Civil Rights Public Finance and Fiscal Federalism
    Continue Reading →: Shandro gun announcement shows how Sovereignty works
  • September 22, 2022

    London visit, a study in disrespect

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had one job to do. On behalf of Canada, he had to go to London to […]

    Column Marco Navarro-Génie
    Continue Reading →: London visit, a study in disrespect
  • April 19, 2022

    Betting on WTI is a Short-term Strings Attached Solution

    The Alberta government stopped collecting the fuel tax at the beginning of April in an effort to provide “real relief” […]

    Column Economy and Economic Development Gerard A. Lucyshyn
    Continue Reading →: Betting on WTI is a Short-term Strings Attached Solution
  • April 10, 2022

    How Long Will Investor Confidence Last?

    The International Transactions in Securities monthly report covers transactions in stocks, bonds, and money market securities between non-residents and residents […]

    Column Economy and Economic Development Gerard A. Lucyshyn
    Continue Reading →: How Long Will Investor Confidence Last?
  • April 7, 2022

    How Did COVID-19 Impact the Canadian Manufacturing Sector?

    Consumers usually realize fairly quickly just how important the manufacturing sector is when they stare at empty shelves while shopping. […]

    Column Economy and Economic Development Gerard A. Lucyshyn
    Continue Reading →: How Did COVID-19 Impact the Canadian Manufacturing Sector?
  • April 4, 2022

    Mayor Gondek is author of her own unpopularity

    Recent ThinkHQ opinion polling shows Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek to be very unpopular.  It is unusual to see such unpopularity […]

    Column Marco Navarro-Génie Municipalities and Public Lands
    Continue Reading →: Mayor Gondek is author of her own unpopularity
  • February 8, 2022

    Trudeau underestimates the Truckers’ Convoy and its significance

    the Trudeau government kicked a hornet’s nest when the prime minister began a trend of insults against those resisting his vaccine policies during the last election campaign.  Trudeau mistook his return to a minority government as an unconditional endorsement to abuse vaccine skeptics.

    Marco Navarro-Génie Property and Civil Rights
    Continue Reading →: Trudeau underestimates the Truckers’ Convoy and its significance
  • January 24, 2022

    Are Your Occupational Skills Up to Muster?

    Over half of all employed Canadians (52.7%) are working in occupations that value and require active learning skills. “Active learning” […]

    Column Economy and Economic Development Gerard A. Lucyshyn
    Continue Reading →: Are Your Occupational Skills Up to Muster?
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