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Parental rights and the surging demand for censorship in Canadian schools
Libraries are the battleground in censorship wars; academic freedom and critical thinking are casualties. What does this mean for students?
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The Alberta government legislates two-tier health care, again
On April 13, the Alberta government introduced legislation to become the first province that creates a “me first” legal framework for patients to pay privately…
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Fact check: Alberta’s new two-tier system is not “European” health care
The Alberta government is engaged in the most significant challenge to single-payer health care in Canada since the creation of public medicare
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The end of Canadian medicare? Alberta legislation opens the door to U.S. health care
Alberta’s two-tier health care legislation ends single-payer public health care and puts Canadian medicare at risk
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Western separatism: An age-old story entering a new chapter
Why then, if there has been no real growth in separatism as a threat in Alberta and Saskatchewan, has there been so much handwringing and…
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The arsonists: The politicians stoking the fires of Western separatism
The same federal government who alienated our oil and gas industry is now putting global food security at risk by attacking the hard working agriculture…
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Wresting cost-of-living politics away from the populist right
Left- and right-wing populist movements that have dominated Prairie politics over the last century can trace their roots back to regional frustrations framed in opposition…
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Reality check: If Alberta left Canada
As Alberta spins ever closer to a rudderless sovereignty referendum in which the premier provides all the leadership of a radio phone-in host—“let’s open up the lines…
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“Alberta Next”, migrants’ rights come last
The “Alberta Next” initiative, led by Premier Danielle Smith, represents a significant push toward greater provincial autonomy within Canada. Through town halls and surveys conducted…
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It’s not you, it’s us: British Columbia isn’t into Western alienation
An article about Western alienation in British Columbia might as well start with the Rocky Mountains, that formidable natural barrier to the rest of Canada…
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Whose nationalism is it, anyway?
“The first idea is to define oneself as a nation—therefore it requires a culture of their own,” said Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet, speaking to…
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Does Alberta really want to cut and run?
A couple of years ago I went to see my aunt at a seniors’ home in rural Saskatchewan. An elderly gentleman passed by and I…
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