Month: April 2021

Experts Call for Removing Red Tape, Reforming Competition Laws to Boost Canada’s Competitiveness

Experts testifying before a Commons committee have called for lowering interprovincial trade barriers, reforming Canadian laws on competition, and improving preparedness for the digital economy to boost the country’s competitiveness. The experts were invited by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, which has been meeting over the past few weeks to undertake…


The Scandal That Should Be Roiling Canada But Isn’t

Commentary The scandal currently not roiling Canada over military sexual misconduct is a classic case of a fish rotting from the head. Not just a green one. A political class that threw it in the alley when nobody was looking and is now going: Smell? What smell? Well, the very credible allegations against former chief…


California Universities to Require COVID-19 Vaccine 

Some California colleges are planning to require full vaccination against COVID-19 in order for students to return to campus this fall. California State University (CSU) will require proof of inoculation or a medical exemption among staff, faculty and students, provided at least once vaccine has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA),…


A Turning in the American Political Road Is Almost at Hand

Commentary The only way to make any sense of the fierce crosscurrents sweeping over American political life now is to watch two trends that are only slightly connected. First is the continuing great national sense of relief that the chaos and pandemonium of the Trump era is over. There are not nightly cascades of provocative…


A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed

Commentary In the 3rd century BC, the Roman poet Quintus Ennius wrote ‘Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur,’ which translated means “a sure friend is known when in difficulty.” After two millennia, this statement is now being discussed from Delhi to Washington by those who are wondering whether the current U.S. administration is really a true…


Opinion: A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed

Commentary In the 3rd century BC, the Roman poet Quintus Ennius wrote ‘Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur,’ which translated means “a sure friend is known when in difficulty.” After two millennia, this statement is now being discussed from Delhi to Washington by those who are wondering whether the current U.S. administration is really a true…


Opinion: A Mom’s Research (Part 4): Why Are Many Elites Leftists?

Commentary “Why are all successful people leftists?” said my daughter, challenging me with a smile. “Not all of them. Those leftists are just very loud,” I replied. I knew she meant Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Bill Gates, and other powerful people who are trying to change the world according to their…


A Mom’s Research (Part 4): Why Are Many Elites Leftists?

Commentary “Why are all successful people leftists?” said my daughter, challenging me with a smile. “Not all of them. Those leftists are just very loud,” I replied. I knew she meant Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Bill Gates, and other powerful people who are trying to change the world according to their…


DOJ to Open Investigation of Louisville Police Over Breonna Taylor Death

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a Department of Justice-led investigation into the officer-involved death of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky. Taylor was shot to death during a police raid of her home in March 2020, with her death later becoming a rallying cry for Black Lives Matter protests and riots in 2020. In the incident,…


AG Announces Investigation Into Louisville Police Department Over Breonna Taylor Death

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a Department of Justice-led investigation into the officer-involved death of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky. Taylor was shot to death during a police raid of her home in March 2020, with her death later becoming a rallying cry for Black Lives Matter protests and riots last year. In the incident,…