Commentary At the moment it is almost certain the centre-right Liberal-National Coalition will lose this month’s New South Wales state election. The question is what party or combination of parties will form the next government. There are a lot of factors at work. The Coalition has now been in power for 12 years, longer than…
‘Ewe-Turn’ Needed on Live Export Ban
Commentary The Australian federal government needs to reverse its disastrous policy to ban live sheep exports. The Labor party of today seems more beholden to inner-city green elites than the workers who serve in the sheep industry and were the spiritual founders of their party. The many shearers and farm workers who founded the union…
The People’s Republic of Chains
March 12, 2023
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Commentary The following essay is an excerpt adapted from Yeonmi Park’s new book, “While Time Remains: A North Korean Defector’s Search for Freedom in America” (Threshold, Simon & Schuster). The Chinese economic growth miracle of the last two decades is, without a doubt, one of the most impressive and consequential developments in modern international history. Nicknamed…
Michael Taube: Ottawa’s ‘Special Rapporteur’ to Look Into Foreign Interference Won’t Be So Special
Commentary For weeks, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberals minimized, claimed ignorance, or flat-out denied various allegations of foreign interference in Canada’s election process and its democratic institutions. But the court of public opinion could only absorb so much nonsense about a long-standing, decades-old problem and ruled against them. Ottawa is now scurrying to…
Anthony Furey: Three Years After the Pandemic Began, What Have We Learned?
Commentary When it comes to singling out the most ludicrous of pandemic restrictions that Canadians endured, the list of contenders is long. But there’s one that I continue to go back to as, if not the most ridiculous, then at least the most inhumane. It was March 2021, and lockdowns had thankfully been lifted to…
Windfall Taxes Just Add More Problems to the Energy Crisis
March 12, 2023
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Commentary If there is one sin worse today than producing fossil fuels, it is making money while doing it. The Australian energy industry is looking on with apprehension at repeated calls for so-called “windfall profit taxes.” There is no predicting the current government, which has shown zero circumspection against interference in energy markets at any…
Parents Need to Know: Are Your Children Over-Vaccinated?
March 12, 2023
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For many parents, there is something deeply satisfying about taking a baby, especially a firstborn, to the doctor. After all, so-called “well baby” visits give parents the opportunity to talk to an expert about a child’s development, ask burning questions about when the baby will be able to sit up without assistance and what to…
How to Make a Monster? Isolate Your Child
At the time of writing this piece, the United States has already experienced more than 100 mass shootings this year. That works out at roughly 11 mass shootings—involving three or more victim fatalities in a single incident—every week. What is going on? Some, of course, will point to the ease of access to firearms. However, just…
Has Wokeness Peaked? That’s Debatable
March 11, 2023
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News Analysis As headlines declare that “peak woke” has passed, one researcher thinks it’s possible that wokeness is actually just “mutating.” “The jury is still out in terms of whether the Great Awokening is winding down,” wrote Associate Professor David Rozado in a Feb. 24 Twitter post. Rozado’s research in computational social science at the New Zealand Institute…
It’s Time to Restore Ethical Integrity at the University of British Columbia
Commentary As a University of British Columbia alumnus, with a Ph.D. from the Department of English Language and Literatures, I share responsibility for UBC’s policies. Because my credentials are associated with UBC, whenever I make use of them to gain employment, or to secure positions as a volunteer or committee member, whenever I draw benefit…
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