The New Ottawa Consensus
Lack of fiscal discipline has abounded since the Liberals took power in 2015. GDP per capita has been flat for much of the past decade, which is one indication that this strategy has not been going particularly well.
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Paramedics are an untapped resource for cutting down emergency wait times
Paramedics are an untapped resource that can help solve the issue of long emergency department wait times. Paramedicine is a growing field and gone are the days of the “you call, we haul” mentality of old-school EMS.
A vital shift for health care: Empowering nurse practitioners
To bridge the access gap in Canada’s health systems, relieve mounting pressures on emergency departments, and address prolonged wait times for surgeries, we must maximize the capabilities of nurse practitioners.
Virtual Parliament is a surefire way to weaken our responsive government
In order to exercise power the government must remain alert and responsive at all times to the interests and opinions of a range of elected and unelected persons. A parliamentary government follows, even as it leads.
Canada's international isolation has never been more apparent
Diplomatic capital must be earned. Constantly shirking international obligations, most egregiously the direct request to increase Canada’s defence budget and effective contribution to international security, has exhausted that.
Big is beautiful again in the wine-making world
If the last twenty years in the wine world have been largely about the ascendency of smaller boutique producers, maybe the next few years will see a resurgence of interest in larger wine-making operations.
Why the Online News Act has been a total policy disaster
While the government is still talking tough, the Online News Act has been an utter disaster, leading to millions in lost revenues with cancelled deals, reduced traffic for Canadian media sites, and declining investment in media in Canada.
It’s hard to see how the government's online news mess can be cleaned up
For those of you wondering if the government has managed to salvage at least something from the Bill C-18 debacle by satisfying Google, don’t hold your breath.
The past is not so very long ago
We can’t escape the past any more than we can escape our own past. Even when we forget it, it re-emerges like an atavistic gene.
George Orwell, without the halo
D.J. Taylor’s new biography delves deeply into George Orwell’s personal life and highlights how, like all of us, he was a complex man who had his fair share of failings and contradictions.
