Is smoking cool again?
Old habits die hard, apparently. While it may not be as ubiquitous a habit as it once was, smoking cigarettes appears to be the new retro, taboo-flouting trend of Gen Z’s It crowd.
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Premier Justin Trudeau: Canada's most powerful provincial politician
We have a national government today that has little interest in federal power but ambitious plans for the provinces. In neglecting their own responsibilities they have gained a more efficient means of policymaking and rendered provincial political parties obsolete.
Don't like recessions? Then it's time to embrace deregulation
The lesson is clear. If Canadian governments (at all levels) were to deregulate, it would not only boost long-run growth, it would also limit the severity of the next recession, whenever it does come.
When mythmaking meets reality: Canada is no longer a peacekeeping nation
Canadian peacekeeping is dead, and the Canadian Armed Forces are near death. The public doesn’t seem to care, and the Trudeau government, much like most of its predecessors over the last thirty years, believes that only social programs and health care matter.
The provinces will learn the hard way that federal dollars come with strings attached
The provinces can’t have it both ways: if they’re going to demand that Ottawa use its spending power, it will invariably come with strings attached. That’s even moreso the case now they’re up against a Liberal government that relishes its growing role as the chief financier to the provinces to drive its own political agenda.
As NATO allies grow impatient, Canada may be quietly planning major increase in defence spending
Canada’s military credibility among our allies is declining. We must remedy our internal issues and arrest the country’s further slide towards irrelevance. But recent rumblings of increased defence spending are promising.
As the Alberta election kicks off, the race between Danielle Smith and Rachel Notley is razor thin
What makes Alberta’s 2023 election especially interesting, though, is how so much may depend on so few. Of the roughly two million votes that may be cast, the winner could be decided by a small handful—potentially a few hundred—in just a few critical ridings.
The future belongs to North America
Notwithstanding America’s unique challenges with respect to gun violence, income inequality, and political polarization, it remains by far the world’s most dynamic, innovative, and productive economy. If it’s in decline as its critics claim, then most of the rest of the world slid into sclerosis and stagnation some time ago.
The future of conservatism will be with the working class
The issues of working people have not been given the same attention—from governments of all stripes—as those issues faced by business and academics. This needs to change because the future of conservatism is a working-class future.
Form, function, and finding the right wine for the right time
Frank Lloyd Wright famously said that form and function are one. When it comes to the right wine for the right occasion, form flows into function and context matters more than anything else.
