An ode to the third place
If you spend a day tasting through beautifully made wines, few things taste as good at the end of it as a beer. And there’s no better place to drink one than in those magical “third places” between work and home.
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We could be undergoing the sharpest housing contraction ever—and homes are still historically unaffordable
Our home price bubble may be bursting. But unfortunately for Canadians hoping to buy, even these sharp declines will do little to improve affordability and come with risks for Canada’s economy.
Here's how Poilievre can capitalize on Trudeau's cannabis legacy
The traditional role for conservatives is not to resist all change but to find the best ways to accommodate social change and manage it in the way that best protects communities and liberty. A future Tory government should be proactive and make the market work better for Canadian consumers.
I've seen real prejudice in the past. Barring social media, we're getting more tolerant
The fact is there are a lot of ignorant people out there. But is anti-Semitism—never mind anti-anything else—such a dire problem in Canada today? Relatively speaking, we are an tolerant country open to diversity, and we should celebrate that fact.
Project Arrow is doomed to fail
If we want to get serious about building an innovative Canadian future we can be proud of, our governments at all levels need to realize that they’re the obstacles, not the solutions.
Justice Rouleau's deferential report is not the final word on the Emergencies Act matter
The report accords Cabinet a wide ambit of reasonableness in invoking the Act that is thoroughly unsupported by the statute’s strict definition.
Dealing with the obesity epidemic: New drugs could be a gamechanger
The hottest current treatment for obesity is the use of drugs such as semaglutide and tirzepatide which provide significant weight loss and appear to have very few serious side effects.
The greatness of good men
What could be more worthy of celebration, of putting pen to paper and etching something on the unknown future unfurling before us, than the greatness of good men?
Against convenience
We wanted convenience, and now we have it—or rather it has us. We have become slaves to convenience. In the name of efficiency, time-saving, and productivity, we have sleep-walked into an inhuman nightmare.
Everyday Chardonnay
It has been simultaneously at the height and bottom of fashion for a quarter of a century. On the one hand, most of the most expensive white wines in the world are Chardonnay made from Burgundy or Champagne. On the other hand, Chardonnay is not cool no matter how much it might cost.
