The right-wing have a strong tendency to attack teacher unions, claiming that they stand in the way of good educational performance. The truth is that a high quality educational system demands highly skilled and committed teachers.
Today and every day, all of Canada needs to understand that these bluntly discriminatory systems continue to be a lived legacy for Indigenous peoples and Canadians across the country.
Those who have spent decades lamenting the separation of religion and public life, and made a political career out of integrating it when it suits them, are now to be found advocating their own formula for keeping religious teachings out of the public discourse.
Canada has shifted from being one of the most redistributive countries in the OECD to one of the least redistributive.
Balanced budgets sound appealing to many voters, but legislation to balance the books each and every year is poor economics.
While there remains room to increase efficiencies and gain greater value for money, bending the cost curve requires fundamental reforms to the way we manage and deliver health services in Canada.
It is simply not the case that younger Canadians are being heavily taxed or will be more heavily taxed down the road to pay for the modest public pensions of seniors.
Alberta isn’t one kind of political culture at all. It is culturally and politically complex and dynamic, with geographic, demographic and ideological diversity comparable to other provinces. In all elections, however, the strength of the campaign matters.
After more than four decades of conservative rule, here’s a primer on the top eight progressive policies Albertans embraced with the election of a majority NDP government under Rachel Notley.
