Opinion

Ontario's plan will take even more money from already heavily-taxed consumers and businesses, and fuel more government spending

Falling back on clichés to communicate makes us come across as superficial

Consumer fears are too often misdirected toward innovations rather than the known harms they might reduce

As Canadian farmers prepare to harvest a bumper crop, our chief trading partner raises new concerns about its quality

If you’ve ever listened to AM radio in Saskatchewan, you’ve heard an ad for an upcoming auction sale. And that ad almost certainly started with the opening strains of Auctioneer by Leroy Van Dyke.

Every small town deserves to be a success. Surely, it is not an easy task since many critical factors comes into play, including funding and creativity. Agriculture, not tourism or oil, is resoundingly Saskatchewan’s largest industry.

For the middle class to thrive, we need to ramp up investment in infrastructure that improves productivity and reduce trade barriers

Ed, my old neighbour from Saskatchewan, told me his cousin Larry arrived for a visit from Edmonton last weekend. He said his cousin kept his nose so high in the air his small brain lacked oxygen. My old friend never misses a chance to exaggerate.

The retirement planning conundrum never seems to change. It just gets more complicated. Ensuring sufficient income for retirement is now on the radar for every so-called Gen-Xer, and increasingly for Millennials as well.

I am a socialist liberal. I believe in social justice and the rights of the LGBTQ community. I believe in social welfare because everyone has the risk of needing it at one point, ergo it needs to be available.