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Summer Jobs Program and Charter Declarations Aren’t Anti-Anything

As published in the Victoria Standard: February 14, 2018

Federal employment grants were a regular part of summer life in Baddeck during the seventies and early eighties. Public funding helped staff Kidston Island and provided summer workers for a host of businesses and organizations; maybe including some with “Christian” core mandates opposing abortion.

Doesn’t Cape Breton University Already Have a Ding-wall?

As published in the Inverness Oran: February 7, 2018 and the Cape Breton Spectator: February 12, 2018.

Trudeau Meek on Trump’s Jerusalem Gambit

As published in the Victoria Standard: January 17, 2018

Paradise Canada

As published in the Victoria Standard: December 20, 2017.

Lawyers whose Canadian clients use offshore tax havens often emphasize the legality and popularity of the practice among those who can afford their expensive services. The evolution of this reality and its implications for Canada’s future are worth considering since lost tax revenues present a genuine threat to the operation of government programs. Increasingly, the tax burden is shifting to working people since few Canadians are positioned to legally park their money beyond the taxman’s reach.

Canada’s Nuclear Hypocrisy

As published in the Victoria Standard: November 22, 2017

As Remembrance Day 2017 recedes from memory, it’s worth noting that Canada’s military differs from allied forces only in size and in some cases; nuclear weapons capability. Canada former role as respected peacekeeper is mere nostalgia as the nation expands its hazardous support for U.S. foreign policy goals. You won’t hear that in the Prime Minister’s November eleventh remarks.

Trudeau’s Security Council Bid

As published in the Victoria Standard: October 25, 2017

Trudeau’s Sprinkle Spin

As published in the Victoria Standard: Sept. 27, 2017.

Saudi Oppression Boosts Canada’s Economy

As published in the Victoria Standard: August 30, 2017.

Canada’s 150th More Than a Party

As published in the Victoria Standard: July 5, 2017

For the past few years Canadian politicians and media cheerleaders have been prepping and prodding us to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday although this festive nationalism officially started last July. To date, the Trudeau government has invested $500 million tax dollars on celebratory events, cosmetic infrastructure and of course, fireworks. However, before you buy your own pyrotechnics and point them skyward, please consider the following thoughts.

Ten Million Dollar Khadr Award Latest Cost of Canada's “Tagalong” Foreign Policy

As published in the Victoria Standard: August 2, 2017

Hopefully, the ten million dollar Khadr award will provoke Canadians to demand greater transparency regarding our government's willingness to “tagalong” on U.S. military misadventures. Unfortunately, outrage over Khadr’s award serves mainly as a public distraction from the dubious legality of his imprisonment and prosecution by a U.S. administration unconcerned with trivial matters like the Geneva Convention or international law.