You don’t have to listen to CBC radio for long to find something worth discussing. Last week it was log exports. It seems the NDP government is starting (very slowly) to follow through on an election promise to stop logging companies from shipping raw logs out of the province. It seems to be a no-brainer.…
Month: July 2019
Social Commentary
Ride Hailing: Free Enterprise at its Worst
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One of the elements always present in a free enterprise system is the competition to find a new business or a new product that is not subject to any government regulations on safety, quality control, or training. Lucky operators who find such a business can rush in and scoop huge profits before human…
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Where Do You Stand on Early Childhood Support?
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During my final years of teaching, I worked at a large, well-run elementary school in an upscale neighbourhood. One year our principal asked the staff’s opinion on how to distribute the money provided by the district for students with learning difficulties. Should we concentrate our efforts, or spread the extra staffing evenly throughout the school?…
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Five Things the Human Race Doesn’t Need
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Last week I was talking about what we had to do to survive. Today I’m going on to several aspects of our culture that seem deeply imbedded, but by logic or humanitarianism should be exorcised. But we stay with the status quo. Why? As Kate Cooper in her TED talk on Compassion in Agriculture…