I always like to remind myself that the most honourable
people of all are not those who never make mistakes, but those who admit to
them when they do, and then move on and do their best to right...
Editor’s note:
The following letter was written to Chuck Porter, Minister of Municipal
Affairs.
Dear Minister Porter,
In December of 2006, then Education Minister, Karen
Casey, used her authority under the Education Act to...
At the core of police street checks is citizens’
personal information.
After all, street checks are an intelligence tool meant
to gather information that might be useful in future investigations. They are
state-sponsored citizen surveillance. Information is...
Tourism is a thriving industry in Nova Scotia.
We attract millions of travelers annually, who spend
money to eat our east-coast cuisine and to stay at our local hotels. But, every
year, thousands of jobs in...
Every so often, rightly or wrongly, a government-supported business venture becomes a political football.
From Sydney Steel, to SNC-Lavalin, we’ve seen decades’ worth of fall-out from government intervention in the business community. Occasionally, however, the sticks we use to beat...
There are times when exemplary actions place individuals into categories where others give them the recognition that they deserve. Unfortunately, our society also tends to remember a person for committing something that is a horrific and infamous act.
My praise...
A Letter to the Editor in the March 20 edition of The Reporter asked “What is the Mining Association of Nova Scotia up to?” so I am writing to provide an answer.
The Mining Association of Nova Scotia is proposing...
Over the last few weeks, Prime Minister Trudeau has been credibly accused by his own Attorney General, Jody Wilson-Raybould, of politically interfering in the criminal prosecution of a well-connected engineering firm.
It’s now beyond dispute that he and his office...
More establishments are going with self-serve check-outs that do not deal with cash sales. Why would companies want in-store self-serve centers to make a convenient shopping pleasure for some of their customers, while inconveniencing the other percentage of their...
Watching the behaviour of the Mining Association of Nova Scotia (MANS) reminds me of the Clue board game. The detectives’ inquiry is to understand what MANS is up to (the imaginary crime), what instruments are being used to meet...