
Temps de lecture moyen : 2 minutes
Don’t gamble with airport security
Canada’s model of highly trained private security professionals providing preboarding security screening and physical security at airports could serve as a concrete source of inspiration for the long-awaited changes for TSA.

Temps de lecture moyen : 2 minutes
Critical thinking is critical for society—so why have we abandoned it?
In a time of political, social, and international uncertainty, finding a secure footing amongst the shifting ground is crucial. In this disturbing context, Answers for Life: Are You Thinking Critically? stands out as a positive, refreshing call to intellectual rigour and self-reflection.

Temps de lecture moyen : 4 minutes
Quebec separatists push for “collective” freedoms, but have little regard for personal ones
Quebec separatists were, and still are, interested in a “Québec libre,” but, it seems to me, are all too rarely interested in the individual freedom of Quebecers themselves.

Temps de lecture moyen : 6 minutes
Should conservatives be all-in on unions? It’s complicated
The Hub recently initiated a very interesting conversation on whether conservatives should support unions (or not). As a former president of the Quebec Employers Council, I have a perspective on the matter which, hopefully, will prove useful.

Temps de lecture moyen : 4 minutes
Entrepreneurs give much more than they take
Billionaires may live lavishly but they give back much more than they take, in investment, philanthropy and, above all, productivity gains.

Temps de lecture moyen : 5 minutes
Make trade, not war – How commerce helps keep the peace
Embracing global commerce and reducing barriers to trade isn’t just good economics—it’s a path to stability. With geopolitical tensions on the rise, doux commerce theory remains a compelling framework for international peace, strongly supported by empirical research.

Temps de lecture moyen : 4 minutes
Alberta’s health funding reform offers hope for the rest of Canada
Alberta’s shift to activity-based hospital funding could be the blueprint other provinces need to fix Canada’s ailing health-care system.

Temps de lecture moyen : 5 minutes
On the risks of net-zero
Net-zero policies might be lofty, aspirational goals, but we must not forget how these could affect us and that there are risks associated with intermittent energy sources.

Temps de lecture moyen : 4 minutes
Finally, a money incentive for Alberta hospitals to pick up the pace on surgery
As long as appropriate guardrails are in place, patients are better off in hospitals where financial considerations serve as an incentive to treat more of them, rather than a limitation.

Temps de lecture moyen : 4 minutes
For a better understanding of what stands in the way of interprovincial trade
Removing every last one of these barriers between our provinces might require a lot of political will from our premiers, but if one thing is clear, it’s that it would be well worth it.