As citizens of a democracy, it is imperative that our governmental institutions remain open and free to the public. That’s essential for every Canadian, and it continues to be. In 2015, Justin Trudeau promised Canadians a more open and transparent government. At the time, the Liberal Party said the previous Conservative government had “grown secretive […]
Trump Has Given Canada’s Oil Industry A Fighting Chance
Consumed by news from south of the border, Canadians have been fixated on the ascendency of a Trump presidency. But it could spell much more benefit for Canadians than they’re willing to admit. True, president-elect Donald Trump’s plan to renegotiate NAFTA will be a tough pill for Canada to swallow, especially with the likelihood of […]
Anti-Transparency On Display At COP7 Global Anti-Tobacco Conference
A Students For Liberty activist carries a protest sign at the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 7th Annual Conference of the Parties in New Delhi, India. DELHI – It’s only fitting that a conference dedicated to the eradication of smoking tobacco would be held in a city caked with smog pollution. Last […]
You Are Not Your Political Party
While the burn of politics and sport may continue to persist, let every individual know that they remain free to create society as they know best. And to achieve that with their own passions for the ideas they hold dear. We don’t need a president for that. As an individual who has primarily made a […]
Technological Literacy Is Doomed
We’re more likely to accept the dogma of Google, Apple, or Microsoft in order to satisfy our daily desire to be connected and loved by the bits, ones, and zeros. Who would have thought that the great decentralized interconnected nature of the millions of computers on the Internet would lend itself to a centralization of […]
‘Iron Kingdom’ Reminds Me Why I’m Proud Of My Prussian Roots
When I was a young boy, I remember my grandfather telling me stories of the great emperors and statesmen of the Prussian Empire. He had moved to Canada after the war, but his glorification of Prussia never ceased. Its soldiers fought gallantly, its academics produced reams of important work invoked even today and its statesmen […]
UN Anti-Tobacco Meeting Seeks to Ban High-Ranking Government Officials
By Yaël Ossowski | Huffington Post In just over three months’ time, the world’s global health establishment will descend upon New Delhi to consider new tobacco taxes and regulations that will impact nearly every country in the world. But delegates representing dozens of countries may be banned from participating by the United Nations (UN), according […]
Canada Libertarians Say No to Nanny State on World No Tobacco Day
Prompted by World Tobacco Day, members of the international grassroots activist group Students For Liberty took to Parliament Hill on Tuesday to hand out their “No Nanny” plain-packaged chocolate bars to legislators and federal employees. Plain packaged chocolate bars handed out by Students For Liberty on World No Tobacco Day. The chocolate bar labels warn […]
S’attaquer enfin aux racines de la tuberculose
En étendant leur action à la prévention de la tuberculose, les responsables de la santé publique peuvent faire baisser le nombre d’infections, permettre aux gens de prendre leur santé en main, et progresser encore dans l’élimination de la tuberculose en France. La tuberculose est devenue la maladie infectieuse la plus meurtrière du monde, selon l’OMS […]
Tobacco Monitoring First Step To Increased Sin Industry Scrutiny
The World Health Organization is pulling out all the stops in its effort to turn public opinion against the tobacco industry. Its campaign will launch “monitoring centres” in cities across the world, tasked with unmasking the tactics of the tobacco industry and its attempts to “interfere” with public health policy. Using the image of a […]