Opinion
Opinion: Canada’s Arctic defence policy update is all flash, no bang
The Canadian government’s recent defence policy update, Our North: Strong and Free , was recently released with considerable fanfare. Promised for a year, the delay seemed to indicate the Liberal government’s budgetary pressures given the ...
LETTERS: On P.E.I.'s Easter Beef cattle sale, parking at the QEH, cycling in Brackley, P.E.I., and more
Horrified by Easter beef ad I'm writing to you today about the March 26 edition of The Guardian. I was heartbroken to come across a full, two-page ad for the 73rd annual Easter Beef Show and Sale 2024. The beautiful cattle featured with their ...
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING WITH ED COLEMAN: Land speculation in 1900s leads to profitable acquisitions
Was it a coincidence that Sir Frederick Borden, the minister of Militia and Defence, prepared a Bill late in 1910 proposing the construction of a railway to Cape Split, where a major power project was being considered? The railway, if constructed, ...
EDITORIAL: A is for anxiety: Atlantic Canadian schoolchildren living new world for learning
The schoolchildren attending classes across Atlantic Canada today are experiencing a very different introduction to reading, writing and ’rithmetic than their parents — or even older siblings — did in years past. These days, an Apple left on a ...
IAN (TEX) MacDONALD: Other locales better suited to Charlottetown's outreach centre
Ian (Tex) MacDonald, a former mayor of Charlottetown, provided the following opinion article. In the landscape before us stands the Charlottetown Curling Club. It was built in 1945 after the original club, The Excelsior burned down in 1938. The ...
TOM URBANIAK: Nova Scotia Guard: Wrong name, sloppy bill
Nova Scotia’s Bill 455 is flawed and needs to be significantly reworked. The bill enables the provincial government to recruit Nova Scotians to a vaguely defined and embarrassingly named “Nova Scotia Guard” to deal with emergencies. Significantly, ...
LETTER: Retaliation or revenge?
In February 1944, the Bishop of Chichester, George Bell, spoke in the House of Lords against the policy of the blanket bombing of towns and cities in Germany in the Second World War. What was called 'terror bombing" was a major weapon for both sides ...
LETTER: The climate crisis requires all hands-on deck
On Feb. 24, the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, addressed the International Energy Agency. In his speech, Mr. Guterres asked, “Will we move fast enough to limit the worst of climate chaos? And will the transition to renewables be fair, just ...
Cheers and Jeers for Newfoundland and Labrador April 16
CHEERS: to moving ahead with new housing construction. It’s good to see funding announced for actual construction work, rather than for more planning and rezoning and committees and delays. Last week, the provincial government announced $20 million ...
SCOTT TAYLOR: Believe it when you see it for CAF spending
On Monday, April 8, federal Defence Minister Bill Blair unveiled the Liberal government's long-awaited defence policy update. Titled Our North, Strong and Free, the new policy outlines a significant spending increase and promises to acquire some very ...