Views from the Beltline

We don’t generally think of proposals for more taxes coming from the business community but that’s exactly what happened in Alberta this week. The Business…

Many progressives are hoping for great things from Joe Biden. The United States faces huge problems aside from the pandemic and its economic fallout. There…

Not everyone is welcoming refugees these days, particularly in the Americas. That’s why it was encouraging to read about Colombia’s generous treatment of the millions…

While recognizing the danger of increasing inequality in Western societies, I have not been a fan of a wealth tax, one of the more commonly…

How corrupt is our country? Not very. But we can do better. According to Transparency International’s (TI) 2020 report, we are in eleventh place on…

Many on the left insist that dealing with global warming necessitates dealing with capitalism. Because the latter causes the former, they say, it is the…

A recent newsletter from Fair Vote Canada reminded us that the Liberals have been promising proportional representation (PR) for 100 years. And not delivering. In…

I’ve long thought that the sensible approach to the global economy is obvious, if complex. We calculate what the Earth can sustainably provide in terms…

Is Donald Trump a fascist? He has been accused of being one, including by me in previous posts, but the left is inclined to label…

A recent survey by Janet Brown Opinion Research, commissioned by the Pembina Institute, showed some encouraging attitudes of Albertans toward climate change. For example, two-thirds…

The strongest emotion many people felt in response to the election of Joe Biden as president of the U.S. was relief. Relief not because Biden…

When I read about U.S. President Biden’s first steps down the climate change path he intends to follow, I was delighted, primarily because of his…