I have been fascinated to see the knee-jerk reactions to Justin Trudeau’s announcement that he supports the legalization of marijuana. Albert Einstein once defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Surely we have been fighting the war on marijuana for long enough to realize that it’s time for a new approach.
Under Stephen Harper, our government has chosen to follow the wildly expensive and dramatically failed US war on drugs, Continue reading
When I look around at my family and friends, I feel blessed. But I am beginning to wonder what happened to the Canada that welcomed us and made us what we are today.
For the last few years, the Harper government has slammed the door on many potential immigrants and refugees. It has changed the rules constantly while making them more rigid, and put too much power in the hands of the minister. The process is no longer open, fair and worthy of a democracy such as ours. Instead, it has become an arbitrary one-man show.
If I wanted to immigrate to Canada today as a young high-school graduate from Jamaica, Continue reading
In my decades of work as a senior executive in business and technology, I have never been so concerned about the Canadian economy as I am today. Our great country is getting deeper into debt while public spending is allocated to the wrong priorities.
Instead of increasing opportunities for young people, caring for our most vulnerable and investing in long-term innovation, Continue reading
Diana