Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Generation Screwed; two words I never thought would be linked together to make Canada’s largest non-partisan student movement. The name speaks for itself – it’s intriguing and would want to make a person know more about it. That’s exactly what happened to me. What started off as a […]
Author Archives: Mediashaker
Public Pension Pain Felt in Newfoundland and Labrador
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Recent recommendations by the Newfoundland and Labrador Members’ Compensation Review Committee (MCRC) to overhaul recent MHA pension plans has prompted commentary on provincial pension policies. Despite this, little focus has been placed on the most pressing pension issue facing the province: unfunded pension liabilities for government workers […]
Let it Flow
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin The year was 1881. Construction had just begun on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Our legislators had thought it worthwhile to embark on such an ambitious project. The railway would both physically and symbolically link Eastern and Western Canada, allowing for the creation of a Canadian identity and […]
Wake-Up Call for Western Students
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin On September 15th, 2016 students at Western University saw something they would never expect. On top of the iconic University Hill, Western students learnt they owed over $17,000 in federal debt. What a shock. For all they were concerned their only debt obligations were student loans, credit […]
Don’t Forget the Debt
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin There are plenty of reasons to be cynical about the 2016 US presidential election. For one thing, both major parties’ candidates hold record disapproval ratings. But even worse than that, this campaign has become petty and personal, at the expense of meaningful discussion on key issues like […]
What I Learned on the 2016 National Debt Clock Tour
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Last month, theCanadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) afforded me the great pleasure of towing an enormous scoreboard in a pickup truck fromCalgary to Ottawa. Allow me to provide some context. From time to time the CTF, for whom I am interning this summer, launches a national “debt clock […]
Government’s Expensive Habit
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Our generation has a choice. Governments at all levels across our country suffer from an illness which has long lingered; a condition of sorts that has festered in the bloated auspices of our regional departments to the distant yet intrusive halls of power in our capital. It […]
