Eye on MB Archives

Prairie provinces must put an end to rising debt

by Alexandre Massaux | May 26, 2021 | Eye on Alberta, Eye on MB, Eye on SK, FREE content, Politics/Law | 0

ALEXANDRE MASSAUX: The current turmoil could weaken budgetary discipline, leading governments into long-term spending and increased debt (FREE)

Why principals, teachers don’t belong in the same union

by Michael Zwaagstra | May 7, 2021 | Education, Eye on MB, FREE content, Politics/Law | 0

MICHAEL ZWAAGSTRA: New legislation will allow Manitoba to follow the lead of Canada’s biggest provinces, creating clear lines between management and staff (FREE)

Plenty of blame to share in Manitoba Hydro debacle

by Graham Lane | Apr 20, 2021 | Business, Eye on MB, FREE content, Politics/Law | 0

GRAHAM LANE: After two decades of political and managerial incompetence, Manitoba is on track to lose the province’s best economic advantage (FREE)

Keep government out of the internet business

by Ian Madsen | Apr 5, 2021 | Business, Eye on MB, FREE content, Politics/Law, Technology | 0

IAN MADSEN: A proposal to create a Crown corporation to provide high-speed internet service to rural and remote Manitoba communities would be another sinkhole for taxpayers (FREE)

Manitoba poised to become a lithium-exporting powerhouse

by Clinton Desveaux | Feb 10, 2021 | Business, Drive, Eye on MB, FREE content, Technology | 0

CLINTON DESVEAUX: Manitoba can quarterback an economic resurgence in Western Canada, focused on helping make the world greener through electric vehicles (FREE)

A lost economic opportunity in northern B.C.

by Joseph Quesnel | Feb 1, 2021 | Business, Environment, Eye on BC, Eye on MB, FREE content, Politics/Law | 0

JOSEPH QUESNEL: Windy Craggy is a perfect example of how misguided environmental activism is fuelling northern alienation (FREE)

Despite the alarmism, Covid-19 is not the Black Death

by Peter Holle | Dec 21, 2020 | Business, Eye on MB, FREE content, Health, Politics/Law | 0

PETER HOLLE: Instead of focusing on a problem concentrated in our long-term care facilities, politicians have closed vast swaths of our economy

The government is not our mom

by Brian Giesbrecht | Dec 18, 2020 | Business, Eye on MB, FREE content, Municipal, Politics/Law | 0

BRIAN GIESBRECHT: The ruinously expensive spring lockdown just delayed the inevitable, yet leaders are ‘locked’ into a lockdown model that does more harm than good (FREE)

Canadian Museum for Human Rights must rediscover its mission

by Constantine Passaris | Aug 17, 2020 | Eye on MB, FREE content, Lifestyle, World | 0

CONSTANTINE PASSARIS: In order to promote respect for others, and to encourage reflection and dialogue, the museum needs to clean up its own house

Louis Riel’s trial continues 135 years later

by Albert Braz | Jul 23, 2020 | Eye on MB, FREE content, Politics/Law | 0

ALBERT BRAZ: Riel’s transformation from rebel traitor to cultural icon hasn’t come without backlash, says U of A professor

We can’t obliterate history, no matter how hard we try

by Brian Giesbrecht | May 21, 2020 | Education, Eye on MB, FREE content, Lifestyle, Municipal, Politics/Law | 0

BRIAN GIESBRECHT: If historical figures with 2020 attitudes could be found, renaming familiar streets and place names wouldn’t be so daunting (FREE membership content)

Northern Manitoba alienation must be addressed

by Joseph Quesnel | Apr 26, 2020 | Eye on MB, FREE content, Politics/Law | 0

JOSEPH QUESNEL: Pushing for redrawn borders may force the province to address the unique economic and infrastructure needs of the region (FREE membership content)