Dialogue

Elaine Power, the head of gender studies at Queen’s University, says yes. Basic income—a guaranteed minimum income—already exists in Canada, for seniors and children. Canadians aged 65 or over [...]

Rebecca Graff-McRae, the research manager at the Parkland Institute, says yes. If we are lucky we will grow old. If we are lucky, someone will care for us when we do. We all deserve and need the [...]

Shelly Wismath, the Dean of the School of Liberal Education at the University of Lethbridge, says yes. The term “liberal arts” comes from the Latin liber, meaning free, and originally [...]

Martin Lukacs, the investigative journalist, editor at The Breach and author of The Trudeau Formula says yes. This is a make or break decade for climate action, which will either usher in a [...]

Mary Beckie, the U of A professor and director of community engagement studies at the School of Public Health,  says yes. This pandemic has exposed vulnerabilities and inequities in the global [...]

Jason Foster, the associate professor of human resources and labour relations at Athabasca University, says yes. Canada has had migrant worker programs since the 1960s. For most of this time the [...]

Niels Veldhuis, the economist and Fraser Institute president says yes In June 2020 Alberta’s “Fair Deal” panel recommended that a comprehensive plan be developed to withdraw Albertans from the [...]

Avnish Nanda, the litigator and instructor in constitutional and environmental law at U of A, says yes. Our society places a high value on public safety and has developed a variety of state [...]

Lisa Young, the professor of political science at U of C says no Let’s be clear. An independent Alberta would be founded on a shameful betrayal of Indigenous people. Before Alberta was a [...]

Karen Kerr, the president of Edmonton Atheists and co-founder of Alberta Secular Conference says no. In Canada many charities and other non-profits, including churches and religious groups, are [...]