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Two reasons why billionaire altruism is messed up

Billionaires donating to worthy causes might seem like a good idea, but it has at least two major flaws.

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My response to Jason Luan’s opinion on safe supply

Yesterday, Jason Luan, the associate minister for mental health and addiction, wrote an opinion piece on the safe supply of drugs. It contained myth and half truths, so I thought I’d address them here.

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Productivity increases should raise wages, not profits

How a company responds to productivity increases determines how much they care about worker welfare.

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Media objectivity is a myth

Our worldview determines how we view, perceive, and interpret events around us. Likewise, they determine how we retell those events.

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Corporate tax breaks don’t create jobs

You’ve probably heard people—sometimes even politicians—claim that giving businesses tax breaks creates jobs. Here’s why that’s a myth.

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Capitalism is not natural

One argument I’ve seen surface frequently is that no other economic system would work because people are naturally greedy. There are a few issues with this argument.

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Business owners didn’t build their business on their own

The idea that business owners built their businesses on their own is a myth.

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Why companies should pay more taxes

Some people think that businesses should pay less in taxes. Here’s why they should pay more.

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Opinion Sexuality

Dispelling two myths of trans hormone therapy

Last month, the Lethbridge Herald, ran a letter to the editor, titled “Bill C-8 will limit help for children with gender issues”.

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Opinion

Dehumanization is the key to colonization

The key to successfully colonizing a land is to dehumanize the people who were already inhabiting that land.

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