Jul 9 2021 — Sabrina Maddeaux — National Post — Calling all politicians who need a quick boost in the polls: have you considered giving Canadians a four-day workweek? Erin O’Toole, I’m looking at you. No, I haven’t confused you with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. No, I’m not high on hallucinogens. I’m entirely serious when I suggest a shortened workweek as a Hail Mary addition […]
Jun 10 2021 — Sabrina Maddeaux — National Post — Breaking with the hallowed tradition of government committees that putter along for years without producing any meaningful output, on Thursday the House ethics committee released a timely, pointed, and actually useful report. Within its scathing 116 pages lies a list of 20 recommendations to reform Canada’s lobbying and conflict of interest laws, supported by all […]
Jun 1 2021 — Sabrina Maddeaux — National Post — For a religious institution that preaches the power of atonement, the Catholic Church sure struggles to own up to its sins. Asked, over decades, to acknowledge its central role in Canada’s residential school system, the Church simply decided it’d rather not. Perhaps the unmarked remains of 215 children found on the former grounds of the […]