Whitehorse Daily Star

March 7, 2013

• We must cut taxes to boost our economy Even though the economy basically has stalled, it is still possible that it can be revived before it enters the history books as one of virtual stagnation.
• Venezuela after Chavez: what happens now? ( Comment ) "The graveyards are full of indispensable men,” said Georges Clemenceau, prime minster of France during the First World War. He promptly died to prove his point.

March 6, 2013

• Politicians missing in action on Parks Canada cuts As the clock strikes March, there is still no word from the minister of Tourism nor Yukon's MP regarding the future of Parks Canada services for the upcoming summer.
• I ask for the Yukon Medical Council's support ( Comment ) Ed. note: Health and Social Services Minister Doug Graham made this ministerial statement on international medical graduates Monday.
• Flags flying in disgrace shouldn't be tolerated ( Comment ) No country's flag should fly in disgrace, nor should any country's flag be intentionally damaged.

March 5, 2013

• Kent's response is far from the end of the story ( Uffish Thoughts ) Last Thursday's announcement by Education Minister Scott Kent regarding school calendars across the territory appears to have injected a modicum of common sense into what was likely to have become an increasingly fractious debate.

March 4, 2013

• The bids for the school are absolutely alarming ( Comment ) The construction bids on the proposed F.H. Collins school (Star, Feb. 28) are alarming.

March 1, 2013

• www.thewhitegirl.ca: Nanook of the North Pierre Elliott Trudeau is the prime minister of Canada. He will be doing a tour of the Arctic.
• Life's greatest delights can stem from the smallest things ( Comment ) I was just sitting here, enjoying the sun, drinking my morning coffee and thinking about what I was going to write about for my March column.
• The YP's credibility is in critical condition ( Comment ) Just a little reminder about the tale of two hospitals.

February 28, 2013

• Audit confirms the government's poor planning Tuesday's auditor general of Canada report confirms what the Liberal caucus has been saying for years:
• ‘It's the hallmark of a bull-headed government' ( Comment ) Yukon's NDP official Opposition is taking the Yukon Party government to task for its poor planning and mismanagement of health care services in the territory.
• Strict limits on foreign ownership are needed In view of the recent controversy surrounding the prospective Chinese takeover of Nexen, it is clear that there are divergent views about the desirable limits on foreign ownership of Canadian companies.