Opinions Archive
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December 14, 2018
- Electoral reform: resisting the darkness ( Comment ) The Yukon government is forming a non-partisan commission to study electoral reform in the Yukon.
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Sports metaphors in political commentary “Conservative premiers accuse Trudeau of ‘moving the goalposts’ on carbon emissions reduction plan,” read a headline on The Globe and Mail newspaper’s website last Friday evening.
- Laying the red carpet for Pat Duncan (Act II) ( Editorial ) Some two decades ago, Joe Clark, whose Conservative government famously fell 39 years ago Thursday in a House of Commons budget vote, visited Whitehorse.
December 13, 2018
- Saudi Arabia as the Game of Thrones ( Comment ) Now is the moment of maximum danger for Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman (MbS).
December 10, 2018
- Distortion, disrespect won’t generate solutions ( Comment ) **Ed. note: this submission was prepared by the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations.**
December 7, 2018
- Shelve the Valium. Aishihik isn’t going anywhere ( Editorial ) To what extent, if any, should society be prepared to accept environmental consequences to keeping the lights ablaze and the furnaces humming?
December 6, 2018
- Brexit referendums: best two out of three? ( Comment ) The five-day debate in the British Parliament on Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal with the European Union did not start well for her.
November 30, 2018
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The ‘Yukonsen’ economy – hot springs eternal (Comment) Picture the scene: a dusty and dimly-lit office within the cloistered ivory towers of a reputable redbrick university.
- Help the Earth in practical ways ( Musings ) Let's be careful not to fall for hairbrained ideas that actually do more harm than good in the long run.
- Is the partisan lapping at the shore of the non-partisan? ( Editorial ) “Be satisfied with needs, not wants.”