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83Why Alberta Should Separate From Canada
Note: This is a rant. It is not meant to be offensive. Rather, food for thought for like-minded individuals concerned about the status quo. Get onboard, lets be the generation to create the glorious Commonwealth of Alberta together. It will be a...
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79What its like to be a bat - Critical Assessment
The following essay critically assesses Thomas Nagel`s What is it Like to be a Bat? I will introduce the content by explaining the importance of consciousness as well as the subjective character of experience. I will define the...
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80Canadian Airline Industry: The Liberalized Protectionist
The Canadian Aviation Sector: The Liberalized Protectionist Marty Thurston Acronyms ASA Air Service Agreement CAI Canadian Airlines International ...
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72Quantum Mechanics: A Not-Too-Technical Introduction
An introduction to some of the important terms and concepts of quantum theory that begins with Einstein and concludes with some of today's best guesses.
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71Pay Inequities Between First- and Third-World Nations: Distributive Justice
Rawls and Distributive Justice Maiese has noted that distributive justice is concerned with the fair allocation of resources among diverse members of a community. Fair allocation typically takes into...
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60Constitutional Renewal: An Example in Aboriginal Politics
Marty Thurston September 25, 2008 One of the main distinctions to make in the constitutional renewal of the 1970s and early 1980s is the distinction between self-determinism of people and...
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68Expressions of Business-Government Relations: MacDonald Detwiler (2008) and Nortel Bankruptcy (2009)
Canadarm RadarSat-2 The following discussion compares and contrasts the aborted MacDonald Dettwiler sale of 2008 and the Nortel bankruptcy of 2009 as expressions of both ‘mutual dependence’ and the...
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79Canadian Federalism; How Diversity Affects Democracy
Marty Thurston December 4, 2008 There are three fundamental pillars of Canadian constitutionalism; continuity, consent and mutual recognition. Canada’s multinational democracy has different degrees of diversity including national,...
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70Why Striving to be Energy-Independent is Not a Healthy Attitude
Energy Policies Marty Thurston 1) Strategic The recent position of Canadian energy policy has been a movement towards market liberalization intended to reconcile energy,...
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77Public-Private Partnerships: Canadian Case Studies
Public-Private Partnerships – From Taxpayers to Markets Marty Thurston Public-private partnerships are not new, but have been used more frequently to manage the pressures for...
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