Bearing Witness: On the Birth of the Freedom Convoy and the Character of Those Who Carried It

Bearing Witness: On the Birth of the Freedom Convoy and the Character of Those Who Carried It

Truth waits for the brave My close affiliation with Chris Barber and Tamara Lich has cost me business relationships and professional affiliations. I wouldn’t change that for anything. These are two genuinely good, caring, and selfless people. If everyone around me turned on me tomorrow for standing with them, I would still do it without…

Education Before Emotion: Why Alberta’s Next Chapter Depends on What We Learn Now

Education Before Emotion: Why Alberta’s Next Chapter Depends on What We Learn Now

Everything that unfolds in Alberta from this point forward, in relation to the Citizen Initiative Petition initiated by Mitch Sylvestre, will expose two unavoidable realities. First, it will reveal the depth of our collective misunderstanding. Not just about one issue, but about civics, government structure, constitutional law, Indigenous rights, and even who we are as…

Alberta and Ontario: GDP, Fiscal Balance, and Structural Risk in the Canadian Federation

Alberta and Ontario: GDP, Fiscal Balance, and Structural Risk in the Canadian Federation

This blog examines the economic relationship between Alberta, Ontario, and the Canadian federation through the lenses of GDP, sectoral composition, population-adjusted productivity, and federal fiscal flows. While Ontario is Canada’s largest provincial economy in absolute terms, Alberta consistently exhibits significantly higher GDP per capita and a more goods-producing, export-oriented economic structure. Conventional GDP comparisons often…

When Loving Good Becomes Illegal: Bill C-9 and the Criminalization of Moral Conviction

When Loving Good Becomes Illegal: Bill C-9 and the Criminalization of Moral Conviction

Canada has long claimed to value freedom of conscience, belief, and expression. Yet legislation like Bill C-9 suggests those freedoms are becoming conditional. Framed as protection against “hate,” the bill risks criminalizing something much older than modern legal categories: the duty to reject evil and uphold what is good. For Christians and many other faith…

When Mercy Becomes Conditional, Justice Is Already Dead

When Mercy Becomes Conditional, Justice Is Already Dead

Earlier this week, I shared the story of Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood, BC — a family farm whose flock was ordered to be destroyed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). These birds had survived H5N1 avian influenza, recovered, and were producing antibodies in their eggs that could have had real value for animal…

The Weight of Time

The Weight of Time

A reflection on aging, regret, and rediscovering purpose. Author’s Note: I didn’t plan to write this. It came out one evening after hearing “Gone away” by The Offspring. Just a song — one that hit me differently this time. Maybe this piece is just for me. Maybe it’s for anyone who’s realizing, like I am,…

Alberta Independence: Necessary and Inevitable

Alberta Independence: Necessary and Inevitable

Author’s Note I really don’t have time for things like this. My days are already full—running a business, keeping my café open, raising a family, staying connected to my community. Yet over the past five years, I’ve watched this country slide into something unrecognizable. I’ve watched friends lose their businesses. I’ve watched government officials close…

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