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Ross Urquhart: Boundaries hinder solutions to global challenges

Numerous lines may be drawn on maps but none exist on the planet itself.

Ross Urquhart: Endless growth?

Have you ever questioned why our national vitality is measured in terms of “economic growth”?

Ross Urquhart: Two ways to improve the Canada Pension Plan

Educating people about investing in their future probably won’t get any easier in our increasingly complex and volatile financial world.

Ross Urquhart: Ego politics and the quantum economy

If global stability is the goal, then only global regulation is the answer.

Ross Urquhart: Thanks to Edward Snowden, we know democracy’s greatest threats are internal

Edward Snowden didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize but he received multiple and credible nominations.

Ross Urquhart: Are refineries a viable alternative to pipelines in Canada?

Why doesn't it make even more sense to build new refineries on-site in Alberta and forgo the cost of multi-billion dollar refinery upgrades and massively long and risky pipelines?

Ross Urquhart: A Charlie Brown election

I’m at a stage, presently, where elections are kind of like Lucy holding the football for Charlie Brown.

Ross Urquhart: An alternative path to Senate reform in Canada

Adding a true elected Senate to our system is so wrong it’s absurd.

Ross Urquhart: The looming retirement crisis

The federal finance department does recognize the problem, especially during elections, but their policy amounts to letting “private entrepreneurs” create a solution, which is an...

Ross Urquhart: No hard ground

Physically it may exist but rationally it doesn’t.