http://www.cardus.ca/contributors/hantonides en Copyright 2012 Cardus Thu, 24 May 2012 10:52:02 -0400 Cardus Thu, 24 May 2012 10:52:02 -0400 http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2858/ Canada's fiscal situation today is admired the world over, but it hasn't always been this way. In the midst of the U.S. debt crisis, today Comment reprints a 1993 article from its founding editor, a p... Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400 Canada's fiscal situation today is admired the world over, but it hasn't always been this way. In the midst of the U.S. debt crisis, today Comment reprints a 1993 article from its founding editor, a p... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1546/ To celebrate our new online content offerings, Comment asked some friends to answer four light-hearted questions . . .... Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 To celebrate our new online content offerings, Comment asked some friends to answer four light-hearted questions . . .... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/926/ A symposium of encouragement. You may feel like the tiniest cog in a big wheel, but your work really matters.... Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400 A symposium of encouragement. You may feel like the tiniest cog in a big wheel, but your work really matters.... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/326/ How did the Work Research Foundation get its start? As an idea?a Christian research organization that would begin at the level of worldview.... Fri, 02 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0400 How did the Work Research Foundation get its start? As an idea?a Christian research organization that would begin at the level of worldview.... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1448/ The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life by Os Guinness (London, Word Publishing, 1998, 249 pp., $28.99) The central reality of our time is the belief that there is no God. T... Wed, 01 Sep 1999 00:00:00 -0400 The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life by Os Guinness (London, Word Publishing, 1998, 249 pp., $28.99) The central reality of our time is the belief that there is no God. T... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1403/ Retooling the Welfare State: What's Right, What's Wrong, What's to be Done by John Richards (Toronto; C.D. Howe Institute, 1997, 304pp) On one side of the debate about socialism versus capitalism are... Fri, 01 Jan 1999 00:00:00 -0500 Retooling the Welfare State: What's Right, What's Wrong, What's to be Done by John Richards (Toronto; C.D. Howe Institute, 1997, 304pp) On one side of the debate about socialism versus capitalism are... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1408/ Monopolies are bad. Everyone knows that when a company enjoys monopoly or near monopoly status service and price go out the window. The threat of healthy competition keeps companies in line and protec... Mon, 01 Jun 1998 00:00:00 -0400 Monopolies are bad. Everyone knows that when a company enjoys monopoly or near monopoly status service and price go out the window. The threat of healthy competition keeps companies in line and protec... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1427/ Forming the Future: Lessons from the Saturn Corporation by Jack O'Toole (Blackwell Publishers, 1996, 208 pp., $25) A quiet but intense battle is now going on between foreign car makers and a giant Am... Sun, 01 Mar 1998 00:00:00 -0500 Forming the Future: Lessons from the Saturn Corporation by Jack O'Toole (Blackwell Publishers, 1996, 208 pp., $25) A quiet but intense battle is now going on between foreign car makers and a giant Am... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1954/ It's not about the economy, it's not about new jobs, it's not about encouraging investment. It's about helping the B. C. Federation of Labour, the largest single contributor to the NDP's campaign in 1... Sun, 01 Jun 1997 00:00:00 -0400 It's not about the economy, it's not about new jobs, it's not about encouraging investment. It's about helping the B. C. Federation of Labour, the largest single contributor to the NDP's campaign in 1... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1959/ Job security for many is a thing of the past. And the doomsayers out there, who predict that there won't be any jobs, don't make matters any better. Some predict that the workforce will be divided bet... Sun, 01 Jun 1997 00:00:00 -0400 Job security for many is a thing of the past. And the doomsayers out there, who predict that there won't be any jobs, don't make matters any better. Some predict that the workforce will be divided bet... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1949/ Demonstrations and protests are becoming more and more violent these days. Even in our "peaceable kingdom," people are ready to take the law into their own hands. Last February, an angry crowd of unio... Sat, 01 Mar 1997 00:00:00 -0500 Demonstrations and protests are becoming more and more violent these days. Even in our "peaceable kingdom," people are ready to take the law into their own hands. Last February, an angry crowd of unio... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1952/ Aaron Feuerstein is an unusual kind of businessman. Contrary to what many in his profession would have done, he decided to act in the interest of his employees—although it cost him 15 million do... Sat, 01 Mar 1997 00:00:00 -0500 Aaron Feuerstein is an unusual kind of businessman. Contrary to what many in his profession would have done, he decided to act in the interest of his employees—although it cost him 15 million do... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1948/ Eric, a young construction worker from Gatineau, Quebec recently spent 24 days in jail. His crime? He worked without a permit, was fined $595.68, but couldn't pay it. Eric's not alone. Thousands of co... Sat, 01 Mar 1997 00:00:00 -0500 Eric, a young construction worker from Gatineau, Quebec recently spent 24 days in jail. His crime? He worked without a permit, was fined $595.68, but couldn't pay it. Eric's not alone. Thousands of co... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1946/ Compelling contributions by all represented by the union, all who benefit from the union's attempt to push the general political, social and economic environment in a direction favourable to unions an... Sat, 01 Mar 1997 00:00:00 -0500 Compelling contributions by all represented by the union, all who benefit from the union's attempt to push the general political, social and economic environment in a direction favourable to unions an... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1939/ When the shared moral bonds that make community life possible are weakened, when the traditions that make these bonds sacred and inviolable are rendered implausible to vast numbers, what else is there... Wed, 01 Jan 1997 00:00:00 -0500 When the shared moral bonds that make community life possible are weakened, when the traditions that make these bonds sacred and inviolable are rendered implausible to vast numbers, what else is there... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1442/ What if we were forced to join the NDP . . . or any other political party for that matter? No doubt there would be rioting in the streets. So why is that when a fundamental freedom is denied to mill... Sun, 01 Sep 1996 00:00:00 -0400 What if we were forced to join the NDP . . . or any other political party for that matter? No doubt there would be rioting in the streets. So why is that when a fundamental freedom is denied to mill... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1438/ In order, then, that the social compact may not be a vain formulary, it tacitly includes this engagement, which can alone give force to the others—that whoever refuses to obey the general will s... Sun, 01 Sep 1996 00:00:00 -0400 In order, then, that the social compact may not be a vain formulary, it tacitly includes this engagement, which can alone give force to the others—that whoever refuses to obey the general will s... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1684/ Paul Weiler, an authority on labour relations and labour law, published his 1980 book Reconcilable Differences: New Directions in Canadian Labour Law to fine tune the existing process of collective ba... Sat, 01 Jun 1996 00:00:00 -0400 Paul Weiler, an authority on labour relations and labour law, published his 1980 book Reconcilable Differences: New Directions in Canadian Labour Law to fine tune the existing process of collective ba... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1681/ Because the principle [of exclusive representation] makes the union chosen by the majority of workers the exclusive agent for all dealings between employers and their employees, a worker must join tha... Sat, 01 Jun 1996 00:00:00 -0400 Because the principle [of exclusive representation] makes the union chosen by the majority of workers the exclusive agent for all dealings between employers and their employees, a worker must join tha... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1935/ Countries around the world are seeking to reform their welfare states and deregulate their economies in the face of international competition. In most, success, where it has come, has been bought only... Fri, 01 Mar 1996 00:00:00 -0500 Countries around the world are seeking to reform their welfare states and deregulate their economies in the face of international competition. In most, success, where it has come, has been bought only...