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Fact or Fiction: Safety or Freedom? Are We Becoming Over-Protected?
For generations, progress has meant making life safer. We developed safer automobiles, safer workplaces, safer playgrounds, safer medicines, safer food,…
Fact or Fiction: Anxiety – Of Epidemic Proportions – Confusing Protection with Preparation
For generations, children learned the familiar rhyme: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”…
Democracy Test – Fix-it or X-it Revisited (Issue #276)
Alberta’s grievances have exposed deeper questions about the resilience of Confederation, while growing calls for constitutional reform challenge Canadians to ask whether our federation can still adap
Fact or Fiction: Has “WOKE” Culture Strengthened Society — or Weakened the Foundations of Sovereignty?
Fact or Fiction: Has “WOKE” Culture Strengthened Society — or Weakened the Foundations of Sovereignty? Over the past decade, Western societies have experienced an intense period of cultural and politi
Canada’s Sovereignty: Under Threat from Within? A Warning About National Decline (Issue #273)
A Warning About National Decline Last week's KEI Network article, The Sovereignty Challenge: AI, Diversification and Commercialization, argued that sovereignty is more than a political concept. It is
Alberta’s Sovereignty Challenge – AI, Diversification and Commercialization (Issue #272)
Yet a more fundamental question often goes unasked: What truly makes a society sovereign? P olitical authority alone does not create resilience. Economic strength, diversification, innovation, ownersh
The Last Commons (Chapter Three): The Illusion of Permanence (Issue #259)
Institutions, policies, and expectations quietly assume that tomorrow will resemble yesterday. This week's KEI Network newsletter continues our serialization of The Last Commons: Reclaiming Personal S
Fact or Fiction: Consumerism Is Coming to An End
Consumerism Is Coming to An End Canadian pollster David Coletto recently posed a provocative question: Is consumerism beginning to stall? On the surface, the economy appears stable. Employment remains
Sovereignty, Responsibility, and Resilience – Setting Goals for 2026 (Issue #247)
Sovereignty is not preserved by protection alone; it is earned. Seedlings raised indoors must be hardened off before planting. Gradual exposure builds strength; skip it, and the plant wilts—not from n
Fact or Fiction: Capitalism Resilient?
Edited from The Economist, July 19, 2025 For more than a decade, the global economy has defied repeated shocks—populist politics, authoritarian shifts, war, and a pandemic—while continuing to grow. Si
KEI Network – Issue #225 – Youth’s Concerns and Aspirations: Ready to Lead?
Youth's Concerns and Aspirations: Ready to Lead? Titled “Youth’s Concerns and Aspirations – Ready to Lead?”, this newsletter reflects on the fears, hopes, and emerging sense of responsibility shared b
Fact or Fiction: Humour Trumps Public Angst
Humour Trumps Public Angst - A Reflection on Resilience in the Age of Breaking News I confess—my attention span is shrinking as the time between global crises contracts. Gone are the days when news me