Is technology is turning our kids into addicts?

Short answer, in some cases, ‘yes.’ More than 12 per cent of Canadian

Is technology is turning our kids into addicts?

Short answer, in some cases, ‘yes.’ More than 12 per cent of Canadian teenage girls – almost one in eight – now show addiction-like symptoms in their relationship to their phones and social media. That looks like withdrawal, loss of control, emotional dependency – terms once associated more with substance abuse – but now increasingly used to describe the daily digital reality of young Canadians. Boys too, although they’re likely into more violent fare.

This, according to Robin Sherk, an Ontario-based parent volunteer with Unplugged Canada and tonight’s guest on Hannaford.

Derek Fildebrandt, Nigel Hannaford, Cory Morgan, and Jarryd Jaeger break down the collapse of BC Conservative leader John Rustad, the uproar inside the UCP over Danielle Smith’s pipeline deal with Mark Carney, and the federal push behind Bill C-9 that could limit religious expression.

Cory talks about how no major projects will ever be competed if we pretend that indigenous consent is required.

Seven of nine anti-energy laws neutralized in a single day as Alberta trades carbon capture for policy concessions – leaving industry to wonder if the cost of victory is a $16-billion anchor.

Derek Fildebrandt, Nigel Hannaford, and Cory Morgan break down Danielle Smith’s pipeline negotiations with Mark Carney, the backlash driving recall efforts against UCP MLAs, and a new documentary exposing the practice of late-term and live-birth abortions in Canada.

Cory talks about how union led efforts to flood the recall and referendum systems in Alberta may kill a good concept.

In this discussion with Nigel Hannaford, Johnston also weighs in on recent city controversies, including the raising of the Palestinian flag. While acknowledging the mayor’s discretion, he stressed fairness and transparency.

Derek Fildebrandt, Nigel Hannaford, Cory Morgan, and Will Barclay break down Alberta’s use of the notwithstanding clause, a potential healthcare reform that could challenge the Canada Health Act, and how the federal budget ultimately passed in Parliament.

Cory talks about how the slow march to Marxism is speeding up as the government moves toward a UBI plan.

It’s unbelievable. Canada now runs on two energy economies — one in the West, burdened by costly “net-zero” regulations, and another in the East, fuelled by billions of dollars’ worth of imported foreign oil untouched by such rules.