"Just Between Us"
Each week Link writes a column for the Calgary Sun which is later distributed by email to several thousand individuals and opinion leaders.
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A few of Link's more recent columns can be read below.
September 13, 2004 It's time for Albertans to get tough with OttawaI don't know Bob Foulkes and he doesn't know me. But for some reason he seems to think he does. Foulkes wrote a piece in the Calgary Herald last week diagnosing me as basically paranoid. He didn't name me specifically. He said it about the majority of Albertans (60% plus) who advocate greater use of provincial rights. All two million of us. He imagines we are motivated by "frustration, resentment, and fear." Political debate in this country would go a whole lot better if everyone would stick to the issues and stop getting personal. I'm sure Bob's a well-motivated guy. He just happens to be wrong.
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September 6, 2004 Andre Ouellet should be under the same rules as the rest of usSalesmen, executives, business owners, even journalists--we've all done it. We've all claimed expenses from our employer for business trips, lunches and entertainment. And there's a very simple rule. Keep your receipts. You have to document the amount and corporate purpose of each expenditure, or get dinged for income tax on what the company paid you. It's easy to see why. Expenses are mostly tax-free, and companies would soon be paying everyone "expenses" instead of "wages." So what's the deal with Canada Post's disgraced ex-president Andre Ouellet? Why could he claim $2 million worth of expenses without producing so much as a cab receipt?
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