The Business of Questions exists because too many questions that matter are never asked. Not by politicians. Not by political parties. Not by experts, think tanks, or institutions. And almost never by those who claim to represent us.
This blog is written by two ordinary Canadians:
- one a common man from Ontario,
- the other a retired United Church minister from the Prairie provinces.
We do not claim special expertise. We do not speak for everyone. But we live the same realities as millions of others—and we believe that lived experience matters.
Somewhere along the way, Canadians were told that solutions to our problems would be handled elsewhere:
- by experts,
- by governments,
- by markets,
- by institutions with far more money and influence than we will ever have.
And yet, for more than half the country, life has become harder, not easier.
Paycheque to paycheque living is no longer an exception—it is the norm. Debt is no longer temporary—it is permanent. And hope for something better feels increasingly distant, especially for younger generations.
So we are doing something simple—but uncommon.
We are asking questions.
Questions about:
- how we live,
- how we spend,
- how we are taxed,
- how decisions are made,
- and who those decisions actually benefit.
These are not partisan questions.
They are not ideological questions.
They are human questions.
This blog is not about having all the answers. It is about creating space for the questions that should have been asked long ago—by and for ordinary people.
If no one is asking you what you need,
if no one is asking what is no longer working,
if no one is asking what kind of future you want to leave behind—
then maybe the most important work we can do is begin asking together.
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