The Coca-Cola Company recently caused a minor uproar when it hinted it might vary its soft drink prices with weather conditions.
Year: 1997
Stephan Fantauzzo, Executive Director, AFSCME, Indianapolis local
Last spring the Frontier Centre invited a union leader from Indianapolis to visit Winnipeg, to speak on that city’s policy of “managed competition”. Stephan Fantauzzo is Executive Director of Council 62, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, and represents civic workers at the City of Indianapolis.
Manitoba’s Rent Control Folly
Well-meaning attempts by government to regulate prices usually fail. Manitoba’s highly regulated apartment market is no exception.
Technology Collapsing Monopolies
Advances in technology will encourage deregulation.
Featured News
Weaponizing the Law
The indictment of former U.S. president Donald Trump for crimes invented by his political opponents is the most egregious example yet seen of the weaponizing of the law. The United States is now full of examples. However, in Canada, we also see the law being...
“Looking At” Seizing Control Over Western Canada’s Natural Resources
OTTAWA, REGINA - Last week, two things happened that could have profound impacts on natural resources development in Saskatchewan. One is a hint the federal government might want to take control of natural resources away from the provinces, and the other is the...
Vision And Leadership In Regina
You have to give Saskatchewan's NDP government credit. With a revived provincial economy cranking out small surpluses, the Romanow government is showing remarkable restraint as pressure mounts from public sector interest groups to start blowing the wad on more public...
Measuring School Choice
The overall satisfaction of teachers and parents who are invested in private schools should make Canada consider how charter schools are currently outdoing the public system.
Posties On The Edge
The Canadian government should move into the new technological age, and in doing so should reconsider the monopoly of Canada Post.
When People Control Their State Pension
Canada should consider privatizing its struggling state pension edifice, something that Mexico has recently done.
The Silver Lining Of Public Pay Voyeurism
Despite popular perceptions, evidence suggests that top-level individuals in government service are drastically underpaid compared to their private sector counterparts.
Class Size Not Important To Student Performance
A further look at how it has been found that the number of students in a class has little to do with the success of students.
Lessons From Hong Kong
Hong Kong reverted back to Chinese ownership on July 1. The bustling city of six million thrived under British colonial rule. The question now is: Will absorption by the mainland throttle a prosperity built upon what has until now been regarded as the freest economy in the world?
The New Look Of Banking
Banks, as money-making corporations, are easy targets for demagoguery.
Free Parking Can Boost Downtown Core
Winnipeg’s Streets and Transportation Committee is reconsidering its parking meter policy. But the changes proposed will not reverse the declining use of downtown.