Angela Griffin recently spoke in Winnipeg of the recent transformations she has instilled in the government of Wellington, the capital of New Zealand. Griffin was hired to revive the legislation of Wellington, and has done so successfully. The government of Winnipeg has much to learn from her tactics.
Year: 1997
Light in the Tunnel
Special Operating Agencies in Winnipeg give the city hope of re-inventing itself.
CPP’s False Alternatives
It should be noted that the best, most effective reform for the CPP would be to have a privately-owned pension system.
A Conversation with the Hon. Dr. Michael Bassett
The following interview with Dr. Bassett discusses general municipal reform and implications for Winnipeg’s city government.
Featured News
The Swedish Response to Covid-19 versus Canada
In a recent New York Times article, David Wallace Wells asked, “How did No-Mandate Sweden End up with such an average pandemic”. Let’s be clear. This admission from the New York Times, who tried to destroy the response to Covid-19, starting in April 2020 and...
Draconian, Anti-Science Measures During the Pandemic Has Led to Loss of Trust in Our Institutions
Candida Auris is a fungus that, unlike most fungi, can survive in a human body. It is capable of spreading within the body, resulting in an agonizing death. For unknown reasons the fungus is spreading at a rather alarming rate. So far, cases have been confined to long...
Co-operation Is Better For The Environment
For some reason, the last Parliament seemed all too eager to embrace a troubling American approach to wildlife preservation. A case in point is the Canadian Endangered Species Protection Act (CESPA)
Reviving Downtown
Figures from Winnipeg’s assessment department show that downtown property values are plunging. They fell 20% between 1991 and 1995, with another 20% decline expected by 1998.
Breaking Out Of The Box
Now that the federal election is over, various scribblers and pundits are busy interpreting our new parliament’s pronounced party divisions.
The End of High Unemployment
In 1989, scholar Francis Fukuyama wrote what was to become a famous essay, “The End of History”. In it, he held that the collapse of the Soviet Union and its central planning model proved once and for all the superiority of the open market economy model.
Global Warming?
As you may have noticed, Manitoba is suffering the most miserable spring in years. Temperatures remain below normal. With a month to go till the summer solstice (or maximum sunshine per day), the Victoria Day holiday weekend high was a balmy five degrees. Not exactly...
Taking The Public For A Ride
This week taxicab fares will jump 14%. Winnipeggers now get to pay among the highest rates in Canada.
Bottom-Up Change At The Australian Wheat Board
Changes to the Canadian Wheat Board Act contained in Bill C-72 died on the order paper when an election was called.
Let’s Be Careful About Global Warming
An international poll conducted last fall by Environics, a Toronto-based survey company, exposed a high level of public confusion about the issue of global warming and the consequences of government action to contain the phenomenon.
Customers on Campus
Our universities are floundering. In the worst public sector tradition, they remain substantially disconnected from their customers and financial benefactors. Funds pour into declining faculties while ones in demand turn away students for lack of resources.