Anti-poverty groups received a jolt early in October, when they woke up to this headline: “Only 6% of Canadians are poor, UN finds.”
Year: 1999
More For The Masses
Mass production is starting to give way to mass customization thanks to information age technology. That is good news for consumers, since a wide variety of goods and services increases the chance consumers will find products that meet their individual requirements.
Are School Boards Obsolete?
Locally elected school boards have occupied centre stage in the provision of education in Canada from the inception of public schools. But are they really necessary?
The Freedom to Innovate
Although it is the Manitoba blue print for educational reform, is the result of the larger educational reform movement which is occurring throughout North America. This reform movement is being driven by forces which are outside the educational system.
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There’s Nothing Fair About Canadian Health Care
For the past 14 years, Vancouver surgeon Dr. Brian Day has led the charge for health-care reform, pushing for the right of patients to pay for private care if their health and well-being are threatened as a result of waiting in a stagnant and overburdened public...
Transformers: More than Meets the Eye
The path to net zero, based on the much disputed belief that carbon dioxide is a pollution, is more steep and impractical than most people realize. Replacing fossil fuels with clean electricity will require much more power generation and a greatly upgraded grid to...
Re-inventing Public Education In Manitoba
It’s election time in Manitoba and the Filmon Tories have made vague promises to increase spending on education. Public education, thus, maintains its sacred cow status even with the tax-cutting Conservatives.
One Dollar?
A case for eliminating the Canadian dollar.
Manitoba at the Crossroads
Despite many grounds for optimism, new threats to Manitoba’s competitiveness are building. Substantially lower taxes in Alberta and Ontario will pull jobs and investment from our economy.
Old Ideas Fading At SaskPower
The mother of Canada’s social democratic movement changing her ways?
Astor’s Lessons For The Fish Marketing Monopoly
Those who ignore history, the adage goes, are doomed to repeat it. Unfortunately, the human tendency to hang on to our old mistakes as if they were precious heirlooms is particularly strong in the field of economics.
The Trouble With Monopoly
Those who ignore history, the adage goes, are doomed to repeat it. Unfortunately, the human tendency to hang on to our old mistakes as if they were precious heirlooms is particularly strong in the field of economics.
Saskatchewan’s Recycling Woes
The Saskatchewan recycling organization SARCAN is facing issues with being sudsidized, and smugglers of aluminium cans.
Europe: The Third Way/ Die Neue Mitte
A speech delivered by Prime Minister Tony Blair to the Labour Party in London on June 8, 1999
Let Schools Specialize
Our one-size-fits-all public school model is in trouble.