Why pour more money into Medicare’s black hole without structural reform?
Year: 2000
*O Canada! A National Swan Song?
With reluctance and resignation, Canadians are concluding that what they once celebrated as the world’s longest undefended border is quickly vanishing. Economically, culturally, socially, demographically, even politically, Canada, they say, is becoming indistinguishable from the United States.
Winnipeg Quo Vadis (Where are you Going)?
The abandoned prairie farmhouse, the silent mill by the stream, the stone fence overgrown and hidden by forest are all popular poetic symbols for the decay in traditional rural values of hard work, family, and community.
A Conversation with Ronald Jensen
Its primary element is competition, or managed competition, in which the city workforce competes with the private sector to deliver municipal services.
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The Man who Saved the Plains Indians
At the time of Confederation, Canada’s Plains Indians were in a desperate situation. The same European-introduced guns and horses that resulted in a briefly glorious golden age for them had also resulted in constant inter-tribal warfare and the rapid disappearance of...
Renewed Talk of Abolishing the Indian Act
Political attacks on the Indian Act are back in the news, and that is a good thing. However, Canadian politicians, including First Nation politicians, need a credible plan about what to do before we pull out the champagne. Attacking the Indian Act is not a big deal...
High Performance Government in New Zealand
I’m delighted to be here today to share with you some of New Zealand’s experience with public sector reform. These reforms are an important part of our recent history. They are something that I am proud to say that I have been a part of – both the reforms and my parliamentary career began with the 1984 election.
Elected Officials Get Paid Too Little To Do Too Much
If we stopped underpaying the people at the top of our political system, we might attract more qualified people to the job.
A Conversation with Jim Gerrard
With the election of a Labour-led coalition government last November in New Zealand some people are predicting a U-turn in New Zealand public policy.
The Elegance Of The Flat Tax
Alberta’s plan for a flat provincial income tax has merit.
*I, Pencil
I am a lead pencil — the ordinary wooden pencil familiar to all boys and girls and adults who can read and write. Writing is both my vocation and my avocation; that’s all I do.
*The New Paradigm
While many factors are important to the New Economy, our essay focuses on technology. It helps answer the skeptics who find nothing new in the New Economy.
The Equalization Trap
Transfer payments have unintended consequences. The case is strong for eliminating them.
Real Farm Aid
Instead of treating farmers as charity cases, we should change many of the rules that stand in the way of more wealth creation.
Don’t Scrap Standards Tests In Public Schools
In the mid-1990s the former Conservative government introduced standards tests for students in Grades 3, 6, 9, and 12. These tests were designed to reflect the widespread concern that learning outcomes needed to be assessed at various stages during the educational lives of students.