Two Alberta academics on why the Canadian Wheat Board is a human rights issue..
Year: 2002
A Conversation with Bjørn Lomborg
Bjørn Lomborg, author of “The Skeptical Environmentalist” explains why the Kyoto treaty is second best policy.
Underfunding: a short history of a word
Look up references to “underfunding,” and a curious trend emerges. They are almost never made by the users of public services: parents, patients and so on. Rather, in almost every case it is their employees, or more particularly public sector union leaders, who use the term
C.O.O.L. Rules Haunt U.S. Protectionists
Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) laws backfire in the United States.
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Timeless Wisdom – The Politics of Successful Structural Reform
It’s a well-known pattern in public policy – profligate politicians damaging their economies with out-of-control spending, massive borrowing and higher taxes – inevitably leading to fiscal crisis, sharp declines in growth and ultimately rapidly falling currency value...
Canada’s National Hysteria in the 21st Century
Mass hysteria is the spontaneous manifestation of a particular behaviour by many people. There are numerous historical examples: Middle Age nuns at a convent in France spontaneously began to meow like cats; at another convent, nuns began biting one another. In...
Tuberculosis and Elk in Riding Mountain
Both the Federal and Manitoba governments need to move fast to contain and eliminate TB in and around Riding Mountain National park.
*U.S. Farm Bill Cultivates A Crop of Grief*
The [new US] farm bill is so over-the-top that even some members of the Senate — a body that rarely shows enthusiasm for reining-in government expenditures — are showing signs of embarrassment. Senator John McCain called the legislation “an appalling breach of federal spending responsibility.”
It’s Time to Harness Winnipeg Rivers
The province’s decision to open the floodway to regulate summer river levels opens the door to a comprehensive look at policies that govern Winnipeg’s rivers.
MMP in New Zealand
New Zealand’s mixed member proportion system turns out to be a nightmare..
Refining School Choice
The most biting criticism directed at opponents of our health-care monopoly points to the danger of establishing a “two-tier” medical system, a superior one for the rich and an inferior one for the poor.
*Farmers earn great return on their quotas
Feeling burned by the stock market and looking for a solid long-term investment? Not a gold bug, you say? Have you considered farming?
European Farm Reforms Conservation-Oriented
A wise man once said, “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there.” The corollary to that one is, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it!”
A Powerful Idea for Empowering Aboriginals
Canada’s most persistent blight is arguably the poverty of the First Nations. A world-class disgrace, people as diverse as the Pope and Nelson Mandela have indicted it.
Opening Up Cottage Country
Coverage of the last provincial election campaign ignored a gem-in-the-rough tossed out by the winner, Gary Doer.