Sweden’s 2002 election result will slow, not stop or reverse trend to consumer-oriented healthcare reforms
Year: 2002
Changing Balance: Private and Public Sectors
A 52 page discussion of the changing balance between the private and public sectors.
Power to the people
Vernon Smith Wall Street Journal October 18, 2002 This week, Standard and Poors reported that the U.S. electric power industry is staggering under the worst credit crunch it has seen since the Depression. Billions of dollars of debt will have to be refinanced soon and...
Rural Communities March in Britain
Over 400,000 people march in London to defend the rural way of life
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A Year of LNG Royalties/Taxes from a Single Pipeline Could Pay for …
Sitting on top of one of the world’s largest and richest natural resource warehouses is turning into quite a disconcerting distraction. While much of Canada’s population – the heavily urban part for whom “rural” means Whistler, Muskoka, or Mont Tremblant – likes to...
Medical Martial Law – Never Again
The economic upheaval now roiling over the world’s financial markets, rapidly lowering living standards, and even threatening to freeze Europeans this winter, is all directly related to the radical decision most western leaders took in March of 2020., when a new...
A Conversation with the Hon. Frank McKenna
New Brunswick is usually thought of as successful in economic terms since a more vibrant private sector emerged during your oversight of that province.
Equalization’s Good Intentions Not Enough
A conference hears evidence that equalization allows the receiving provinces to not focus on the basics of good public policy like creating an attractive tax and regulatory environment.
School-Based Merit Pay
The case that merit pay for teachers might improve public schools usually receives short shrift from educators, who argue that it encourages competition rather than co-operation among colleagues.
Ideas Matter – Equalization – Welfare Trap?
A special joint publication of the Frontier Centre, AIMS and the Montreal Institute
Giving Animals Rights
Bill C-15, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to amend other Acts (the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2001), was introduced in the House of Commons and given first reading on 14 March 2001.
Modified Voucher Would Improve Public Education
Public education is in crisis and something needs to be done about it.
Water Plant Alternative can Fund Floodway
Winnipeg is planning to spend $250 million to build a new water treatment plant.
Canadian Federation of Agriculture Examines Challenges
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) held its annual meeting recently in Halifax, Nova Scotia and I was fortunate enough to be there.
Medical Savings Accounts Could Put Choice Back Into Health Care
Medical savings accounts would help inject freedom of choice and personal responsibility back into health care, spur some badly needed changes in techniques and technology, and save billions of dollars.