The interaction between two public policies in Winnipeg - its own high property taxes and the Province of Manitoba's rent control regime - has created a number of unexpected ripples, like low property values. Removing the rent laws would help lower the overall tax...
Year: 2002
‘Dr. Profit’ is ready to operate
A private surgery clinic in Vancouvers does it cheaper and faster
Health report threatens our real defining feature
Throwing more money at health will jeopardize Canada’s little known achievement – surpluses
A Conversation with Harry Van Mulligen
Saskatchewan’s former Social Services Minister discusses that province’s welfare reform efforts. The approach used was praised by the OECD in a 1999 report.
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Our Health Ministers Need to Take a Lesson from Hockey Coaches
Those of you who are tired of my rants about the demise of our once great health system will be pleased to know that this is my last editorial. I am retiring from the BCMJ Editorial Board; currently, I am the longest-serving member (more than 20 years). I have been a...
Zinchuk: Oilpatch Only Spending Half What It Spent in 2014
Back in the lofty, pre-Justin Trudeau government days of 2014, back when oil was booming, pipelines were planned to east and west coasts, and Alberta and Saskatchewan were swimming in money, around $81 billion was spent in capital expenditures (CAPEX) in the Canadian...
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
Environmental Quality Improving
Environmental Indicators report from Fraser Institute September 2002
A skeptic’s guide to global warming
Anyone who wants to see what’s wrong with the science behind the Kyoto accord should start with Vincent Gray’s new book, The Greenhouse Delusion. One of the leading global warming skeptics, Mr. Gray has produced what amounts to a field guide to skepticism — inexpensive, colourful and fact-filled.
How Rent Control Killed Affordable Housing in Winnipeg
Senior Policy Analyst Dennis Owens discusses how rent control hurts the poor
New Immigration Plan Misses the Boat
Policy Notes discusses problems with new federal approach to immigration in less populated areas
Animal Legislation still Haunts Rural Canada
Rural Renaissance Note commentary – Proposed animal rights legislation still haunts rural economy
2002 Canada Property Tax Comparison
2002 comparison of effective residential property tax levels in major Canadian cities
Industrialist gives B.C. university $20M for 24-hour library
The future of library technology as seen in B.C.