A new national report card on child poverty misuses numbers to describe the problem, advocates time-worn solutions and ignores the most important means of enriching our population.
Year: 2003
Move that fire hydrant
Here are four small ways to make a city’s neighbourhood roads work better, all of them cost-effective, all of them betterments to the quality of life, none of them needing money from away.
Dr. Yvonne Chan, Award-winning School Principal
Disadvantaged children can learn, as this visionary educator proved in inner-city Los Angeles.
Hamiota: Rolling Along
Hamiota continues to thrive, with the livestock industry as its base.
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The Swedish Response to Covid-19 versus Canada
In a recent New York Times article, David Wallace Wells asked, “How did No-Mandate Sweden End up with such an average pandemic”. Let’s be clear. This admission from the New York Times, who tried to destroy the response to Covid-19, starting in April 2020 and...
Draconian, Anti-Science Measures During the Pandemic Has Led to Loss of Trust in Our Institutions
Candida Auris is a fungus that, unlike most fungi, can survive in a human body. It is capable of spreading within the body, resulting in an agonizing death. For unknown reasons the fungus is spreading at a rather alarming rate. So far, cases have been confined to long...
Private liquor stores still make sense
B.C. and the myths of liquor distribution privatization.
Alberta web-site lists hospitals’ waiting times
The Alberta government puts waiting times for selected medical procedures on-line to allow potential patients to shop around for timely treatment.
Urban Reserves, A Temporary Stop-Gap
The implementation of urban reserves in Prairie cities is not perfect public policy, but the concept holds promise as a vehicle to enhance native incomes until other laws are reformed.
David Littmann, Chief Economist, Comerica Bank
An economist has devised an intriguing methos of measuring a city’s progress . . .
A Home Run for Winnipeg?
Glenn Murray’s “New Deal for Cities” would shift municipal taxes in important and positive ways.
Transgenic Crops Benefit Environment
Transgenic crops confer overwhelming environmental benefits on modern agriculture.
Canada’s New Spirit
The Economist’s cover story on Canada’s new spirit from September 2003
Why Doha Must Succeed
One day the majority of people in these countries will wake up and understand how much better off they would be if they did away with farm subsidies and protection. Governments would save themselves billions of dollars. Consumers and taxpayers would get a much better deal and farmers would enjoy freedom and opportunities they do not have now.
Atlantic Task Force Says No to Public Insurance
A report commissioned by the Atlantic premiers has dismissed the idea of a public auto insurance system for the region.