Policy paper 24 explores why recent hog tariffs imposed by the United States are about protectionism and explains why Canada should aggressively pursue the case under free trade rules, and work to eliminate the possibility of such nuisance actions in all export commodities.
Year: 2004
Government Should Stay Out of Our Snacks
If people want to eat foods that contain trans fats, they must have that freedom. And if they want to ignore warnings about trans fats, they must have that freedom, too.
Environmentalists lack compassion for poor: author
ENVIRONMENTAL groups are operating in a moral vacuum with no regard for the lives and welfare of people in developing countries, says a man who once took up the cause of environmentalism.
Law of the Labour Back Benches
Some say “modernisation” is an empty term. It is not. It means creating left-of-centre policies that allow more effective responses to the changes transforming contemporary societies. The Nordic social democrats, and new Labour in Britain, have been in the vanguard of such modernisation.
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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
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Climate Experts Respond to Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
A distinguished group of climatologists disputes alarms about manmade global warming.
Wide Fluctuations in Arctic Temperature Common
Are changes in global ice cover a function of human release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere? The facts say, “No.”
Tim Ball PowerPoint on Global Cooling
Powerpoint slides from Tim Ball speech on global cooling.
Dr. Tim Ball, Historical Climatologist
Is manmade global warming a problem for Canada? Think again. It’s cooling we should be worrying about.
Lessons of the Falling Wall
The Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain were the product of a philosophy that was based on good intentions, but could never deliver the goods.
Private sector Gets £1bn NHS Boost
A second wave of independent treatment centres, which are privately owned and run but treat NHS patients, are to be put out to tender. They will have the capacity to treat another 250,000 patients a year.
Private Sector to Gain Access to Sustainable NHS Market
Britain’s National Health Service cuts waiting lists with private healthcare providers bidding on contracts.
Ontarians to pay $1B for hydro meters
A new smart-meter initiative will make Ontario the first North American jurisdiction to record residential power consumption data on an hourly basis; critics argue the meters will allow the government to blame higher electricity bills on consumers who do not conserve aggressively.
Try Smarter Policing Instead
Frontier’s 2004 police charticle again shows Winnipeg with the second highest police per capita in Canada. Instead of increasing police numbers, Winnipeg needs to make smarter use of its plentiful police resources.