Neither consumers nor taxpayers will ultimately benefit from Manitoba’s intervention in natural gas markets.
Year: 2005
Ethics Is At Last An Issue
Andrew Coyne discusses government accountability, business practises, and the reforms that the conservative party has proposed. Do they solve the current dilemmas our politicians face in knowing where to draw the line or do they fall short of taxpayers’ expectations?
Atlantic Canada’s Vicious Cycle
When will the government’s policy of federal welfare stop and allow provinces to grow & prosper? As times have changed, so should the outdated policies that have proved economically disasterous to all Canadian taxpayers.
The True Cost of Fixing Natural Gas Prices
The Manitoba government’s policy of using eletricity profits to subsidize natural gas consumption further distorts an already confused energy market.
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Cities Have to Expand for House Prices to Fall
The cost of actually building a house does not vary that much across Canada The Ford government’s plan to expand the land supply available for housing has evoked the usual dog whistles about “urban sprawl” by interests apparently unaware of the strong...
How We Teach Reading Really Does Matter
Reading is the most important skill taught in school. If students don’t learn how to read, not much else that happens there is going to matter. That’s because being able to read is important in virtually every job. Without the ability to read, life itself will be a...
Reality Based Tax Policy
New numbers from the U.S. show that tax cuts increase revenues.
The problem with ghetto grocers
Inner-city poverty – It’s costly being poor
Should We Ban Chemotherapy, Too?
Refusing to use insecticides to fight Africa’s malaria problem sentences needless millions to death.
Does PM Really Want to End Native Poverty?
Paul Martin proposes a “Marshall Plan” for aboriginals. But First Nations need more than more cash.
Who will help the kids?
Welcome to Pauingassi First Nation, located on the edge of nowhere. Half the kids here are gasoline sniffers. Their one hope is a social worker who's fighting to save them. He needs help because he's losing the battle PAUINGASSI -- Eric Kennedy sits on the sofa in his...
They need to learn to appreciate life
More than 60 kids under 18 are addicted to sniffing gasoline, accounting for more than half the school-age kids who live on the reserve
AIMS News Release – Good Intentions Gone Wrong
A report released today by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce provides a sobering but realistic view of the damaging impact of equalization on the nation and on Ontario itself.
A Year of Zero Tax Reductions
The Tax Load Index offers a simple measure of tax competitiveness across western Canada and adjacent jurisdictions, including Ontario and four American border states, North Dakota and Minnesota, Montana and Washington.
To Spray or Not To Spray
Malathion is a safe response to the West Nile virus. It presents no threat to man or beast.