Expanding the system of computerized lights and software that has eased traffic in the congested Polo Park shopping district was quietly added Wednesday to the city’s wish list of projects that could dip into a new $82-million pot of government funding earmarked for Manitoba.
Year: 2005
Scrap federal transfers, and lower our taxes
A country with low tax rates will stimulate an economy, increase jobs, encourage investment and benefit its citizens.
A Tale of Two School Boards
Nominally similar, the two largest school divisions in Edmonton and Winnipeg follow quite different directions in administration, programming and accountability.
Edmonton’s High-Performance Public Schools
A tale of two school boards with opposite approaches to diversity and administration.
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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...
Corporate Social Responsibility in Peru
Environmental activists want to shut down a Peruvian mining operation despite its stellar record of improving its surrounding community.
So Who Controls Liquor Trade?
Who controls the liquor trade? The answer is still uncertain. If the government is the employer, and the industry or service is either protected or a monopoly, then look out: Union militants will extort every available dollar and every available protection for their workers.
Waiting List for Scans to be Cut
Patricia Hewitt, the Health Secretary, said it was ‘just not acceptable’ that some people were having to wait so long to find out what was wrong with them.
45 Million Myths
We hear constantly that 45 million Americans have no health insurance, that public health care spending is inadequate and that the U.S. system is characterized by unbridled capitalism. These perceptions, however, are urban myths
Child-care Pay to Rise
In Manitoba almost half the children under five are in some form of child care. That’s up from two in five children in 1995.
Patients’ Medical Freedom Grows
New legislation that allows doctors more latitude in prescribing alternative medicines expands the consumer focus of healthcare.
Klein Crowd on a Spending Spree
In 1996-97 –the low point of the Klein-era cuts — the provincial government spent $12.7 billion on program expenses (all government activities, except debt servicing). In 2005-06, the CTF reminded, “spending on overnment programs in Alberta will be $25.5 billion — an increase of 100 per cent.”
A Reserve Torn Apart (Unabridged Version)
A longer version of AV019 fleshes out the details of band politics at the Waterhen.
Up or Out?
Growth managers may have good intentions, but do much real harm. Regions facing rapid growth should insure that growth pays for itself through a combination of user fees and fair taxes, but they should not try to control where or how that growth should take place