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Year: 2005
Angus McBeath, Superintendent, Edmonton Public School Board
A dedicated teacher and ground-breaking school administrator discusses his success in Edmonton, and the elements of high-performing schools.
If You Could Save $225 Million – Powerpoint
The powerpoint slides from Geoffrey Segal's speech to the Frontier Centre for Public Policy on October 27th, 2005. Best viewed alongside the speech video (see links below). Pdf file
Overblown Wind
Wind power’s inadequacies are hidden by a veil of government subsidy and inadequate data on performance and cost
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Coal – Not Wind – is Keeping Saskatchewan’s Lights On
While it’s not the same minute-by-minute data provided by the Alberta Electric System Operator for their grid, SaskPower has begun breaking down where its power is coming from on a daily basis. And the data from Oct. 3 and 4 showed wind generated an average of just...
57 Policy Proposals for Future Leaders to Help Make the Canadian Economy Soar
Executive Summary The various federal political parties are all promoting the policy agendas they believe will foster a sustainably high quality of life for all Canadians. It remains to be seen whether they will attain the success that they aim to achieve. In some...
Brown Handouts Create a Soviet North
PARTS of the UK are as dependent on the state as some Soviet bloc countries were at the time communism collapsed, a new analysis based on official figures shows.
Tough Medicine for Medicare
Those on the political left need to confront reality: Do they continue to cling to the myth that all health services in Canada must be delivered by a public service provider.
Kelo Backlash Could Restore Property Rights
Americans’ property rights have been secured, until recently, by the phrase “nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation
Saint Bob and Digging Another Hole to Nowhere
Saint Bob’s latest campaign to save Africa is an irresistible appeal to Western pity, sympathy and guilt. It is also more arrogant than those fantasies of any old-time colonial administrator or missionary. It assumes that if only “we” put our minds to it, “we” can “save” “them.” The fact that we have been trying to do this for 60 years, without success, does not deter him. His solution is to do even more of it. If you doubt the wisdom of this, you are unspeakably callous
England is Mollycoddling Scotland into Sclerosis
In Britain public spending represents 41 per cent of GDP, and last year’s economic growth rate was 3.1 per cent. In Scotland, public spending was 54 per cent of GDP and growth was just 1.9 per cent. These facts are connected.
A Reserve Torn Apart
The Gabriel family at the Waterhen lost their home and possessions and a thriving business because they stood up for good government.
Canadian Farmers’ British Friend
The Canadian farm belt owes more to Britain's Prime Minister than our own. Indeed, Tony Blair may become the best friend that farmers on this side of the Atlantic have had in generations. As President of the European Union for the next six months, Blair is pushing...
Doubling of Foreign Aid to Africa will not Lead to a Take-off into Self-sustained Growth
Far from fixing Africa’s problems, aid worsens it. Growth does not depend on the amount of aid a country gets but on some important factors which can only be built by governments in Africa
Insurance Subsidies Carry a High Cost
By subsidizing low insurance rates for young drivers, ICBC actually promotes irresponsible driving, despite its public relations blather to the contrary