A Senator discusses his bill to make voting in Canadian elections mandatory.
Year: 2005
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Does ‘Peak Oil’ mean an end to the suburbs?
When fuel prices rise, people reduce other auto expenses in order to keep total costs (as a percentage of their incomes) constant. They may keep their cars a little longer, for example, or buy less luxurious cars.
Some 21st Century Ideas on Energy and Employment
With gas prices skyrocketing, people are looking once again at ways to save energy. I haven’t heard anyone suggest bringing back the 55 mile per hour speed limit, though, so I guess I should be grateful for small favors. One suggestion that does make sense to me is to encourage telecommuting and work at home.
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No Evidence of Climate Crisis
In his annual State of the Climate report published on April 14, 2022, Dr. Ole Humlum, Emeritus Professor at the University of Oslo, examined detailed patterns in temperature changes in the atmosphere and oceans together with trends in climate impacts. Many of these...
It Is Time to Move On
I wrote an opinion column immediately following the May 27, 2021 announcement of the “shocking discovery of 215 bodies found in a mass grave at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.” In that column, I correctly stressed the need to wait for real...
Farmers are not Killing the Environment
Avery refutes the idea that farms are a major contributor to global warming. He says that the earth’s climate has always been changing and will continue to do so
2.7M People Find Jobs in Government
Statistics Canada reported 2.7-million people were working in federal, provincial and local governments in 2004, up from a trough of 2.5-million in 1999, and only 10,000 off its peak in 1995
Sound the Alarm
Canada should fight against the imposition of stifling new regulations on bioprospecting.
Bhopal, Ontario
Five years after contaminated water killed seven people and sickened 2,300 in Walkerton, Ont., the causes of the tragedy are widely understood
Poverty Oversimplified
This campaign is so misguided you might think Kate Moss had thought it up herself
A Win for Healthcare Consumers
A supreme court decision begins the long process of breaking down Canada’s public healthcare monopoly.
European Lessons for Canada
Voters in Europe are wisely refusing to endorse Canadian-style federalism.
Hon. Bob Rae, Premier of Ontario, 1990-95
A former NDP Premier discusses what’s working in government, and what is not.
Political Debate over Saskatchewan Equalization
Federal Finance Minister Ralph Goodale and Atlantic Institute President Brian Crowley debate Saskatchewan equalization