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
Year: 2005
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.
Featured News
The Renewable Part of Hydrogen is the Hype
Once again, the world is staging ClimateFest 26, aka the United Nations Conference of the Parties, where peddlers of alternative energy schemes try to plunge their dippers into the river of climate change funding that flows around the world. This funding is generated...
Small Gestures Speak Louder than Great Deeds
The age-old expression that actions speak louder than words conveys an important insight: character is best judged through action. Anyone can say or promise anything but doing requires ability and skill, discipline and commitment. So, the simplest test of character is...
PM’s Fiscal Adventure
For the foreseeable future, governing federally will mostly be about technicalities, since no money will be left for anything interesting, let alone for significant tax cuts.
How Big is Manitoba Government? – PowerPoint
Fraser Institute Senior Research Economist Niels Veldhuis explores the implications of Manitoba’s large public sector, his PowerPoint slide presentation.
Province’s Spending is Excessive, says Analyst
EXCESSIVE government spending in Manitoba is depressing the province’s economy, an analyst with the conservative Fraser Institute said yesterday
A Conversation with Niels Veldhuis
Niels Veldhuis is Senior Research Economist at The Fraser Institute. Since joining the Institute in 2002 he has authored or co-authored 10 comprehensive studies on a wide range of topics including, taxation, labour markets, government debt, government failure, fiscal...
School Daze – Enrolments
To keep taxes from exploding in the future, we will need to keep the lid on fiscal spending on programs that governments can save money on. Education is especially important in this regard, since our low fertility rate is leading to declining school enrolment.
New Housing Model Emerging
Instead of conferring new houses as political prizes, some First Nations are asking for payments from those who can afford it.
McGuinty’s Ottawa Revelation
Ontario’s premier has got good grounds to complain about equalization. But why did he need sixteen months to figure out Ottawa rips off Ontario (and Alberta)?
Nerd Advice on Education
Bill Gates offers practical advice on life, in spite of our schools.
Co-operative Conservation Big Winner
The U.S. Farm Bill proposals reduce direct crop subsidies but increase conservation incentive programs.