The Consumers Association does Canadians no favours when it distorts auto insurance rates to make publicly owned schemes look better.
Year: 2005
Subsidizing Natural Gas is Retrograde Measure
PREMIER Gary Doer worries about "the senior citizen in West Kildonan (who) will not be able to turn around on a dime and invest in a geothermal heating system" (Province defends plan to subsidize natural gas, Free Press, Nov. 19). To help her, he is willing to...
Managing and Protecting Alberta’s Petro-wealth
Oil riches can quickly evaporate unless they’re protected from internal and external looting.
Big Ideas Should Shape the Campaign
Nobody wants a winter election, but as long as we have one, let’s make it count, with the consideration of fundamental policy reforms.
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Traditional Teaching is not Obsolete
Artificial intelligence has come a long way. Unlike the rudimentary software of the past, modern-day programs such as ChatGPT are truly impressive. Whether you need a 1,000-word essay summarizing the history of Manitoba, a 500-word article extolling the virtues of...
Ottawa’s Policies Defeat Its Critical Minerals Push
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a recent rush visit to the Saskatchewan Research Council’s experimental rare earth refining facility in Saskatoon. He touted his government’s efforts to promote rare earth discovery, development, and extraction, along with the...
Archaic Funding of Education – With Denis Owens
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If you want to Succeed, Follow Us Down Under
For so long simply seen as an adventure playground for gap year students or a breeding ground for sportsmen, Australia has now graduated into the world of big players.
Medicare Status Quo Argument Ailing
Despite the repeated affirmations of the medicare establishment that there is no serious academic research establishing that private care can help lower prices or improve efficiency, all this proves is their ignorance of the very literature they’re citing.
Ottawa still isn’t planning the reforms that matter
Alas, go outside and put on a jacket; in addition to the approaching winter, you’ll also sense the approaching silly season of electioneering.
Turn Green property tax plan on its head
The Green Party would redesign society by changing the way the property tax works.
Union move on profit daycare
Wannan pines for the good old days in Australia when central planners controlled the entire child care industry. Federal subsidies were once handed out exclusively to the non-profit sector and operators were told where they could open. The result was a dysfunctional system incapable of meeting parent demands. But according to Wannan this was “one of the best child care systems in the world.”
‘Smart’ Lights on City’s Wish List
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.
Comparing Manitoba School Divisions
The largest division, Winnipeg #1, requires substantially more financial resources than any other in its attempt to provide a quality education.
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.