You may remember the 1970s song “On the Cover of Rolling Stone” by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, especially the catchy lyrics, “Wanna see my picture on the cover, Wanna buy five copies for my mother…” Well I didn’t make the cover of the Nov. 17 Rolling Stone...
Year: 2005
Ottawa’s Desperate Need—A New Native Funding Formula
Paul Martin’s upped the aboriginal spending ante to $5 billion new dollars. Will it work?
Don’t Tax Groceries to Save the Farm
Danger lurks when soil scientists enter the unfamiliar territory of economics.
Changing the Culture in Britain’s National Health Service
The inspiration for Canada’s Medicare model is trying to reduce wait lists by creating internal markets, with notable success.
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Canadians on the Move, to Smaller Communities
The Canadian Dream is increasingly being realized in smaller areas For decades, Canadians moved to the larger cities (census metropolitan areas, or CMAs) with their economic opportunities. The latest estimates indicate that CMAs have 72 per cent of the nation’s...
Leadership Needed in Canadian Healthcare; Apply Within
When the Premiers were first called to a sit-down lunch to talk about healthcare with Prime Minister Trudeau, there was plenty of talk about the potential for systemic change, innovation and accountability. It seemed that Canadians and their leaders were finally on...
Fixing the Wheat Board’s Democratic Deficit
Elections of directors to the Canadian Wheat Board should exclude farmers who have little stake in the outcome.
Web titans race to put books online
A race has begun to make “all human knowledge” accessible with just a few clicks of a computer mouse.
Conservation begins with a free market
Manitoba’s electricity rates are half the North American average. But the government-subsidized low prices are artificial – subsidized by other Canadians through the equalization program.
Before Native Self-Government
Grand Chief Ron Evans wants native self-government. To make it happen, the rules must change.
Smart and Green
Prices, markets, incentives and fiscal responsibility from Canada’s Greens? You better believe it.
An Environmental Policy for the 21st Century
Environmental policy is no longer the purview of statists and interventionists. A new view that puts human needs in the equation is emerging.
Automobiles, Key to Katrina and Rita Evacuation
Autos worked partly because people who owned autos were not dependent on the effectiveness or competence of public officials.
Living with Proportional Voting
New Zealand reformed its electoral system, and wishes it hadn’t.
Submission to the Canadian Wheat Board Election Review Panel
If we want the Canadian Wheat Board to be an effective economic agent, its governance must better reflect the interests of its largest producers.