Economists are saying that Alberta has the fastest growing economy of the country and that it is soon to take second place from Quebec in the biggest economy race.
Year: 2006
Medical Waiting Lists Growing, Study Shows
Some highlights from The Fraser Institute’s 2002 annual report on the health care situation in Canada.
A Critique of the “Stern Review” on the Economics of Climate Change
The authors of the Stern Review say the world is looking at costs in the range of $10 trillion dollars if we don’t impose news taxes and regulations to curtail carbon dumping. Unfortunately, their analysis is blatant nonsense.
Timely Reminders from Chief Louie
Chief Clarence Louie has led the Osoyoos out of poverty with his sharp tongue and his entrepeneurial skills. It’s high time other Chiefs followed his example and fixed the potholes at home.
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Why University?
In this essay, I explain that young people should come to university to be educated, and not to become credentialed; the public should support universities because universities educate young people, not because they produce credentialled workers. Why should a...
A Lamentable Tale of Two Colonies
During the whole of recorded history, the empire has been the most constant and common form of political organization. A basic, self-evident feature of all empire-building has been the successful occupation of the lands of the local, Indigenous inhabitants by outside...
Cinderella’s Slipper — Fitting Reality to Immigration Policy
CANADA is running out of workers. It’s small wonder. Our birth rate is only three-quarters of the population’s replacement requirement. The baby boom generation that pretty much runs things is aging and approaching retirement. The economy is growing and needs more workers.
Equalization, Boon or Boodle?
A new study on regional transfers in Britain confirms the experience of other countries. Equalization harms recipient areas by allowing them to avoid reform of economically destructive policies.
Whitehall’s Last Colonies
The transfer payment system in Britain is causing a pattern of inequities, as richer regions subsidize large public sectors and economic malaise in poorer parts of the country.
Brown’s Cash Blitz Is Hurting Poorest Areas
Record levels of spending have made many regions of Britain “colonies” of London and the southeast, widening the north-south divide, the research from Reform, a think tank, shows.
A Toll on the Common Man
On average, a 1% increase in the corporate-tax rate is associated with a 0.8% drop in wages over the next five years.
We Solve More Problems Than We Create
Mr. Lomborg is a realist. He doesn’t expect miracles from political leaders and bureaucrats, hoping instead for “getting it slightly less wrong.” An appropriately modest proposal from the skeptical environmentalist
Winnipeg: Streamline Housing Approvals
Restrictive land-use policies are reducing Winnipeg’s significant advantage in home affordability.
Dual Market Denial
Ending the Wheat Board’s marketing monopoly and competition would not mean its demise. To believe that is to ignore history.
The War Against The Car Will Never Succeed
According to the politicians and the urban planners, public transit is the answer to all our woes. Everyone knows cars are responsible for everything from gridlock to pollution and obesity.