CIDA has announced its plans to cut funding for malaria-prevention programs. One doctor’s view on these changes and the disease throughout the world.
Year: 2006
America, 300 Million Strong
With the American population reaching 300 million, some see it as a bad thing, wanting to slow the population growth rate. This writer sees it as a blessing and lists his reasons why.
Public Auto Insurance Drives Up Costs
Findings from a study published by The Fraser Institute regarding the cost and affordability of auto insurance around the world and right here in our own country.
World Watch and the Irrelevance of Sprawl
World Watch is out with another “sky is falling” report, bringing hope to the “half empty” elites who depend upon apocalyptic tales.
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Policy Restrictions have Caused the Housing Crisis
The choice we face is clear: a modest expansion of greenfield development or greater housing poverty For 18 years, I have been monitoring international housing affordability, as author or co-author of the Demographia Housing Affordability series. The latest...
Leaders on the Frontier | So Much More We Can Be with the Hon. Grant Devine, Premier of Saskatchewan 1982-1991
The April 1982 Saskatchewan election proved to be a major turning point in the province's history. Over its nine years in office, the Devine government commenced and completed numerous policy initiatives in spite of considerable challenges including two recessions. ...
Stealth Plan To ‘Privatise’ NHS Care
THE world’s biggest private health companies are being invited to bid for the chance to spend substantial chunks of the £80 billion NHS budget.
SOE Policy – Dumb and Now Dumber
Taxpayers have no way of knowing whether their investments in SOEs are yielding competitive returns. In Australia the Productivity Commission reports annually on the financial performance of government trading enterprises (and it regularly finds that many do not meet their cost of capital).
An Official Response to the Aboriginal Governance Index
Did the Frontier Centre disrespect aboriginal leaders when it surveyed Indian reservations, because it didn’t follow “appropriate protocols”?
Ask Not What Ottawa Can Do for You
Canadians have been taught to think in terms of national entitlements — about “getting.” But entitlements do not build countries. They create insatiable expectations and demands, and then they disappoint.
The Equitable Solution for Equalization is to Get Rid of It
Fiscal Equalization is the way Ottawa “tops up” the provincial tax revenues of weaker provinces. But everyone pays.
The Kids Are Not Alright
The latest figures from Eurostat (the EU’s official statistics agency) on youth unemployment are depressing for Europeans. On average, in the EU in 2005, unemployment for people under the age of 25 was 17 percent. In the US, by comparison, it was 10 percent. In Japan, it was 4 percent.
Suburban Thrall
For various reasons, Montreal has been losing economic ground to Toronto and other North American urban areas over the recent decades. But this could be changing. Politics and infrastructure are combining to substantially improve the competitiveness of the Montreal...
City Doesn’t Know What It Owns
FROM pools to police stations, the city's 1,100 buildings are haphazardly managed and likely costing taxpayers more than they should, according to a new report by the city auditor. There are so many overlapping departments trying to manage facilities, the city isn't...
Harper Plans to Get Workers Going Where Jobs Are
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