The phenomenon of telecommuters – the tens of thousands of Winnipeggers who work at the end of an internet pipe, a group that is not politically aware or organized, and therefore invisible – is already well advanced.
Year: 2006
Calgary Congress Powerpoint – Killing with Kindness
Powerpoint slides to Killing with Kindness speech by Peter Holle to the Calgary Congress, September 30, 2006.
Why Are Parents Paying Twice?
Manitoba’s education system is soaking parents who choose not to enroll their children in often substandard public schools. Those who use independent schools, who home-school and who use remedial learning centres all face discrimination and two tiers.
New Power Meters Let Users Cash In
A new “smart meter” is being implemented by Horizon Utilities that tracks when electricity is being used not just how much is being used.
Featured News
What Must Be Done to Curb Canada’s Household Debt
Canada is struggling economically. From inflation and deficits to investment and employment, everything that should be up is down, and everything that should be down is up. One striking symptom of economic rot is household debt, which is rising faster than incomes....
Crown Utilities’ Unfair Advantages Reduce Competition, Innovation
Largely unique among state-owned enterprises, ‘SEOs’, worldwide, Canadian Crown corporations have two key advantages over current and future private sector competitors: non-taxable status and access to low-cost public sector borrowing rates. Other implicit edges...
Left Not Always a Help to the Poor
Ever since revolutionaries toppled the French crown in 1789, the political left has asserted that the solution to shrinking poverty is to announce good intentions and follow up with government confiscation of private assets. The latest would-be defender to join...
Christopher Hitchens, intellectual and contrarian
Author, gadfly, pundit and social critic Christopher Hitchens offers up more of his unusual, sardonic take on the failings of the modern world.
Nothing for the Money
On Thursday, May 11th, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley spoke to the Empire Club of Canada in Toronto. His topic – equalization. His message – both Ontario and the Maritimes suffer from decades of federal equalization transfers.
Leveraging Freedom Awards Around the World
As the Templeton Freedom Awards enter their third year, the innovative program is yielding dividends far greater than just rewarding effective work by think tanks worldwide. Winners and program administrators alike speak of strategically leveraging the Awards’ impact,...
Canadian Health Care
Two patients limp into two different Canadian medical clinics with the same complaint. Both have trouble walking and appear to require a hip replacement. The first patient is examined within the hour, is x-rayed the same day and has a time booked for surgery the...
Helping the Poor with Public Service Reform
How public sector reform in Britain can help the poor
Katz’s Powerless City Summit
Can a big-time summit reverse Winnipeg’s relative decline? That requires creative actions at a higher level.
Reinventing Winnipeg
The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce’s vision statement for remaking civic government contains some useful suggestions.
Right-wing Brison Belongs with Conservatives
Brison loves to mention the various economic think-tanks he admires, including Manitoba’s Frontier Policy Centre.