Funny thing how the new ideas in politics come out of the West, these days. There was a time when the philosophers were in the East, working Quiet Revolutions, or bilingualism and multiculturalism in the name of centralized government. Then, it was as though the...
Year: 2006
Petrocan Debt has Taxpayer Over a Barrel
Who knew that a couple of years after selling off the last of our Petrocan shares we’d still be paying for it?
Saskatchewan Should Lead Transformational Equalization
Saskatchewan has nothing to lose by leading a discussion on transformational equalization, whose goal is to make recipient provinces self-sustaining and dynamic economies.
The NDP Won’t Stop Preaching to the Converted
Globe columnist Jeffrey Simpson on why the NDP is stuck intellectually in the past.
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‘Side Issues’ Result in Much Higher Costs to Our Health and Social Systems
As we enter the year 2022, most Canadians will have lived their entire lives under the shibboleth that says we have the best health-care system in the world. Our beloved medicare is universal in scope, free of charge and offers equal access to all. What country could...
Touted Climate Emergency for Calgary is Deceitful and Undemocratic
Calgary has sworn in its first female mayor. A week earlier, less than 24 hours after winning the mayoral race, she gave her first post-election talk-radio interview to Ryan Jespersen, mostly involving a series of softball questions. He asked her the obligatory woke...
Cause and Effect
Based on uncertain science, the Province of Manitoba’s new regulations for nutrient loading will impose heavy costs on farmers but may do nothing to solve the problem.
Lunch on the Frontier – Transfer Payments – With Bryan Schwartz
Watch Lunch on the Frontier with Bryan Schwartz here. (38 minutes)
Loathing, Lies and Liberation Theology
LA OROYA, Peru--Pitched battles over ideology and public policy certainly are not confined to classrooms or legislative chambers. They are also fought in poor communities of Africa, Asia and Latin America, often pitting multinational corporations against multinational...
Is Global Warming Getting Colder?
The first thing we have to do is fire all the reporters, editors and headline writers who have not got a clue about "global warming" except that it scares the hell out of readers and sells newspapers. In late March, my local daily carried an Associated Press article...
Life-long labourers?
None of us are guaranteed a paying job for a lifetime. So, what is it about politicians who seem to think that their jobs should be secure indefinitely? By a vote of 14 to 2, city councillors decided not to trust the citizens of Winnipeg in determining whether they...
The Irish Question
With the budget set for May 2, Finance Minister James Flaherty has now settled on his major tax and spending initiatives. Let's hope he had his eye on Ireland as he made his way through the conflicting pressures. He certainly would have been aware of Ireland's...
The Subsidy Snare Powerpoint Slides
Powerpoint slides from Frontier Policy Briefing discussing how subsidies hurt farmers by Ag Policy Fellow Rolf Penner
Snowsports are Good for the Environment
In a new study released recently H. C. Anderson, a renowned climatologist reports that skiing and snowboarding reduce global warming. His estimates are that by the end of the century, the average global temperature will be lower by .004359 degrees Celsius than it...
Dr. Andrew Sharpley, soil scientist, et al.
Are experts and regulators on the same track when it comes to writing laws for water protection? Side-by-side interviews indicate a problem.