High costs, lack of land, the environment and inflation are making new homeowners a thing of the past. Are the current government regulations helping or exacerbating the problem?
Year: 2006
Former Star Candidate Abandons NDP for Grits
Paul Summerville, economist and former NDP candidate, recently defected to the Liberals because of NDP’s economic policies.
Powerful Reforms:
Canadians accustomed to cheap, reliable electricity are facing higher energy costs and, in some parts, an increased likelihood of blackouts. Much of Canada’s electrical power industry shows arterial sclerosis with inadequate investment, fewer exports and increased import competition from high-cost sources in the United States. Canada’s power industry needs a good dose of liberalization, as successfully adopted in the European Union, but most of our provincial politicians are too reluctant to give up their monopoly fiefdoms.
A New “Day” for the CMA
Well known critic of Canada’s health care system, Dr. Brian Day, has been elected president of the Canadian Medical Association. Is this a sign that the CMA is ready for a change as well?
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Celebrating Manitoba’s Fisher River First Nation
Indigenous communities in Manitoba face some of the greatest obstacles. Over the years, when the UN Human Development Index was applied to First Nation communities across Canada, Manitoba First Nations often ranked lowest. So, it’s important to highlight some of the...
UK-Canada Nuclear Fusion Project Could Generate Jobs, Unite Climate Alarmists and Skeptics
For a long time, nuclear fusion has been a sci-fi fantasy; the holy grail of energy production that involves the combination of multiple atomic nuclei to generate energy. It’s the same process used by the sun to create energy, and the opposite of nuclear fission,...
MPI Responds to Frontier Study; Mark Milke Rebuts MPI
Manitoba Public Insurance insists it offers consumers a better deal on car insurance, but in a different way than it previously argued. Despite the calumnies tossed his way by MPI, Mark Milke sticks to the facts.
Saskatchewan ponders business tax relief
CALGARY - Saskatchewan's NDP government is expected to make deep cuts to its corporate taxes to keep up with its business-friendly Western Canadian neighbours. The province's budget, due in late March or early April, is expected to implement at least some of the...
GST and Transfer Reform
Instead of lowering the GST, why not give it to the provinces in exchange for an end to federal transfer programs?
Native Elites Try to Stifle the Media
Federal election irregularities in a riding heavily populated by aboriginals are a reminder that democratic values require more than just lip service. Such problems need to be openly and clearly addressed.
A generation in debt, with no way out
Education is supposed to be the ticket to prosperity, but young people find themselves saddled with debt, not only personal but generational.
The Decline And Fall Of Europe
Cartoons and riots made the headlines in Europe last week, but a far less fiery event, the publication of an academic study, may shed greater light on the future of the continent. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), headquartered in...
An Environmental Strategy for Stephen Harper
The new Conservative government is uniquely positioned to forge a new, modern environmentalism.
Spinning Gold Out of Straw
'We were told it couldn't be done. Too many people had tried and failed.' -- Ray Dueck MORRIS -- Got gas? Gas from biomass, that is? Some people do, and they're laughing all the way to the bank. A biomass gasifier that turns straw into heat is proving a huge...
NHS ‘to Fund 40% of Private Surgery’
Supporting the expansion of private provision in the health service, Mr Blair said that by 2008 40 per cent of private sector operations would be for NHS patients.