Fighting the massive Talbot Lake forest fire in 1989 was a complicated, dangerous and unpredictable task.
Year: 2006
William D. Eggers, Senior Fellow, the Manhattan Institute
One of the world’s most accomplished scholars in the fields of re-inventing government, privatizations and e-government discusses these and related issues.
The Untold Tale of How Government Got Big
After over a century of increasing gross domestic product (GDP) ratio, it’s finally on a downward swing. Read on for a brief history on governments’ spending practices.
Breaking the Board
A meeting between the federal agriculture minister and a bunch of farm groups to discuss the future of grain exports in Canada might not seem like a provocative act. But to the Canadian Wheat Board, it was likely considered an act of war when Chuck Strahl convened the...
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Carbon Border Taxes: A Counterproductive Idea Which Will Lead to Penalized Customers
Carbon taxes at the borders are becoming a popular idea among some countries and world regions. For example, the European Commission, the EU executive institution, is proposing environmental tariffs “on imports from countries with less stringent climate-protection...
Reverse Orwell to Give Our Leaders New Titles
In his novel 1984, George Orwell envisioned a future that is arguably unfolding before our eyes where government authority was supreme and truth and freedom were not to be found. Perhaps he should have named his novel 2021 because our times seem more like his novel...
Vancouver Housing ‘Severely Unaffordable’
Three cities in Canada made the most affordable list with Winnipeg in third place worldwide with a house price to income ratio of 2.4, followed by Edmonton and Quebec City, tied at 14th with an index of 2.8.
Energy Farming—Manitoba’s Biofuels Future
The Prairies are ideally situated for an exciting new industry that makes ecological and economic sense.
Obsolete Regulations Restrict Value-added Agricultural Exports
Well-intended regulations on the use of port containers makes their use for shipping food to foreign customers much too expensive.
New Government in Ottawa Means Hope for First Nations
Paul Martin was putty in the hands of the Chiefs, but Stephen Harper might prove different.
Are Choices Lacking for Parents in Publicly Funded Schools?
In all provinces except Alberta, school choice is the exception rather than the rule, and the results show that Alberta’s on the right track.
Healthcare Problems We Share
Healthy, Wealthy and Wise: Five Steps to a Better Health Care System, by John F. Cogan, R. Glenn Hubbard, and Daniel P. Kessler, AEI Press, 139 pages,$18 No politician campaigning in January’s federal election would have dared to recommend that Canada adopt...
Election Shows that First-Past-the-Post Delivers
Reforming Canadian elections by adopting proportional representation for parties is back in vogue, but countries using it have experienced problems.
The Potential for Grass Biofuel Pellets
A crop that grows naturally on the North American prairies could help solve our energy problems while providing farmers with an important new source of revenue.
A Frontier Throne Speech
Frontier takes a shot at a throne speech – in the Canada West Foundation’s Dialogues magazine, January 2006.