This sprawling city missed the real-estate boom that sent home prices soaring on the East and West coasts. Now, with much of the nation's housing market in retreat, it has yet to feel even a tremor. In September, local sales of single-family homes and condominiums...
Year: 2006
10 “Smart Green” Ideas for Reducing Greenhouse Gases
Environmental improvement requires wealth creation, and governments can move towards a greener planet without restricting the human freedom necessary for economic growth.
The World is Richer and Healthier
Indur Goklany’s new book The Improving State of the World is creating some waves for its optimistic outlook.
A Day in the Intellectual Glare of Hitchens
Contrarian opines on religion to his crowd of followers
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Traditional Teaching is not Obsolete
Artificial intelligence has come a long way. Unlike the rudimentary software of the past, modern-day programs such as ChatGPT are truly impressive. Whether you need a 1,000-word essay summarizing the history of Manitoba, a 500-word article extolling the virtues of...
Ottawa’s Policies Defeat Its Critical Minerals Push
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a recent rush visit to the Saskatchewan Research Council’s experimental rare earth refining facility in Saskatoon. He touted his government’s efforts to promote rare earth discovery, development, and extraction, along with the...
A Nudge for Rip Van Winkle
Saskatchewan just cut its provincial tax, when is Manitoba going to join in on the tax cutting?
Gas Tax to go for Highways
The NDP government introduced legislation Thursday that will mandate all money collected from on-road fuel tax be dedicated to the province’s highways. The move was promised in this year’s throne speech. The gas tax is 15 cents per litre and the government collects...
How Alberta’s next premier can lead in health care
Alberta has already proved that responsible public-private competition has helped its education programs now Albertans are asking for the same to be applied to its healthcare programs.
Prairie Wheat: 13.5% Protein 86.5% Politics – Loyns Powerpoint
Powerpoint slides from Dr. Al Loyns discusses Wheat Board politics . . .
Wheat Board Needs to Develop a Backbone
Advocates for the Canadian Wheat Board who say a loss of monopoly power would destroy the agency are mistaken. Its strengths could easily be translated into successful performance in a free market.
Tories Draft Brian Crowley to Advise on Finance Policy
A prominent, but controversial, free-market economist from Atlantic Canada, who has publicly criticized government pay-equity programs and argued that employment insurance, equalization and regional development programs have retarded growth in the economically...
What Can We Learn from Frédéric Bastiat?
An overview of 19th century writer Frédéric Bastiat’s opinions of the proper role of government from his book The Law and the circumstances that brought about those opinions.
Disillusioned Ohio Voters Make GOP Pay
The Democrats' call for change has echoed loudly across Ohio as voters savaged Republicans for the war in Iraq, corruption and just about everything else that's gone wrong inside and outside the state since 2004. Widespread disillusionment helped make this bellwether...
Healthcare Wait Times Longer, Think Tank Says
Hightlights from the annual Fraser Institute study comparing health care wait times for each province.