On mass paranoia masquerading as official policy.
Year: 2007
It’s Great to Come Home – but . . .
It’s Great to Come Home – but . . .
Kiwi Fruit for America
Once upon a time, in a country way, way down under, the government dismantled its system of agricultural subsidies and supports. Initially, cries of outrage and disbelief were heard from farmers all across the land. For more than 20 years, farm assistance had steadily...
Shifting the Policy Emphasis from Inputs to Results
The 2007 Saskatchewan Throne speech highlights an opportunity to improve the way that politicians aim for policy objectives.
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Canadian Property Rights Index 2023
A Snapshot of Property Rights Protection in Canada After 10 years
Alberta Politics and Empty Promises of Health-care Solutions
The writ has been dropped and Albertans are off to the polls on May 29. That leaves just four weeks for political leaders and voters to sort out what is arguably the most divisive, yet significant, issue for this election - health care. On Day 2, NDP leader Rachel...
Human Rights Commissions’ Time has Passed
After hard won battles against real discrimination, Human Rights Commissions have become ironically repressive.
On Religion and the Environment
Greetings, I enjoy receiving the email updates that are sent out from the Frontier Centre. I especially appreciate the work you have done in regard to the global warming bogeyman. Will Rogers said, when he was a kid, that he was always told anyone in America could...
Adaptation, Not Emission Cuts
Government officials from around the world have descended on the Indonesian resort island of Bali for two weeks of climate negotiations. The talk is of a new Kyoto-like treaty, with global caps on emissions of greenhouse gases. But such a treaty would harm the poor,...
After the Chaoulli Judgment — What’s Next?
PowerPoint slides from Lunch on the Frontier with Dr. Jacques Chaoulli, December 6, 2007 in Winnipeg.
McFadyen Will Tour Province to Stop Power Line
Provincial Opposition Leader Hugh McFadyen will spend two months touring rural and urban communities next year to muster support for what he says is the greatest policy blunder in Manitoba's history -- the decision to build a hydroelectric transmission line down the...
A Thread Down a Football Field
An analysis of why the west side transmission line in Manitoba is sub-optimal environmental and energy policy.
Vouchers Look Pretty in Pink
You may have missed the release of the federal Liberal’s Pink Book II last week. Certainly the Liberal Women’s Caucus new women’s platform was overshadowed by other female issues, such as the bizarre allegation that Tory MP James Moore was ogling lingerie models in...
Environmental Policy: More Science and Less Religion Please
Environmental policies must reflect the uncertainty inherent in science and new information that is always being collected.
The Pope Condemns the Climate Change Prophets of Doom
Pope Benedict XVI has launched a surprise attack on climate change prophets of doom, warning them that any solutions to global warming must be based on firm evidence and not on dubious ideology.