Listen to David Seymour speak about the LGPI, specifically Calgary here. (13 minutes)
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Sherbrooke’s High Debt?
The City of Sherbrooke has high debt levels and is struggling to provide core services, states a new national survey. The Frontier Centre for Public Policy, a Manitoba-based think tank, just released the results of its first Local Government Performance Index: A...
Montreal Deep in Debt
A recent Winnipeg study has named Montreal the most indebted major Canadian city, with debts over three times higher than the national average for Canadian cities. The study, entitled "Local Government Performance Index: A Financial Analysis of 30 Canadian Cities,"...
Canada’s Cities Need to Close Performance-Information Gap
Full accrual accounting, world-class asset management and robust public disclosure cannot come fast enough to Canada’s cities.
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Our Health Ministers Need to Take a Lesson from Hockey Coaches
Those of you who are tired of my rants about the demise of our once great health system will be pleased to know that this is my last editorial. I am retiring from the BCMJ Editorial Board; currently, I am the longest-serving member (more than 20 years). I have been a...
Zinchuk: Oilpatch Only Spending Half What It Spent in 2014
Back in the lofty, pre-Justin Trudeau government days of 2014, back when oil was booming, pipelines were planned to east and west coasts, and Alberta and Saskatchewan were swimming in money, around $81 billion was spent in capital expenditures (CAPEX) in the Canadian...
Head of Think-Tank Decries Subsidized Hydro Rates
Effective public policy is about making smart choices that produce better outcomes. Why its not smart to subsidize electricity and keep your taxes high.
Why Urban Planners Love Global Warming
Why Urban Planners Love Global Warming
How Urbanization Changes Environmental Policy
An urbanized environmental policy neglects environmental issues outside of cities.
Hail Chief Paleface
A quirky look at what it means to be an “Indian”.
Brad Wall Needs Braver Policy
Brad Wall, the enterprising new Premier of Saskatchewan, should be immensely enjoying his solid win after last week’s election. With a safe campaign, he avoided any mishaps that would make the Saskatchewan Party’s bid for power unsuccessful. The more interesting...
Why Planned Integration of Land Use and Transport will Not Achieve its Goals.
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BACK TO THE FUTURE: LAND TRANSPORT AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
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When We Stop Laughing at Belgium, We Might Want to Cry
Poor Belgium. If it didn’t exist, it would have to be invented. Somebody, after all, has to serve as the butt of jokes about intellectually-challenged clodhoppers. As the country passed its record 150th day this week without a legitimate government, it solidified its...
Free Market is Not so Free for Consumers
How government policy conspires to rip off Canadian consumers.