First Nations and Canadian taxpayers need a new expedited approach that prioritizes specific land claims and moves towards a final filing deadline.
Year: 2008
On-Reserve Folks Need Change
Both indigenous communities and the federal government need to work together to improve conditions on reserves so that First Nation people do not feel they have to leave to improve their life.
The 2008 Local Government Performance Index – Ontario Regional Report
Cities are listed in alphabetical order: Ajax Aurora Barrie Belleville Brampton Brantford Burlington Caledon Cambridge Chatham-Kent Clarington Cornwall Greater Sudbury Guelph Halton Hills Hamilton Kawartha Lakes Kingston Kitchener London Markham Milton...
The 2008 Local Government Performance Index – Atlantic Canada Regional Report
Cities are listed in alphabetical order: Newfoundland: St. John's Nova Scotia: Halifax New Brunswick: Frederickton Moncton Saint John
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Why University?
In this essay, I explain that young people should come to university to be educated, and not to become credentialed; the public should support universities because universities educate young people, not because they produce credentialled workers. Why should a...
A Lamentable Tale of Two Colonies
During the whole of recorded history, the empire has been the most constant and common form of political organization. A basic, self-evident feature of all empire-building has been the successful occupation of the lands of the local, Indigenous inhabitants by outside...
Rabbit In The Hat
The problem, of course, is that this process is repeated over and over again in all kinds of government transfers and “investments”, and the Canadian taxpayer ends up paying nearly 40% of his income in miscellaneous taxes. In return, he gets bad services, stupid subsidies, and a pile of regulations, controls and prohibitions.
Regulations Are at the Root of U.S. Housing Mess
As Congress and the Fed administer aid to financial institutions that ignored the history of past cycles, policy makers around the country must change regulations that are targeted at aesthetically displeasing urban sprawl, but create harmful price volatility.
Worst Among Equals? (PowerPoint Slides)
PowerPoint Slides from the Meeting for Policy Experts Seminar releasing the 2008 Canada Health Consumer Index.
Costly Health Care ‘Average’
Walberg said the results suggest provinces like Alberta are spending enough money on health care and should consider changing the way they pay for the system. For instance, she argues the province should scrap the current system where hospitals receive a yearly budget in favour of an incentive-based system where facilities are paid for the services they provide.
Three Questions For Ontario Candidates
The vice is tightening on Ontario and unfortunately the federal government is doing much to help it close. Ottawa is still taking about $80 million every working day from Ontario to fund subsidies, including equalization, for Manitoba, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces.
Radical Environmentalists Part of Economic Meltdown
The saddest comment is that business and industry have the capability to deal with environmental issues in an honest way.
Canada’s Healthcare Lags Far Behind Europe: Study
Story from The Canadian Press discusses the results of two studies released by FCPP: the Canada Health Consumer Index 2008 and the Euro-Canada Health Consumer Index 2008.
Breakfast on the Frontier – Worst Among Equals – With Johan Hjertqvist and Rebecca Walberg
Watch Johan Hjertqvist and Rebecca Walberg present their Canada Health Consumer Index 2008 on Breakfast on the Frontier. (77 minutes)
Which Provinces Deliver the Best Healthcare?
A new report from FCPP and HCP shows that Ontario is the clear winner at providing consumer friendly healthcare, followed by BC and NB. Manitoba, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland are in a race to the bottom. The best performing provinces are also the most cost-effective.