The environment has become the new reason for interventionist government and proponents quite happily admit the same.
Year: 2008
Dysfunctional Democracy On Reserves
When First Nations push for enhanced powers of self-government they need to push for the bastions of good governance too — transparency, accountability and a strict electoral protocol. Until that happens I will not vote in a reserve election. Until the requirements for chieftainship are held to a higher covenant than how many people you know or can influence, I will not vote.
Corporate Canada’s Ladies of the Night
Emergency bailouts are akin to firemen breaking into a house to save its inhabitants, douse the flames and prevent its collapse; they don’t justify similar subsidies to everyone.
Better Roads = Lower Greenhouse Gases
Upgrading the Perimeter Highway to free-flowing conditions has demonstrated environmental benefits, cost and travel time benefits for the users and improved public safety. It is time for the Government to get serious about smart green policies that show concrete benefits to Manitobans beyond simple emissions reductions.
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Celebrating Manitoba’s Fisher River First Nation
Indigenous communities in Manitoba face some of the greatest obstacles. Over the years, when the UN Human Development Index was applied to First Nation communities across Canada, Manitoba First Nations often ranked lowest. So, it’s important to highlight some of the...
UK-Canada Nuclear Fusion Project Could Generate Jobs, Unite Climate Alarmists and Skeptics
For a long time, nuclear fusion has been a sci-fi fantasy; the holy grail of energy production that involves the combination of multiple atomic nuclei to generate energy. It’s the same process used by the sun to create energy, and the opposite of nuclear fission,...
Battle Over Eminent Domain Is Another Civil Rights Issue
Few policies have done more to destroy community and opportunity for minorities than eminent domain. The fact is that eminent-domain abuse is a crucial constitutional rights issue.
Richard Epstein
One of the world’s most high-powered thinkers, University of Chicago Law Professor Richard Epstein, interviewed by the Frontier Centre.
It’s A Fight To Keep Fishing
Like every fish story, there is the one that got away — now these fishers are refusing to “bush” pickerel and want to sell it on the open market, which is offering a huge dollar these days.
Too “Complex”?
The problem is not that supply and demand is such a complex explanation. The problem is that supply and demand is not an emotionally satisfying explanation. For that, you need melodrama, heroes and villains.
Not All Equalization Is Created Fairly
The have-nots never think they’re getting enough, while contributing provinces argue the money allows recipient provinces to run lousy fiscal policies. While equalization aims to ensure similar levels of government services in all provinces, it measures revenue, not expenditures.
Social Housing Occupants Won’t Get Option To Buy
Ottawa’s social housing stock likely won’t be offered for sale to tenants who can barely pay subsidized rent, a city official says. (Tenants) can just barely afford the rent with all the subsidies we give them,” said Russell Mawby, the city’s social housing manager.
Maori ‘Models’ For Progress
Maori were given greater independence, tribal redevelopment and greater service delivery. In other words, a greater emphasis on self-reliance.
Why Fume? Gasoline Remains A Bargain
The rising price of gasoline irks people intensely but so far hasn’t hurt them significantly. In fact, of course, people are getting the energy equivalent of two tanks of gas every time they fill up. It’s like paying twice as much as you want to pay for a carton of eggs – but getting 24 of them in every dozen.
How Overseas Recruitment can Fix Labour Shortages (Linda West)
PowerPoint slides from Linda West’s speech on overseas recruitment as a good solution to labour shortages in Canada.