PowerPoint slides detailing Manitoba’s options to balance good and bad algae in its lakes and rivers which accompanied the Breakfast on the Frontier speech by Jan Oleszkiewicz in Winnipeg on November 25th, 2009.
Year: 2009
Band Constitutions: A Tool For Accountability?: First Nations need “made-on-reserve” remedies for governance issues
Many First Nations should adopt and take seriously band constitutions that create institutions of accountability on reserves to check the powers of chief and council.
The Great Green Fraud
As Lord Lawson wrote in his book, those worried about imminent environmental catastrophe, as compared, for examples, to nuclear terrorism or even large meteoric collisions, “need not worry about saving this planet. They are already living on another one … We appear to have entered a new age of unreason … It is from this, above all, that we really need to save the planet.”
Media Release – Christmas Comes Early for Winnipeg Taxi License Owners: Values rise at a trend average of $44/day for the last decade.
When taxi shield holders ask for taxi fares to be raised, decision makers should consider the immense values already capitalised into market value of the licences, now approaching $400,000 in Winnipeg.
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Timeless Wisdom – The Politics of Successful Structural Reform
It’s a well-known pattern in public policy – profligate politicians damaging their economies with out-of-control spending, massive borrowing and higher taxes – inevitably leading to fiscal crisis, sharp declines in growth and ultimately rapidly falling currency value...
Canada’s National Hysteria in the 21st Century
Mass hysteria is the spontaneous manifestation of a particular behaviour by many people. There are numerous historical examples: Middle Age nuns at a convent in France spontaneously began to meow like cats; at another convent, nuns began biting one another. In...
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David MacKinnon Speaks on Taxation and the Economy
Listen to David MacKinnon speak about costs of Public Industry in Canada here. (30 minutes)
Manitoba’s Unsustainable Government Pay Premium : Manitoba taxpayers foot the bill for unusually high public servant salaries
The average provincial public administration employee in Manitoba earns 50 per cent higher wages than the average worker in the province. By comparison, the pay premium in neighbouring Saskatchewan is just 31 per cent.
Manitoba’s Government Pay Premium: Manitoba taxpayers foot the bill for unusually high public servant salaries
Public servants in Manitoba enjoy a larger government “pay premium” than comparable workers in other Canadian jurisdictions. FC052
Comparing Apples to Oranges in Education
Take the challenge of the 8th grade exam circa 1895. Think you can pass?
Media Release – Pulling Back the Curtain : How Transparent are Regina and Saskatoon?
The municipal governments of Regina and Saskatoon report their performances far less often than do other cities cited in this report. As a rule, neither city discloses its performance as extensively as other cities do. There are exceptions as noted and where due. Regina has measured increased numbers for sporting and cultural activities resulting from its online registration option. Saskatoon measured the increase in fines paid because of its COPE program.
Pulling Back the Curtain: How Transparent are Regina and Saskatoon?
How well do Regina and Saskatoon stack up on their ability to be transparent in the services, costs and effectiveness when compared with other Canadian cities? A new Frontier study explains where they miss the mark but can improve.
The End is Nigh
The gloomy end-of-the-world rhetoric of climate change catastrophists is nothing new.
Proselytizing Five-Year Olds
Proselytizing is defined as an attempt to convert someone from one religion, belief, or opinion to another. It has no place in the classroom and requires a constant vigilance to ensure open minds and balanced information.
It’s Show Time!
Human “rights” commissions are long past being fixable. Barry Cooper explains why they should be shut down.