Today’s minimum wage increase will bring hidden costs to society including higher unemployment and negative impacts on the profitability and survivability of local businesses.
Year: 2010
Clunkers,’ A Classic Government Folly
“In the market for a used car? Good luck finding a bargain: The price of “pre-owned’’ vehicles has climbed considerably over the past year. According to Edmunds.com, a website for car buyers, a three-year-old automobile today will set you back, on average, close to $20,000.”
Scare Campaigns to the Contrary, Canada Won’t Run Out of Water: Rational argument not emotional appeals should shape policy discourse on water
Scare campaigns to the contrary, Canada is not going to run out of water.
Like Having a Job? You’ll Love Proposition 23
“Prop. 23 will temporarily suspend some very expensive, job-killing regulations under the state’s global warming law, AB32 – regulations that even folks advocating immediate implementation of those rules admit will cost jobs.”
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The Renewable Part of Hydrogen is the Hype
Once again, the world is staging ClimateFest 26, aka the United Nations Conference of the Parties, where peddlers of alternative energy schemes try to plunge their dippers into the river of climate change funding that flows around the world. This funding is generated...
Small Gestures Speak Louder than Great Deeds
The age-old expression that actions speak louder than words conveys an important insight: character is best judged through action. Anyone can say or promise anything but doing requires ability and skill, discipline and commitment. So, the simplest test of character is...
Maxime Bernier, Former Industry and Foreign Affairs Minister and MP for Beauce
You have to be out there. You have to explain what you believe in and I think people are intelligent. If you have a good idea and it is based on facts and you can explain it, I think people will understand and they will vote for you.
Latest U.S. Carbon Bill More Bad Policy
“It is predicated on the false assumption that an increase in CO2 causes a temperature increase. Every record of any duration for any period in Earth’s history shows temperature increases before CO2 increases.”
Our Health Care Report Card
“A survey of 34 countries shows Canada near the top of the pack for per-capita spending, but near the bottom for results. In other words, we pay for a world-leading health care system, but we don’t get it.”
First Nation Election Report Good Start: Independent election appeal process needed
A new Senate report that takes a look at band council elections deserves serious attention as it has some good ideas for reform.
The Tragedy of the Legislature: How the built-in incentives for voters and politicians in our system create acrimony.
Frustrated with the tone of the Saskatchewan legislature lately? This piece gives a novel analysis of the underlying cause.
Lunch on the Frontier – With Maxime Bernier
Listen to Maxime Bernier speak at Lunch on the Frontier on small limited government here. (43 minutes)
Political, Media, and Bureaucratic Distortions of Weather and Climate
“There is always concern about the current conditions and the belief that they are abnormal. Now people are deliberately led to believe that the conditions are abnormal to perpetuate the claims that humans are causing the change.”
‘Lack of climate change consensus’ puts feds, Alberta, on collision course
Source: Edmonton Journal, Wednesday, May 12 2010 Equalization and climate change policy are two areas of increasing federal-provincial tension. Albertans want their province to play a leadership role in finding solutions. Albertans are generous. I believe...
Demography is Medicare’s Destiny: Baby Boomers will vote for competition in healthcare once they are regular healthcare consumers
Europe has lessons for Canada in healthcare, and as the boomers retire, they will change the political calculus in favour of reform towards competition based European-style models.