Public planners tend to look for big, dramatic solutions — social engineering, infrastructure construction and so on — when small economic signals might have the same desired effect.
Year: 2010
East Side Still The Best Bet: All-weather-road would advance First Nation economies
Rather than build costly hydro lines on the west side of Lake Winnipeg,the Manitoba government should build these lines on the east side and expand a direct all-weather-road system there at the same time.
Greenpeace’s Carbon Footprint Takes Wing: Activist group behaving like spoiled teenagers
A recent publicity stunt by Greenpeace in Calgary only reveals the duplicity of this organization which flies activists around the world and fails to realize where the energy they use comes from.
How to Kill Traffic Congestion: Apply market pricing to Canada’s roads
Traffic in Canada could be more evenly spread out during the day the roads more efficiently—if market pricing was used.
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Energy Inquiry Shows the Problem and the Way
If a public inquiry found that hundreds of millions of dollars was being funnelled by foreign entities to undermine Canadian industry, should we conclude there is nothing wrong? Remarkably, the public inquiry’s final report into anti-Alberta energy campaigns did the...
Why Millennials Prefer DIY Investing
One-third of Canadian millennials prefer going solo when it comes to managing and investing their money. Online financial education and tools are changing the rules of the game and threatening to affect financial advisors how emails affected mailmen. A recent poll...
Relocate Remote Native Reserves, New Study says; Isolation from ‘Wider Economic and Social Processes’ Has Led to Problems Such as Teen Suicide, Alcoholism
“A bold new study calls on Ottawa and Canada’s native leaders to negotiate the relocation of remote Indian reserves to areas close to Canadian cities.”
Media Release – 2010 International Property Rights Index: Canada outranks USA; but Improvements Needed: Finland scores highest in protection of property; Canada at 12th place but has no constitutional guarantees for property
In 2010, Canada ranks as the highest country in the Western hemisphere for protection of property, according to a new international study.
2010 International Property Rights Index: Canada outranks USA; but Improvements Needed
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy, along with the International Property Rights Alliance, released the 2010 International Property Rights Index. The Index, measures the protection of property rights in 125 countries.
Denial Not Just For The Deniers
“Those who once called skeptics about catastrophic man-made climate change “deniers” are themselves now in a state of denial as both the science and public opinion shifts against them.”
Align Public Sector Incentives With the Private Sector: How to make government work long-term
If Canadian governments wish to rein in spending and avoid long-term liabilities, put public sector pensions on a track to matching contributions, not defined benefits, says Mark Milke.
Zero Budget Growth
“Over the past hundred years, government has grown to gigantic proportions. It intervenes in almost every aspect of our lives.”
Atlanta: Ground Zero for the American Dream
“Our 6th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey found Atlanta to be the second most affordable metropolitan area with more than 1,000,000 residents and the 17th most affordable metropolitan area out of 272 markets in six nations. Portland ranked 180th.”
Canada v. Europe on Patient Rights: Canada Lags: In Europe, healthcare is more responsive to consumer needs than in Canada
European consumers generally have superior access to information about their health care options and their own condition than Canadian patients. FC055
What’s Driving Olympics Homeless Protesters (in News)
“The provincial government bills British Columbia as the “Best Place on Earth” but rarely mentions that Vancouver is also among the least affordable places in the world to find a home.”