When the political affiliations of the most outspoken participants are examined, be they special interest lobbyists, scientists, politicians, media or even ordinary citizens, political polarization is readily apparent.
Year: 2010
Bipole Debate is Charging Manitobans Up: Investing in First Nations on east side saves more
A new poll shows more Manitobans favour running a hydro line on the east side rather than the west side, which raises the issue of whether investing in First Nation communities on the east side would be better use of money.
How Mainstreaming Can Hurt Disabled And Regular Students: Part 3 in an ongoing excerpt series on education from the Frontier Centre
Mainstreaming every kid may not always make sense.
Students Need More Lectures: Direct instruction is good teaching
Teachers are often discouraged from lecturing students but students in traditional classrooms outperform those taught primarily through “problem solving” techniques.
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International Corporate Tax-Rate Fixing Will Bind Canada, Limit Choices and Harm Growth
The finance ministers of over 130 nations and territories have arrived at a tentative agreement that will create a tax floor—a minimum corporate tax rate of a proposed 15 per cent. Its proponents, including Ottawa, sadly, claim it will create a “level playing field”...
Ontario Vaccine Mandate Does not Address Concerns of Human Safety
Starting September 7th, 2021, the Ontario government required all workers in high-risk settings to either take the COVID-19 vaccine, provide a medical reason for refusing vaccination or undergo regular testing and education. This includes workers in healthcare,...
Modern Green Romanticism is Misanthropic
“The rise in temperatures of more than 6C and the rise in sea level of 130m during the past 15,000 years, without any anthropogenic emissions, show me that the forces in our solar system are much larger than our puny efforts in affecting climate change.”
The Other Name For “Profiling”: Smart Detective Work: Let’s get real about airport security
Canada should get real about airport security—and that doesn’t include three-hour waits, getting naked, and ignoring profiling.
America’s Power System Is Powerless
“America is a beacon of capitalism, so it can be jarring to discover one of its largest industries is a redoubt of socialism. State governments have been running the electricity business, currently a $330-billion-a-year industry, since Theodore Roosevelt pounded his White House bully pulpit.”
Control of Climate Policies by Unaccountable Bureaucracies: The Canadian Example
“CanadaFreePress published some of this article a few years ago but few saw it because it was quickly pulled after I received a legal threat I was financially unable to fight. Legal threats to silence people are a common practice of supporters of human caused global warming. I related my experience to Dr Fred Singer and he immediately named the lawyer. How did he know? He and others had received threats from the same lawyer. “
Climate conference organizers asked for trouble in Copenhagen
“While activists had finally succeeded in getting most politicians to sing from the same song sheet – the Earth supposedly stands on the brink of a man-made climate catastrophe, leaders recited one after another at the United Nations climate conference in December – environmental groups have totally failed to convince governments to take actions that are even remotely commensurate with the alleged threat. “
Gimme Shelter, For The Homeless: Freedom to build would lower costs and enable homes for the homeless
Canada’s homeless population is primarily a symptom of a restrained housing supply, and government initiatives will continue to fail while the underlying cause is not addressed.
Media Release – Needed: Freedom to Build—For the Homeless
The policy responses to homelessness, while numerous, have not addressed the primary cause: the restrained supply of private housing, which for the last two decades has been a significant reason the homeless proportion of the population has grown so rapidly.
Freedom to Build:Homes For The Homeless
Canada’s homeless population is primarily a symptom of a restrained housing supply, and government initiatives will continue to fail while the underlying cause is not addressed.
Taking the Wind Out of Energy
“Fiscal spending on green energy has created a financial deficit in the power industry as a whole, forcing the government to cut back 30 percent of handouts to the solar energy producers. Thousands of jobs have been lost—part of the country’s painful 19 percent unemployment rate. “