“This global-warming/climate-change stuff is a great racket. Over in England right now, they’re locked in the jaws of a very early freeze-up. The roads are iced, the plows overworked, and people are angry. But there’s a precious subset of the English population that are not enduring the frigid and premature torments of a northern winter.”
Year: 2010
Real Brain-Based Learning: Traditional teaching methods are supported by the evidence
The evidence from cognitive psychology clearly backs up the claim that providing a solid knowledge base to students is an essential part of a quality education.
Do You Believe in Magic … Climate Numbers?: Should temperatures pulled out of a hat be the basis for energy and economic policies?
Should temperatures pulled out of a hat be the basis for energy and economic policies?
Canada Health Consumer Index 2010
The annual Canada Health Consumer Index evaluates healthcare-system performance in the ten provinces from the perspective of the consumer. For the third straight year, Ontario and British Columbia finish with the top scores in the CHCI’s overall rankings.
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Traditional Teaching is not Obsolete
Artificial intelligence has come a long way. Unlike the rudimentary software of the past, modern-day programs such as ChatGPT are truly impressive. Whether you need a 1,000-word essay summarizing the history of Manitoba, a 500-word article extolling the virtues of...
Ottawa’s Policies Defeat Its Critical Minerals Push
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a recent rush visit to the Saskatchewan Research Council’s experimental rare earth refining facility in Saskatoon. He touted his government’s efforts to promote rare earth discovery, development, and extraction, along with the...
Reserves Are Part Of The Problem
“When it comes to aboriginal affairs, it’s too bad that many of the ideas meant to improve the lives of ordinary natives never see the light of day. The best suggestion I’ve seen all year is the proposal by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy that non-viable reserves be relocated closer to urban centres — and jobs.”
Why Food Bank Use is Increasing, Despite a Reduction in Poverty
Many people believe that food banks are a necessary evil, a community response to the failure of governments to address increasing poverty, and even a yellow canary for our society. The evidence, however, does not support the notion that food bank use and poverty rates are closely linked.
Editorial: Stealth equalization;: Practice of stuffing federal jobs into have-not provinces is form of transfer payment
“Over the past week and month, prominent players in business and political circles from Eastern and Central Canada made it clear the dysfunctional dependency on federal largesse — largely financed by Western Canada, must end, and that such transfers in their current form may be doing more harm than good.”
There Is No Water Shortage
“There is no shortage of water. Amounts available vary regionally and change over time as precipitation amounts vary. Demand also changes with increases in population and economic development. Crude estimates indicate water use per person is 15 liters in undeveloped countries and approximately 900 liters in developed countries. Throughout history humans have developed remarkable techniques and technologies to deal with these issues. Few of these attempted to reduce demand, most worked to increase supply.”
Defying Trend, Canada Lures More Migrants
“As waves of immigrants from the developing world remade Canada a decade ago, the famously friendly people of Manitoba could not contain their pique. What irked them was not the Babel of tongues, the billions spent on health care and social services, or the explosion of ethnic identities. The rub was the newcomers’ preference for “M.T.V.” — Montreal, Toronto or Vancouver — over the humble prairie province north of North Dakota, which coveted workers and population growth.”
Report Pans ‘Stealth Equalization’;: Analysis Think-tank says fed jobs in New Brunswick, other provinces amount to additional transfer of money from Ottawa
“With the third-largest per-capita concentration of federal government jobs in Canada, New Brunswick is a “have-not” province that’s dependent on a hidden system of “stealth equalization” from Ottawa, says a new report from the Frontier Centre for Public Policy.”
Lunch on the Frontier – Healthcare in Canada – With Danielle Smith
Lunch on the Frontier
Ottawa’s Payroll Secretly Skewed Against Ontario;: Public servants abound in Maritimes, Manitoba
“The federal public service has become a “stealth equalization” program that overwhelmingly favours the Maritimes and Manitoba at the expense of Ontario and the rest of Canada, a new study shows.”
Bureaucracies Stealth’ Subsidize Have-Not Provinces: Study
“Canada’s rich westernmost provinces are footing the bill for more than $2-billion annually in “stealth” economic subsidies to the country’s poorest provinces – above and beyond the $14-billion in official federal equalization, according to a study released Monday by a leading Canadian think- tank.”