Continuing to spend billions on dams for which the market has effectively disappeared will eventually erode the one undisputed area where Manitoba has some natural strengths – efficient and economical hydro power.
Year: 2012
Northern Dams in Doubt: Province orders study of need for Keeyask, Conawapa
The Selinger government wants the Public Utilities Board rate watchdog to tell it if there’s a better alternative to Manitoba Hydro’s proposed northern Keeyask and Conawapa generating stations.
Saskatchewan (Somewhat) Modernizes Liquor Policies
While the provincial government seems reluctant to make changes that will reduce the cost of alcohol, wine, or beer, they have introduced some modest changes to update the provinces out of date liquor laws.
Anti-oilsands rhetoric distorts accurate assessment of risk
Apparently Quebec's environment affairs has problems with plans to import crude from Alberta's oil sands to Montreal refineries. Daniel Breton, a former environmental activist, mentioned that there are "environmental risks with oil." He then made specific mention of a...
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Why University?
In this essay, I explain that young people should come to university to be educated, and not to become credentialed; the public should support universities because universities educate young people, not because they produce credentialled workers. Why should a...
A Lamentable Tale of Two Colonies
During the whole of recorded history, the empire has been the most constant and common form of political organization. A basic, self-evident feature of all empire-building has been the successful occupation of the lands of the local, Indigenous inhabitants by outside...
Commercial fishing monopoly the problem
A few weeks ago, the Frontier Centre released a policy series called Free to Fish: How a Freshwater Fish Monopoly is Impovering Aboriginal Fishers. The piece tackled the problem of the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation (the FFMC), which is the sole selling and...
First Private ISS Resupply
Back in May I wrote about the first ever docking of the private Dragon capsule with the International Space Station.
Bad Lunches For All: Egalitaranism Run Amok
A particularly talented lunch lady at a Swedish school has been ordered to stop doing such an excellent job because it is “unfair” to students at other schools who do not get to eat such good food.
Imposing logical discipline on the emotional climate debate
Instead of meekly accepting emotional leaps in faith from simple observations about nature to expensive [climate change] policy recommendations, we need to start holding our politicians, media and activists accountable for using logic in their assessments.
Feds Should Fix Equalization
Anyone with even a fleeing memory of Saskatchewan’s former battles with Ottawa over equalization might consider Premier Brad Wall utterly mad even for mentioning the topic today, let alone express concern about the federal program.
Bjorn Lomborg On Sun
Bjorn Lomborg was on Sun TV this evening talking about the latest ideas from his “Copenhagen Consensus” project.
Enbridge may become desperate and choose less safe alternatives
Richard Neufeld, a former B.C. energy minister and oil and gas industry booster, now says publicly he doubts Enbridge will be able to build the Northern Gateway pipeline even if the company obtains federal approval. First Nations protests across BC (Alberta bands are...
The Celtic Workforce (Linda West)
PowerPoint slides which accompanied Linda West’s speech The Celtic Workforce that she gave in Winnipeg, September 20, 2012.
“Crony capitalism” pits politically connected businesses against everyone else
The Washington Times ran an op-ed today in which the author described how incumbent taxi companies are using their political clout to run revolutionary private car service Uber out of business.