Danish lawmakers have killed a controversial “fat tax” one year after its implementation, after finding its negative effect on the economy and the strain it has put on small businesses far outweigh the health benefits.
Year: 2012
After Sandy, No One Lined Up for Wind Turbines: The greens want to go ‘beyond oil,’ but without it we’d freeze in the dark.
Last year, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg pledged $50 million to the Sierra Club for its “beyond coal” campaign. But the mayor hasn’t—and won’t—be directing any cash to the club’s parallel “beyond oil” campaign.
Who speaks for First Nations in creating the post-Indian Act landscape?
National Chief Shawn Atleo is calling for more First Nations involvement in re-designing the post-Indian Act world. Atleo chastised the federal government's approach towards First Nations by calling it, "limited, narrow, piecemeal and unilateral." He also wants to...
Can’t Pick and Choose Free Speech: U of M missed opportunity to lead
A barometer on university campus freedom of expression gave the University of Manitoba a bad grade, albeit not the worse, which means Manitoba missed out on an opportunity to lead on university free speech.
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Time to Stop Lockdowns, Vaccine Mandates and Crushing Our Charter of Rights
If one was to discuss the state of the world’s democracies in September of 2019, it would look entirely different than it does today in 2022. Three years ago, Canadians generally thought that: our democracy was relatively strong and citizens would defend their...
Propaganda Rules the World
One of the greatest books that explain how the world works is Propaganda by Edward Bernays. The man dubbed “the father of public relations” applied the psychological ideas of his uncle Sigmund Freud upon the masses, triggering their basic motivations to the benefit of...
Feds Cut Funding to Native Groups: Decision opportunity to re-think priorities
Recent cuts to aboriginal political organizations are not as bad as some say as front line services are not affected and the decision creates an opportunity to discuss how to re-focus and trim these lobby groups for the benefit of all First Nations, especially the grassroots.
Private Smoking Bans
Indoor public smoking bans are now common place, but health advocates continue to push for further and further restrictions on outdoor public areas, like playgrounds, parks, outdoor dining areas, etc, and have had some success in some cities.
Media Release – Freshwater Fish Monopoly is Impoverishing Aboriginal Fishers: Communities need freedom to market their fish
A new Frontier Centre study suggests that many Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal fishers need to withdraw from the monopoly of the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation as market conditions have changed and today’s fishers are quite capable of marketing their own fish.
Free to Fish: How a Freshwater Fish Monopoly is Impoverishing Aboriginal Fishers
A new policy paper by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy looks at the evidence for giving Prairie fishers, particularly from indigenous communities, more freedom to sell and market their own freshwater fish.
How Canada Saved Its Bacon: Deep cuts in government spending pulled Canada back from an epic fiscal crisis in the 1990s.
Former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin has a stern warning for the U.S. political class: Get real about the gap between federal revenues and spending, or get ready for disaster.
Language matters in war
Politically correct but deceptive phrases such as “carbon tax” are dangerous because they influence millions of people and, ultimately, important government policy.
Hey, Mitt, Voters Aren’t the Obstacle: Understanding where the opposition to change really comes from.
Voters are not the primary obstacle to reform. Forty-five-year-olds don’t rise in revolt because somebody proposes raising the retirement age decades from now. One of the fastest growing federal liabilities is the Social Security disability system. Advocates for the disabled actually criticize the program for not doing more to get recipients back into jobs and off the dole.
A Forward Looking Economic Plan
PowerPoint slides which accompanied Honourable Jon Gerrard’s speech A Forward Looking Economic Plan for Manitoba that he gave in Winnipeg, September 19, 2012.
Plagiarism and Intent
Margaret Wente at the Globe is accused of plagiarising, but her woes pale in comparison to the ongoing problem in universities.