The Government of Canada has reached an agreement with the State of Michigan to build a new international bridge. Canadian taxpayers would pay the entire cost. However, a private company already plans to build a new bridge. The government would be better off allowing the private sector to absorb the risk.
Year: 2012
You Had To Wait How Long For A Phone?
You might be forgiven for thinking that the days of waiting three to six months to get a phone hooked up at your house were long gone. Surely that was all fixed when the telephone companies were privatized and the efficiencies and competition of the market started...
The Myths of Equalization: Notes for Speech by Prof. David C. MacKinnon to the Rotary Club of Ottawa West
I will deal with the myths associated with the current equalization system and then devote the largest part of my remarks to the consequences of these myths for Canadians and the politics of actually changing.
Canada’s Organic Nightmare
A sustained assault is being levelled against agriculture across North America. It comes generally from environmentalists but more specifically from the organic industry, which survives, for the most part, by levelling unfounded attacks against any form of food that...
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The Renewable Part of Hydrogen is the Hype
Once again, the world is staging ClimateFest 26, aka the United Nations Conference of the Parties, where peddlers of alternative energy schemes try to plunge their dippers into the river of climate change funding that flows around the world. This funding is generated...
Small Gestures Speak Louder than Great Deeds
The age-old expression that actions speak louder than words conveys an important insight: character is best judged through action. Anyone can say or promise anything but doing requires ability and skill, discipline and commitment. So, the simplest test of character is...
Ross Sheppard Principal Lashes Out at Media, says He did Nothing Wrong Bringing in ‘No Zeros’ Policy
In face of massive parental discontent with “No Zeros” policy, a defiant Ron Bradley blames media, saying it “deteriorated to the quality of pulp fiction.”
How Much You Wanna Bet
I’ll bet you didn’t know that the majority of the certified-organic food sold in this country is imported. Brokers in places like China have figured out that all we require is paperwork to “prove” a crop is genuinely organic. And, speaking of China, were you aware that only Chinese inspectors who are active members of The Communist Party of China are allowed to inspect Chinese farms, in spite of the fact that it’s USDA and CFIA certification being granted? Who came up with that lame idea?
Open to Healthcare Ideas
In the Spanish region of Valencia private companies run a quarter of the hospitals and primary care services. They cost 20 per cent less per patient than their state-run competitors, yet have maintained clinical quality.
More Voting System Follies from New Zealand: Proportional Voting a Recipe for Political Instability
In the lead up to last year’s referendum on our voting system, New Zealanders were re-assured that if MMP was successful, the system would be reviewed and improved. This promise persuaded many people who were considering voting for change, to stick with the status quo and vote for MMP.
National Empty Chair Day
Personally, I like the empty chair metaphor and I think it puts focus on what is missing with the current POTUS.
Quebec Election
Polls close at 8pm ET in the Quebec election today and while the Parti Québécois are still the favourites, the polls are close and it would not be a big upset if either the Liberals or Coalition Avenir Québec managed to eke out a victory in the end.
The Future of Farming: – Dennis Avery, Director of the Center for Global Food Issues at the Hudson Institute
Tomorrow’s farming will look like today’s, only more so. Crop and livestock yields per acre must triple again to protect wildlife habitat. Biotechnology will be increasingly vital. Confinement feeding will be even more important, to leave room for wildlife. Organic will prove to be a fad, as will locovores and vegetarians. Activists will be less credible than over the past 50 years.
Food Versus Fuel in Germany
Intentionally dedicating land to produce bio-gas is offensive.
Current and Future State of the Oil and Gas Pipelines
Listen to the Natural Resources Committee investigate the future of oil and gas in Canada here. (119 minutes)