Environmentalist organizations are spreading misinformation about genetically modified crops, despite their obvious health benefits in many developing countries.
Year: 2013
Fraser Institute on the Wireless Debates
The Fraser Institute has come out in favour of dropping the remaining foreign ownership restrictions in the telecom industry as the way to solve our current policy issues in the wireless sector. Reducing and eventually eliminating the foreign ownership restrictions is...
The Sky Did Not Fall After All: On the one year anniversary of the end of the Canadian Wheat Board’s marketing monopoly
The one-year anniversary on Aug. 1 of the removal of the 75-year Canadian Wheat Board monopoly on western wheat and barley sales was marked with celebration in some quarters. None of the consequences predicted by single -desk monopoly supporters came close to materializing.
Hydro’s Financial Position is Not Strong
The financial sections of the Crown corporation's 2012-13 Annual Report focuses on two myths - that its reported profit of $92 million is adequate, having arisen from prudent and profitable operations, and, secondly, that the Utility's financial position is 'strong',...
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How the Prairie Provinces Can Benefit from an Improved Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Trans-Pacific Partnership was one of the world’s most ambitious trade deals. The agreement between Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam and the United States was signed on February 4, 2016. Its goal was...
Social Conflict Abridged: From Unperceived Injuries to Claiming—What is Conflict?
Societies today are in a state of flux influenced by myriad factors—globalization versus nationalism, liberalization versus traditional values, and immigration versus closed borders. Some people perceive that an injustice has been committed against them while others...
Kudos to Environment Minister Peter Kent for giving Canadians a climate scare-free Earth Day
Happily, and perhaps unexpectedly, Canadian Environment Minister Peter Kent resisted the temptation to associate his Earth Day speech with the climate scare. In an announcement that included nothing at all about climate, global warming, greenhouse gases or carbon dioxide, Kent and his Alberta counter-part Diana McQueen instead discussed a practical, science-based plan to enhance public access to real pollution data from the oilsands.
First Nations involvement in mining project could be transformative
The Ring of Fire deposit north of Thunder Bay, Ontario is expected to generate about $120 billion in economic activity over its entire life. The deposit includes chromite (used in stainless steel), as well as copper and nickel. Tony Clement, the treasury board...
Show Trial on the Red
Introduction At least five years and perhaps $2 billion and several made commitments late, the Selinger government has provided the Public Utilities Board (PUB) direction and terms of reference for a review of Manitoba Hydro’s long-touted development plans. In its...
Former Shell CEO on Keystone XL
Former Shell Oil President John Hofmeister says the Obama administration will eventually approve the Keystone XL pipeline but politics has held up a decision.
Deceiving Oneself to the Cost of Others
The budget, implemented, will make a heavily indebted and high-taxed Manitoba even less competitive with other jurisdictions than it already is, resulting in less investment in the Province and more ‘movements out’ of the young, the skilled, the professionals and the wealthy.
Speaker Argues Against Compact Cities
Participants at a housing innovation and infrastructure forum heard a defence of detached housing and against compact cities. Wendell Cox, an international public policy consultant specializing in urban policy, transport and demographics, told the audience at the forum cities that have urban containment policies push up housing prices and make them less affordable.
Eco-Fascists by Elizabeth Nickson
Professor Barry Cooper reviews Elizabeth Nickson’s controversial book “eco-fascism” and discusses the threat that radical conservationism poses to the development of smart environmental policy in Canada. Elizabeth Nickson can write. She developed her skills as a...
Media Release – Eco-Fascists: A Review of Eco-Fascists: How Radical Conservationists are Destroying our Natural Heritage, by Elizabeth Nickson.
Professor Barry Cooper reviews Elizabeth Nickson’s controversial 2012 book about “eco-fascism” and considers its implications for policy development in Canada.
Mayor Katz highlights the biggest problem with Manitoba’s PST increase
The PST hike was ostensibly meant to fund infrastructure. Yet, as Sam Katz pointed out, it will actually reduce the ability of the City of Winnipeg to meet its own infrastructure obligations. Katz argues that while Winnipeg residents pay 61 percent of PST revenue, they’ll only receive $7 million of the $277 million from the PST increase.