According to Auditor-General Michael Ferguson’s recently released Fall Report, “significant weaknesses” continue at Transport Canada. These weaknesses have been flagged for some time, dating back a dozen years to when the federal government adopted a new rail safety...
Year: 2013
A sensible alternative to new dams
Manitoba Hydro, pressured by the provincial government, continues to spend and make commitments for its $22-billion "preferred development plan." The plan involves the construction of Bipole III, down the extreme west side of the province and through prime...
Housing Affordability and Standard of Living
Stu Niebergall I was working out at the gym the other day, when I overheard a discussion regarding housing affordability in Regina. The two who were working out beside me said something I have not heard before in the 20 plus years that I have lived in Regina and, I...
Housing Affordability and the Standard of Living in Saskatoon
Executive Summary Housing affordability has deteriorated markedly in the Saskatoon metropolitan area since 2006. While Saskatchewan has had the largest increase in household of any province over the past five years, house prices have escalated at a far greater rate....
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How to Turn Free Citizens Into Compliant Serfs
Free citizens have minds of their own and want to pursue their lives as they see fit. This is inconvenient for the elites, who wish to be in charge of everyone’s lives so that they can show their superiority and gain benefit for themselves and their friends. So the...
Demographia International Housing Affordability – 2023 Edition Released
Demographia International Housing Affordability rates middle-income housing affordability in 94 major housing markets in eight nations: Australia, Canada, China, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. This edition covers the third...
Preventing the Next Alberta Flood Disaster
Executive Summary • The response to the 2013 southern Alberta floods was effective. Volunteers and governments organized quickly to provide aid and information to the affected communities. • Though the flooding was unprecedented in scale, it was not unexpected. The...
Warden’s Rosy View
Publius read with interest former Manitoba Hydro’s former Chief Financial Officer’s claim that the Utility is in “the strongest financial position in its history” – Manitoba Hydro finances on firm footing (Winnipeg Free Press, November 25, 2013). Mr. Warden...
Canada’s position on Iran is the right one
The ongoing discussions in Geneva between the U.S., Russia, UK, France, China, Germany and Iran have concluded with an historic deal for the west in its attempt to persuade Iran to cease its quest for nuclear weaponry. The deal is being heralded as a diplomatic...
A Climate of Fear, Cash and Correctitude
Paul Driessen and Dennis Mitchell Earth’s geological, archaeological and written histories are replete with climate changes: big and small, short and long, benign, beneficial, catastrophic and everything in between. The Medieval Warm Period (950-1300 AD or CE) was a...
First Nations Election Bill a Step in the Right Direction
Ottawa has introduced Bill C-9, the First Nations Elections Act. It comes in response to concerns expressed by First Nations in Manitoba and Atlantic Canada about rules governing the election of chiefs and band councils. Among other things C-9 will allow...
A Really Bad Argument Against De-Amalgamating the Toronto Megacity
Last Friday, Shawn Micallef, a Toronto Star author, wrote a very bad article about why he believes that de-amalgamating Toronto would be a bad idea. I wrote a letter to the editor to the Star, pointing out how ridiculous the article was, but they ran a letter from the...
Aboriginal Engagement and Economic Development
Who would have known that this is a busy week on aboriginal policy in Canada with the sideshow going on in Toronto that has dominated the news headlines? This week has seen heightened aboriginal engagement not through the protests we typically see covered by the news...
The Undead Suburban Office Market
Source: Wendell Cox, NewGeography, 18 November 2013 The restoration of central city living and working environments has been one of the more important developments in the nation’s metropolitan areas over the past two decades. Regrettably, a good story has been...
The Employment Insurance ripoff
Source: Gregory Thomas, National Post, 20 November 2013 If Stephen Harper really wants to help working Canadians and their families, he needs to scrap the pork-barrelling Employment Insurance (EI) system designed by Pierre Trudeau, and give Canadians back their own...