In this piece in Huffington Post, Canada's famous geneticist, David Suzuki, tried his best to connect the recent Alberta floods to fossil fuel consumption. The attempt goes from fuel consumption, to global warming, to climate change, to flooding rivers. The title of...
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Greedy Africans are Starving Our Cars: US politicians and bureaucrats have less compassion and common sense that average Londoner
Biofuel programs are turning food into fuel, converting cropland into fuel production sites, and disrupting food supplies for hungry people worldwide. The misguided programs are having serious environmental consequences, as well.
BCE Acquisition of Astral Media Approved
The CRTC finally approved BCE’s acquisition of Astra Media, the second time that BCE presented a deal for approval. In this version of the deal BCE has sold interests and will divest itself of several other properties to fall under the thresholds for media...
New Farmer’s Market a Small Step in the Right Direction for Downtown Winnipeg
Rather than focusing on one big answer (e.g. stadiums, convention centres, etc), Downtown Winnipeg needs a lot of little solutions. The new farmers market spearheaded by the Downtown Business Improvement Zone (BIZ) is exactly the type of small scale project that can help with this process.
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Manitoba Needs to Up its Mining Game
There is some good news for mining in Manitoba, but the province needs to reform its mining policies for the sector to thrive. Despite some progress over the years, this province still has a hostile climate for investment and this needs to change. Vale recently...
Why Child-Care Subsidies Will Not Stimulate the Economy
The federal government has spotted another pretext to increase its scope: subsidized child care. Despite knowing economic lockdowns have caused massive job losses, Ottawa officials argue that unaffordable child care impedes women from returning to the workforce....
Tim Sale on Manitoba Hydro
It is time for an independent assessment of Hydro’s current strategy by a competent third party
Does environmental improvement come from increased economic growth?
A growing middle class in China is being credited with pushing the normally opaque Chinese government to deal with air pollution. If this is true, it lends support to the idea that environmental improvement is part of economic growth.
Common Sense Education III: Flaws In The New Math
Common Sense Education gives parents, teachers and students a direct window into the foolish fads that afflict our public education system. This third of ten episodes investigates so called 'new math' and why it doesn't match up to the classic methods. The series is...
Change the Culture of Rape
The recent protests in India are very different from those of a generation ago, in the 1960s-70s, when protesters, mostly from the slums, shouted ‘Roti, Kapra and Makan’, which means “Bread, clothes and housing”. Today, India is an economic giant embracing...
Common Sense Needed in School Discipline Policies
When it comes to student discipline, schools often veer into one of two extremes: implementing draconian zero-tolerance policies or bending over backwards to accommodate troublemakers. Students have the right to a safe and orderly learning environment.
“Let’s all meet in Honolulu. It’s cheaper than flying home to Toronto”: the problem with Canadian air fares
Canadians are crossing the border into the United States to fly from American airports because departing from Canada is much more expensive. In fact, Canadians make up over half of the passengers departing from some American airports near the border. This is a result of government policy.
Commemorating the life of Chief Big Bear
Chief Big Bear, a Cree leader during the Northwest Rebellion, died today and is noted for his life of resistance to dependency. Big Bear opposed the reserve system and held out on Treaty 6 because of the effects he believed they would have on his people.
Muskrat Falls: Why We Need a Regulatory Review – Part Two
Ron Penney and David Vardy examine the risks associated with the planned Muskrat Falls hydroelectric mega-project in Atlantic Canada.
Mark Lynas – Lecture to Oxford Farming Conference
I want to start with some apologies. For the record, here and upfront, I apologise for having spent several years ripping up GM crops. I am also sorry that I helped to start the anti-GM movement back in the mid 1990s, and that I thereby assisted in demonising an important technological option which can be used to benefit the environment.