Our public education system’s drive to rewire human nature and eliminate competition in and between schools continues. Already, we have those everybody’s-a-winner sports days. And there’s been a huge push by the B.C. teachers’ union to scrap standardized tests for Grade 4 and 7 kids.
Year: 2013
Aboriginal Day means time for new ideas
As Aboriginal Day comes tomorrow, is time to re-think our current policy approaches and think about a new direction.
Bjorn Lomborg On Obama’s Berlin Speech
Bjorn Lomborg reminds us, via his Facebook page, about the giant difference between Obama's rhetoric and record on yet another issue. Obama said in his recent speech in Berlin: "In the United States, we have recently doubled our renewable energy from clean sources...
Media Release – The Pipeline Gap
A lack of pipeline capacity in North America is costing the Canadian economy billions of dollars each year. In order to draw attention to the significant loss of economic opportunity in the prairies, the Frontier Centre for Public Policy is launching a digital counter on its website to add up the lost dollars.
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Defiant Preachers Re-Establish Constitutional Rights
For the defiant act of holding church services despite public health orders, Alberta pastors James Coates, Tim Stephens and Art Pawlowski were arrested and jailed. Some, including those within the faith, think the pastors should acquiesce to the government edicts....
Misinformation Should be Refuted, not Censored
More than 500 years ago, Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press revolutionized the world of letters. Instead of having to painstakingly copy books by hand, books could be printed by the thousands. The very first book that came off Gutenberg’s printing press was the...
The End of Detention: The business of student discipline has moved a long way from the strap
Disciplinary business has changed dramatically at the St. John’s, N.L., independent K-12 school since September, when Greg O’Leary became principal and joined with other teachers in a new “relational culture” at the school that feeds into a new curricular approach – one that aims to make students more accountable for their actions and helps them think about how their behaviour affects themselves and others.
Winnipeg’s private trash collector faces fines — and that’s, well, fine.
Winnipeg’s private garbage contractor is facing $400,000 in fines for not meeting service targets in the month of November alone. While some will point to this as a failure of contracting out, it actually demonstrates the fact that contracting out hedges against poor performance.
Meteorologist discovers U.S. government announcing records before all data analyzed; ‘warmest ever’ July not true
The widely-reported assertion that July 2012 was the hottest month in the instrumental record for the contiguous U.S. is now shown to be wrong.
Conference Board Not Endorsing Manitoba Dam Strategy
So it was a bit of a surprise when the Winnipeg Free Press reported that the Conference Board, one of Canada’s most respected think tanks, was endorsing the Province’s plan of hugely rolling the dice and building huge new power capacity for export.
The Right Moves on Immigration
On December 15, legislation aimed at curbing abuse of Canada’s asylum policies took effect. The government wants to introduce a faster and more equitable process for adjudicating asylum claims, but the opposition parties and refugee lobby strongly resist the changes.
Canada’s Organic Food System is a Nightmare
As the holidays approach, Canadians are spending more time purchasing and preparing foodstuffs for their family tables. They’re also looking for appealing, tasty, nutritious goods that will not upset their budgets. Be prepared for the seasonal, united...
Environment Canada’s forecasts of a “green Christmas” buried in snow
It is clear that this year’s Christmas weather forecast was simply propaganda in support of Environment Minister Peter Kent’s climate change mantra.