If buzzwords were the path to prosperity, Canada would be growing like gangbusters. It is not, and the Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative (VCCI)—with an expansion announced in the federal economic statement—is a case of lofty words anathema to efficient and healthy...
Year: 2018
The age of driverless automobiles is almost upon us. Most of the world’s car makers are working on prototypes and it is expected that by 2030 the autonomous vehicle market in the US alone will be worth approximately $87 billion. How will Canada deal with this...
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Yes, Michael, there is a war on Christmas – and you’re part of it
For the last couple of years Toronto writer Michael Coren has been claiming that there is no such thing as “the war on Christmas”. The phenomenon, he said in a nasty moment so uncharacteristic of the charitable tone for which he is renowned, is a “chimera built by...
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Weaponizing the Law
The indictment of former U.S. president Donald Trump for crimes invented by his political opponents is the most egregious example yet seen of the weaponizing of the law. The United States is now full of examples. However, in Canada, we also see the law being...
“Looking At” Seizing Control Over Western Canada’s Natural Resources
OTTAWA, REGINA - Last week, two things happened that could have profound impacts on natural resources development in Saskatchewan. One is a hint the federal government might want to take control of natural resources away from the provinces, and the other is the...
Have We Lost Our Way?
While journalists in some parts of the world risk their lives (one butchered at the Saudi embassy in Turkey), ours were earnestly studying the details of new marijuana laws. Where will we be allowed to smoke? What will the fines be for disobeying a bewildering new...
Profile Series: Luke Briscoe
Luke Briscoe, 39, is an Indigenous Australian business leader on a mission to expand Indigenous involvement in the national economy, especially through STEM (STEM is an acronym for the fields of science, technology, engineering and math). Over the last few decades,...
Without Debt There Would Be Little Capital At All: A Valuation of NB Power
Nearly every province in Canada has its dubiously cherished government-owned power utility. Rarely in this country has there been one as hobbled by debt as NB Power, ‘NBP’. The fundamental business is relatively sound and appears to be resilient. However, its capital...
The Utility Company Pushing For Higher Costs For Its Customers: New Brunswick Power
NB Power is a Crown corporation wholly owned by the province of New Brunswick and is run by a board of directors. It was officially formed by the New Brunswick legislature in 1920, but it’s roots trace back as far as the 1880’s. Recently, the Energy and Utilities...
Why Do Some Succeed?
In Canada and widely in the West, our greatest values today are “social justice” and “diversity.” Social justice has nothing to do with individuals, but is about “collective rights”[1] of categories of people defined by race, gender, sexual preference, ethnicity, etc....
Manitoba 2036 A Concept
Sometimes inspiring action is about presenting a vision of what things could be like in the future with a little vision. It's 2036 and Manitoba's population just passed 3 million and its economy is booming so how did it get there?
The Environment: A True Story Part 30 – Explaining Everything And Nothing
Part 30 of John Robson's documentary comparing climate change alarmism with widely accepted facts about the past state and present condition of the Earth. Global temperatures and the number of extreme weather events have not changed over the last two decades.
“Private” Liquor Stores Replacing SLGA Stores in Saskatchewan
Private liquor stores are popping up all over Saskatchewan. Almost all of Saskatchewan’s liquor stores have been converted to private liquor stores, except for a few remaining SLGA stores that will soon be turned private. However, these stores are still regulated by...
Healing Lodges
Terri-Lynne McClintic, convicted of the abduction, rape and murder of eight-year old Tory Stanford, was recently moved from federal prison to a healing lodge. Canadians were surprised - to say the least - that the transfer of a convicted child murderer to a healing...