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Old-School Stats Neglect Digital Economy
The ubiquitous use of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), along with its per capita derivative, means we often get away with writing the abbreviation alone. Yet this widespread social proof offers a false sense of accuracy for a fragile measurement overdue for an update....
Alberta’s $15 Minimum Wage Doesn’t Help Workers
During the recent Alberta election campaign, with the province’s unemployment rate remaining stubbornly high relative to the rest of Canada with the exception of the Atlantic provinces, the now-governing United Conservative Party proposed reducing the minimum wage...
A Stronger Loonie Would Boost Living Standards, but Needs Initiative, Policy Changes to Happen
The standard of living of Canada’s population is not growing as quickly as per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The reason for that is our dollar has been declining in relative terms against the currency of our biggest trading partner, the United States. While...
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Canada’s Best Doctors Suffer the COVID-19 Inquisition
Some of Canada's best doctors have suffered undue trouble for sharing their concerns with lockdowns, masks, social distancing and COVID-19 vaccines. Authorities in the medical profession have treated these physicians like apparent heretics under the threat of...
Inflation and the Collective Debt: Consequences of COVID-19 Measures
The economic consequences of COVID-19 and the shutdown of the economy are difficult to evaluate. But some of them have begun to appear and risk hindering recovery. Inflation is one of these harmful consequences. In the USA, consumer prices jumped 4.2 per cent in the...
The Environment: A True Story Part 3 – A New Menace
Part 3 of John Robson's documentary comparing climate change alarmism with widely accepted facts about the past state and present condition of the Earth.
Winnipeg Should Scrap Recycling RFP
The City of Winnipeg “austerity” budget predictably nickels and dimes ratepayers, with rate increases and service cuts in response to lower than expected provincial transfers. But, Council has fumbled the ball big time by throwing away tens of millions of dollars in...
Indigenous Tourism is Good for Canada
Many years ago, I learned an important lesson about the world of tourism while traveling on a VIA Rail passenger train. As a first-class passenger, I enjoyed sitting in the Dome Car where I could get a full view of the country side. At one point, I zoned out, and a...
Energy Analyst Tom Adams appears on the Tom McConnell Show to talk about the Ontario PC platform's electricity and carbon tax mistakes.
Content Knowledge Is The Key
"The older teacher thought first of his subject matter, that it get learned... The good teacher of the newer view well understands how it is the process itself, especially as socially conditioned that educates; and he makes every effort to get and keep the process...
Putting truth into Truth and Reconciliation
Fifty-one years ago, he was a young boy who came to a tragic end. Today he's a symbol for all that was wrong with this country's treatment of Indigenous people. So why is the story of Chanie Wenjack so full of imaginative fabrication? At age nine, Chanie, from Ogoki...
Lessons of the Russian Revolution That Are Still Ignored
On November 6, a number of Canadian newspapers commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. In 1917, a small band of fierce, committed, and violent extremists seized control of power in the then-Tsarist Russian Empire, and created the much more...
Avalanches of Global Warming Alarmism
Throughout the United Nations Climate Change Conference wrapping up in Bonn, Germany this week, the world has been inundated with the usual avalanche of manmade global warming alarmism. The UN expects us to believe that extreme weather, shrinking sea ice, and sea...
Tom Adams comments on Patrick Brown's Hydro plan.