Predictions of environmental catastrophes resulting from global cooling and overpopulation promoted in by radical environmentalists in the 1970s did not come true.
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The Unintended Consequences of Canada’s Equalization Program: How Canada’s equalization program has some provinces more equal than others
Although well-intended, Canada’s equalization program has produced a number of unintended consequences in both have and have-not provinces.
Taxpayers’ Money Will Continue To Fund Political Parties
In fact government handouts will still be the primary source of funds for all five political parties represented in Parliament.
Majority Mandate Demands An Ambitious Agenda: The new Conservative majority government should be ambitious and energetic.
With a newly elected majority government, the Conservative party has the opportunity to pursue an ambitious reform agenda to address the major policy problems facing Canada.
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Canada in 2073—Will There Be One?
“Ahead, Thar Be Dragons.” The world of 2023 is a scary place. One major war is raging, with others probably on the way. The Pax Americana that has given us freedom of the seas and allowed global trade to flourish might be breaking down. International piracy,...
World Cries out for Canadian LNG, “No Business Case” Feds have Totally Failed Us
Today, Canada’s natural gas sector is seeing its decade of darkness due to federal policy. And it’s not because the opportunity wasn’t there. It was because our government allowed its ideology, and that of its anti-oil and gas friends (also known as protestors) to...
Stealth Equalization: How Federal Government Employment Acts as a Regional Economic Subsidy in Canada
Federal government employment is distributed unevenly across Canada. These jobs are found in high concentration in four out of the five major recipients of equalization – Manitoba, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Such uneven distribution amounts to a hidden form of wealth transfer worth more than $2 billion.
The Hidden Costs of Today’s Minimum Wage Increase: Raising the Minimum Wage Hurts Business and the Unemployed
Today’s minimum wage increase will bring hidden costs to society including higher unemployment and negative impacts on the profitability and survivability of local businesses.
Scare Campaigns to the Contrary, Canada Won’t Run Out of Water: Rational argument not emotional appeals should shape policy discourse on water
Scare campaigns to the contrary, Canada is not going to run out of water.
Cut-Rate Tuition is a Bad Deal for Taxpayers: Low Tuition in Manitoba and Quebec Does Little to Promote Access
Students love the low tuition fees of Manitoba and Quebec, but this policy strains provincial budgets while doing little to boost participation in post-secondary education.
Minimum Wage Hikes Miss The Target and Cause Collateral Damage: High minimum wages are a bad strategy for fighting poverty
Minimum wage increases are a flawed strategy for fighting poverty because they do not accurately target needy families, and because they contribute to higher unemployment.
How Green Regulations Helped Create the SUV: Well-intentioned regulations can create adverse unintended consequences
Many environmentalists despite SUVs- it is ironic that green regulations actually played an important role in the development of these gas-guzzlers, by effectively banning the family station wagon.
Environmental Policy And The Law Of Unintended Consequences: Eight case studies from around the world
Well-meaning efforts by governments to protect the environment can backfire, resulting in severe harm to human beings and, in some instances, to the natural environment regulators sought to protect.
IPCC Side Ducks Out of Chicago Conference on Climate Change: Gore-inspired strategy of hiding and name-calling continues to backfire
A recent conference on climate change was supposed to highlight competing views on climate change science. Unfortunately, defenders of the IPCC generally refused to participate.
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