A mega water pipeline with capacity of 6.5 billion cubic meters annually from Canada to the thirsty American south could be made part of the Presidents’ infrastructure stimulus initiatives that would produce jobs and also help satisfy future fresh water requirements of the region.
Daniel Klymchuk
How to Help 21,000 More Manitobans with Their Housing
21,000 more low-income Manitobans could be helped if the provincial government sold the province’s residential real estate portfolio, this according to a new backgrounder and column from Daniel Klymchuk at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy.
The Case for Selling Public Housing in Manitoba
The Manitoba government should sell its residential real estate holdings to the private sector and then concentrate on providing targeted subsidies to low-income Manitobans, this according to a new backgrounder from the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. The report, from Frontier research associate Dan Klymchuk, shows how $25 million could be shaved off annual operating costs now paid by the provincial government, and instead redirected to those Manitobans in need of subsidized shelter. That $25 million could help subsidize 21,000 more people with their housing costs.
Let’s Sell Water To The U.S.A.
Manitoba could net more than $1 billion a year by piping water from northern Manitoba and selling it the United States by diverting just 1% of the renewable fresh water flow into Hudson Bay.
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