Is this state institution really able to operate in this new world?
Les Routledge
Pay as You Drive Insurance
Why I do not like the overall approach this auto insurance company has employed, it is a start in the migration toward charging for insurance based on people actual risk in driving instead of unrelated factors such as income or credit history. In my situation, I drive...
Alberta’s Good Fortune
When I read a news item like this one profiling the riches that Alberta is reaping from the natural, non-renewable resource asset base, I often try to simplify it to making an analogy to my own farm. I own 200 acres of land that most years will produce a bit of...
Flood Management on the Souris
Why was Manitoba not represented at this meeting on the flood response on the Souris River?
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Policy Restrictions have Caused the Housing Crisis
The choice we face is clear: a modest expansion of greenfield development or greater housing poverty For 18 years, I have been monitoring international housing affordability, as author or co-author of the Demographia Housing Affordability series. The latest...
Leaders on the Frontier | So Much More We Can Be with the Hon. Grant Devine, Premier of Saskatchewan 1982-1991
The April 1982 Saskatchewan election proved to be a major turning point in the province's history. Over its nine years in office, the Devine government commenced and completed numerous policy initiatives in spite of considerable challenges including two recessions. ...
Big Society Needed in Winnipeg
I would have jumped at a chance to bid on a contract to mow the lawn and provide maintenance of parks.
Justice and Economic Development
What would happen if Canada started building prisons for long term prisoners in the Arctic?
To Protect Free and Fair Elections…
Let’s outlaw labour strikes within 4 months of an election….
Energy Security – Food for Thought
It is time to look at national security risks in addition to conventional economic and energy policy.
Rent Seeking
An article in The Atlantic profiles rent seeking of major corporations, and it is worth a read.
Demand Management in Public Transit
What we’re going to do is create this microraffle method of paying out.
Blame Harper?
Life is Good in Canada
The Port of Churchill is a Vital National Asset
As indicated by the Honorable member from Regina-Wascana in his comments, the Port of Churchill is a vital element of national infrastructure and component of asserting national security in the Arctic. He receives no argument in that assertion from me. I agree that...
Souris River Flooding – Never Again
Disaster in Minot from the Souris River
The attached pictures and commentary are worth a read and listening to…
Is it possible that in response to the record floods of the Sours river system, some of the dams considered in the 1970’s under the bi-national Souris River Commission will be dusted off and moved forward immediately?