The transformation of the ice bear into an icon to justify new regulations has more to do with politics than real environmental danger. Inuit communities are managing the species at a very high standard.
Robert Sopuck
An Environmental Strategy for Stephen Harper
The new Conservative government is uniquely positioned to forge a new, modern environmentalism.
An Environmental Policy for the 21st Century
Environmental policy is no longer the purview of statists and interventionists. A new view that puts human needs in the equation is emerging.
Incentives or Regulations?
Canada is finally moving towards an environmental policy for farmers that works, because it respects their rights.
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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...
Canada Needs to Decentralize
Decentralizing power to the provinces is long overdue in Canada.
Free-Market Environmentalism Works
It’s time to challenge the advocates of state planning and recapture the environment issue through market friendly approaches.
Old Approach in New Water Act
At legislative hearings, rural organizations strongly criticized the Manitoba Government’s new Water Protection Act.
Crushing Britain’s Rural Minority
The Labour Government in the United Kingdom is banning the fox hunt. There are implications for broader policy.
Why Rural Areas Matter
If you just look at numbers, the country will handle the depopulation of rural communities. But can it afford to lose rural values?
BSE and Devil’s Lake
North Dakota politicians link resolution of BSE import ban to Canada’s stand on water issues
Rural Regions and the Federal Election
Canada’s new minority government will have little representation from rural areas and will focus on cities.
Gun Control Cost NDP Balance of Power
The federal NDP’s stand on the firearms registry cost them the balance of power.
An Open Letter To Robert Kennedy, Jr.
Foreign activists fail to appreciate the harm their crusades can do in rural Canada.