A recent study of sunspot activity for the period 1985-2019 shows there has been a loss of close to 70 Growing Degree Days (GDDs) (a measure of solar heat units required to bring a plant to maturation) in the months of June through August linked to diminishing solar...
Recent analysis by Professor Roy Spencer, meteorologist and principal research scientist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, shows that Canada's climate is warming at half the rate projected by Environment Canada's Climate Models. He suggests that Canadian...
The Alberta Premier initially declined to punish members of his party and staff after news of their travel was revealed, pointing out that his government’s pandemic approach to protecting “lives and livelihoods” included the travel sector. The premier said he took...
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...
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...
In the age of transparency, fairness, and equity this infographic demonstrates how spectacularly different the Ontario Chiefs’ total compensation per registered member across 15 reserves in Ontario. The highest paid per capita Chief of Mississauga’s of Scugog Island...
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Per-person healthcare spending in Manitoba is significantly higher than the national average. FC73
Thanks to sharply rising transfer payments and provincial debt, spending per capita by the Province of Manitoba increased 65% between 1999 and 2010, 2.75 times the rate of inflation.
A statistical snapshot of Canada’s union landscape shows declining membership with an overwhelming and growing bias towards the public sector. FC070