Per-person healthcare spending in Manitoba is significantly higher than the national average. FC73
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Manitoba Real Spending Up 65%: Provincial Spending Increased 2.75 times Inflation Rate Between 1999 and 2010
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.
State of the Unions: Canadian Unions are Mostly a Public Sector Phenomena
A statistical snapshot of Canada’s union landscape shows declining membership with an overwhelming and growing bias towards the public sector. FC070
Will More Police Officers Solve Winnipeg’s Crime Issues?
Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz is fulfilling his pledge to hire more police officers, but recent data shows more police may not necessarily be the answer to Winnipeg’s crime problems. FC069
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The Man who Saved the Plains Indians
At the time of Confederation, Canada’s Plains Indians were in a desperate situation. The same European-introduced guns and horses that resulted in a briefly glorious golden age for them had also resulted in constant inter-tribal warfare and the rapid disappearance of...
Renewed Talk of Abolishing the Indian Act
Political attacks on the Indian Act are back in the news, and that is a good thing. However, Canadian politicians, including First Nation politicians, need a credible plan about what to do before we pull out the champagne. Attacking the Indian Act is not a big deal...
The Urban Heat Island Effect in Winnipeg
Temperatures are warmer in the centre city compared to more isolated measuring points.
Prairie Spending Patterns Show No Evidence of Child-Care Crisis
People spend more on their house pets than on daycare.
CWB Price Premium Myth
Competition would dramatically raise the prices farmers are currently receiving thereby enabling them to effectively compete in the global marketplace.
Not ‘The Hottest Years on Record’
Average global temperatures and carbon dioxide emissions over the past 600 million years show present temperature and CO² levels at low measures on a geological history basis. FC027
Private Capital on Strike in Manitoba
In 2005 Manitoba moved to last place in Canada’s private investment sweepstakes, a spot traditionally held by either New Brunswick or Prince Edward Island. FC026
B.C. First, Manitoba Last in Western Canada Tax Reduction Derby
Since 1999, all Canadian jurisdictions have experienced declining tax loads. The most dramatic reductions have been in B.C. and Alberta, followed by Saskatchewan. Manitoba’s reductions have been the least aggressive in the region, and have declined by only a third of B.C.’s reductions and by less than half of Alberta’s.
Will “Sweep” Tactics Reverse Winnipeg’s Declining Police Effectiveness?
The City of Winnipeg’s Police Service, strong on resources and manpower but short on results.
Subsidies at Root of Farm-Income Crisis
In the last nineteen years, OECD countries transferred a combined $US 4.79 trillion in subsidies to farmers. These payments have distorted incentives to growers and encouraged them to produce more than they otherwise would or produce what they otherwise wouldn’t.
Higher Prices, Fewer Choices – Manitoba’s Rent Control Failure
Manitoba’s rent control policies strangle the supply and quality of available apartments and unnecessarily increase their price.