Some argue that Scotland’s new hate speech law is more draconian than Canada’s yet-to-be-enacted equivalent, Bill C-63. Others say this is not so — that portions of '63' are even greater threats to free speech than Scotland’s extreme new law. Regardless of who wins in...
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Higher Capital Gains Taxes Cap Off a Loser Federal Budget
New taxes on capital gains mean more capital pains for Canadians as they endure another tax-grabbing, heavy-spending federal deficit budget. Going forward, the inclusion rate increases to 66 per cent, up from 50 per cent, on capital gains above $250,000 for people and...
Coutts Three Verdict: A Warning to Protesters Who Act as Liaison With Police
Twelve jurors have found the Coutts Three guilty of mischief over $5,000 at a courthouse in Lethbridge, Alberta. Marco Van Huigenbois, Alex Van Herk and George Janzen will appear again in court on July 22 for sentencing. Van Huigenbois, Van Herk and Janzen were each...
Is the Woke Trifecta Even True?
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Fostering a Constructive, Business-Friendly Regime Sustains Innovation, Not Government Money
For standards of living to grow, productivity growth must be strong and continually renewed. That is one notion that nearly all economists can agree on. So, it is not surprising that politicians scramble to discover new or not-so-new ways to boost productivity growth....
Big Tech Influence Can Tip Elections
Behavioural psychologist Robert Epstein believes Google can and does influence voters and that research teams in Canada and elsewhere need to monitor how users are being swayed. Epstein, the former editor-in-chief of Psychology Today and founder of the American...
Who Is to Blame for the Anti-Semitism of Young People?
In a recent Free Press article, “We Were Taught to Hate Jews,” five individuals from Muslim families report on the anti-Semitism that was integral to their upbringing. One said: “It’s like asking me how often I drink water. Anti-Semitism was everywhere.” Ayaan Hirsi...
Should the Manitoba Government Only Support Childcare?
Late last August, Susan Prentice and Jesse Hajer claimed that childcare is “an austerity victim.” In short, they say that childcare had been inadequately funded by the PC government. With advice to the in-coming NDP government, they argue that spending more money on...
Graham Lane: ESG Doctrine and Why It Should not be Adopted in Professional Organizations – A Letter to CPA Manitoba
The following introductory comments by Ian Madsen, Senior Policy Analyst, Frontier Centre for Public Policy provide background on Graham Lane whose attached letter to CPA Manitoba strongly criticizes that organization’s embrace of ESG. Graham Lane is a retired CA and...
When Did Governments Become so Ridiculous?
World media this morning is breathlessly reporting on what they say is huge and important news. Two hundred people who claim to speak for billions of others, because they happen to have a title associated with a government post and are involved with the United...
How to Kill a Country
Much of Seoul is a sea of high-rises. And not just Seoul: Busan and other cities in South Korea have lots of high rises. More than half of all South Korean households live in high rises, and well over 60 percent live in some kind of multifamily housing. South Korea...
Lists To Make the Woke Broke
Do you want to place your money and vote away from the woke? The tools to help you choose have finally arrived. The 1792 Exchange examined 2000 corporations for their “wokeness.” The public policy non-profit’s website defines “woke” corporations as those that “use...
A Cultural History of Education Part 3
Part 3 of 6 : The Progressive State as Schoolmaster.
Graves And School Murders? What Were We Thinking?
The year 2021 was the year of the Kamloops graves. It was the top news story of the year. It was reported by CBC and all mainstream media that ground penetrating radar had detected remains of 215 indigenous children who were found buried in the old apple orchard on...
Wab’s Harsh Realities
It is but a few days before the New Year, and it has been only three months since the NDP became Manitoba’s provincial government. The recent election was much tighter than many people thought. The NDP won with just 4% more votes than the PC’s tally. And, the...