Elizabeth Nickson discusses her book "Eco-Fascists" on CFRA Radio.
Media Appearances
Taxis’ Fare Road to Profit: Restricted supply has inflated value of vancouver licence to $800,000
Gary Tarantino owns arguably the most valuable taxi in Vancouver, in an industry already known for its breathtakingly high licence values. Tarantino’s Licence 70384 could easily command more than $1 million in a business where the average Vancouver taxi costs $800,000. That’s because he is the last holdout of independent taxi owners in an industry where all of the other 687 licences are held by the city’s four taxi companies.
Sadly, Gradeless Marking Eliminates the Winning
Our public education system’s drive to rewire human nature and eliminate competition in and between schools continues. Already, we have those everybody’s-a-winner sports days. And there’s been a huge push by the B.C. teachers’ union to scrap standardized tests for Grade 4 and 7 kids.
Hydro Must Serve Citizens, Not Government
I find Lane to be credible and not conflicted. He has had a distinguished career serving the people of Manitoba at the Workers Compensation Board, Manitoba Public Insurance, the University of Winnipeg, St. Amant Centre, and, lately, the Public Utilities Board. Lane criticized Hydro and the government for the high degree of risk Hydro’s ratepayers will incur with the implementation of the utility’s capital expenditure plans, some $33 billion to be spent over the next 20 years.
Featured News
Let’s Celebrate Reaching Global Population of Eight Billion
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China’s “Truckers’ Convoy”
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Report Gives Province Healthy Rating
New Brunswick is one of the top health-care performers in Canada in terms of patient outcomes and wait times according to a new report released Tuesday by a national policy group.
Council Tackles Shortage of Taxis: Major overhaul aims to ease difficulty getting late-night ride
City hall is contemplating a major overhaul of late-night cab and public transit service in Calgary, as holiday revellers com-plain they are being squeezed by a “perfect storm” of travel hindrances.
How First Nations can own Their Future
Reports of people living in tents and shacks at Attawapiskat evoke comparisons with the Third World, with people living in the shantytowns of South Africa and the barrios of Mexico. The comparison is apt, because we now know a lot about how people in the Third World have elevated themselves out of extreme poverty.
Let’s Take the Hot Air Out of Global Warming Debate
In advance of the conference, the Canadian government signalled that it will formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol – something that was confirmed Monday.
The Bank of Canada and Canada’s Household Debt
In the Bank of Canada’s semi-annual publication “Financial System Review” for December 2011, Canada’s central bank notes that there are some worrisome trends that could well have a negative impact on Canada’s financial system.
A Private Solution to the Very Public Problem of First Nations Living Conditions
Here is a prediction: in a week, or two, or three, or six, the CBC and the Globe and the National Post and NDP MP Charlie Angus and Liberal leader Bob Rae will forget about the tiny, suffering northern community of Attawapiskat. And so will the rest of us.
Supply Management isn’t all it’s Cracked Up to be
I am not convinced that most Canadians are satisfied to pay a hefty premium for their dairy products in return for price stability. But perhaps the dairy farmers are on to something.
Why should consumers benefit only from stable dairy prices when there are so many other sectors that could benefit from supply management?
Attawapiskat: A ‘Homeland’ at the Crossroad
The road to Attawapiskat is not paved. When there is a “road,” it is made of ice and runs atop a frozen James Bay. For the 2,000 Cree aboriginals living in the fly-in Ontario community, winter means access to the rest of the world.
Can Higher Fares Save Public Transit?
Funding public transit is one of the biggest problems facing cities today. Often the trouble is that a few high-cost, low-ridership routes drag down an entire system. That puts policymakers in a tough spot.