Are Canadian universities a threat to free speech? If you ask me, yes, and if you ask civil rights lawyer John Carpay, he’ll go even further. Carpay has ranked universities so that you can see which one is a bigger threat than the other.
Media Appearances
Think-Tanks Wielding More Clout in Politics: Organizations such as the right-leaning Manning Centre, nascent Broadbent Institute increasingly part of the ‘political infrastructure’
When Canadians think of political parties, they focus on the teams of politicians fronting them. But behind the scenes, Canadian political parties are increasingly getting support from a “political infrastructure” that plays a crucial role in selling their ideology to the public.
Man Battles School Division to Have Boy Held Back a Grade
A Manitoba man believes a boy is behind in school because of a no-fail policy. But, some experts said failing a student can have drastic consequences.
Ineffective Health System Needs Hard Questions
While questions about curbing the unsustainable growth in health-care costs, setting health outcome goals, establishing disease prevention policies and improving treatment quality and patient safety sound tough, is the health-care system in Canada and Saskatchewan really that bad?
Featured News
Free to Fly Wants Friendly Skies for Unvaccinated Canadians
Should Canadians be free to fly without a COVID-19 vaccination? Four Canadian pilots thought so and founded Free to Fly at the end of August. By now, the organization has attracted 14,300 members, including 1,900 airline staff. In an interview, Free to Fly co-founder...
More Repression Does Not Save More COVID-19 Sick
The most mentioned reason for lockdowns has been the protection of health systems. The claim is that such protection saves lives. So, it is fair to ask how health systems are performing in their lockdown life-saving duty? There are several points from which one can...
Health Care System in Western Europe More Efficient than Ours
Everyone has an opinion about health care. If I've learned anything from writing this column it's that seniors are fiercely protective of our health care system. Many of the seniors that I talk to believe we have the best health care in the world. Are they right?...
A Bunch of Have Beens
Lorrie Goldstein and Paul Rutherford try to answer the question, what’s equal about equalization?
Tax Cuts, Tax Cuts, Tax Cuts
The Canada West Foundation (CWF) has canvassed 25 leading economists from the four westernmost provinces and created a report called Taking Action on the Economy, a compendium of thoughts on the right way for the federal government to design an economic stimulus...
Subsidizing Business is No Way to Build an Economy
It seems like only yesterday -- in fact, it was April 2007 -- when the Conservative government announced $900 million in federal assistance for Canada's aerospace industry, with most of the money destined for Quebec. Not enough. In his grilling of the government last...
City Debt, Taxes Higher Than Average — Report
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy released last week a financial analysis of 79 Canadian cities. The report, which calls for greater consistency among municipal financial reporting, found St. Albert property owners paid 18 per cent more in taxes per household last year compared to 10 other prairie cities.
Regina Does Well in Financial Disclosure
The author of a new report says the City of Regina is doing a good job of disclosing its financial performance with the exception that it does not account for its capital assets. The second annual Local Government Performance Index reveals that all 79 municipalities...
Victoria, Saanich Pay Less than Most of Us
Homeowners in Victoria and Saanich pay less in property taxes than the Canadian average according to figures released yesterday by a Prairie think-tank. The average municipality in Canada raises $1,937 per household in taxes and raises $4,869 per household in total...
City’s Tax Spending Formula Gets Pass
The City of Prince George scored somewhat favourably in the proportion of expenditures that go to "core" responsibilities when compared to other municipalities, but there's still room for improvement, according to a study released Wednesday by a right-wing think tank....
A Question of Accountability
Saint John’s audited statements should be immediately available, analyst says.