It is no easy matter to say what cold-blooded grievance or raging fury would cause a man to throw himself upon his wife, disfiguring her face with his bare hands and teeth and leaving her blind.
Media Appearances
There are Plenty of Reasons to Resist Bureaucratic Rule
Earlier this year, the Frontier Centre for Public Policy released a report showing that administrators, the bureaucratic innards of big government, have received wage increases of between 55 and 60 per cent over the past decade. Loggers, who actually do something, such as cut down a tree, received an 11 per cent increase. The Canadian average was 30 per cent.
Bad Idea – Cheap Power for Low Income People
"Manitoba could be the first province to see a low-income affordability program created to help poor people pay their electricity bills -- if the province's public regulator agrees with a U.S. expert. Winnipeg Free Press It should be up to the provincial government to...
Prove it, Gene
David Swann proposes a breakup of Alberta Health Services into smaller regional health authorities. Health Minister Gene Zwozdesky tells us this would not be wise.
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Carbon Border Taxes: A Counterproductive Idea Which Will Lead to Penalized Customers
Carbon taxes at the borders are becoming a popular idea among some countries and world regions. For example, the European Commission, the EU executive institution, is proposing environmental tariffs “on imports from countries with less stringent climate-protection...
Reverse Orwell to Give Our Leaders New Titles
In his novel 1984, George Orwell envisioned a future that is arguably unfolding before our eyes where government authority was supreme and truth and freedom were not to be found. Perhaps he should have named his novel 2021 because our times seem more like his novel...
Regina Cozying Up to Business
Still, it’s clear Premier Wall is trying to carefully inch his province away from the reflex to nationalize everything under the Living Skies. In the old days, Saskatchewanians would take for granted that new power facilities would naturally get built by Sask-Power, says David Seymour, the Frontier Centre for Public Policy’s Saskatchewan analyst.
Robert Fulford
“I think that the Canadian artists at least, for example, the film makers have been too pliant in their attitude to government. They’ve been so anxious to get money out of the government that they’ve put up with an incredibly complex, multi-leveled system of grants that turns every film producer in our country into a government lobbyist.”
Let’s Right this Glaring Wrong
Unlike those accused of hate crimes in a court of law, individuals hauled before human-rights commissions have virtually no defence.
Downplaying Global Warming
Mother Earth “is doing wonderfully” despite alarmist reports about global warming and unfounded warnings about pending environmental catastrophes, a Regina audience was told Wednesday. Lawrence Solomon, author and newspaper columnist who has long been involved in environmental issues and organizations, said there isn’t any scientific proof that global warming is caused by the burning of carbon-based fuels.
Time for a review, former official says
More importantly, much has changed since Crown corporations were established in the last century to provide services not being provided by the private sector or not available to all residents at a reasonable price.
Little Geeks Foundation Wants To Reboot Kids’ Lives With Computers
Walker said he believes putting a computer in a home where there otherwise might not be one will help a child with literacy and learning. [However] High school teacher Michael Zwaagstra said a computer is an additional resource tool to be used with support and guidance.
Is It Really Your Land?
The documentary chronicles the story of Marcel Fouillard and his family who, over the last 50 years, have developed a portion of the land they owned into a beautiful scenic area. Unfortunately, by their efforts, the Fouillards, who have a history of happily allowing schools, charities, and members of the public access the beautiful and historic site, made their land into a desirable expropriation target by the local Rural Municipality, which would like to develop it into a tourist attraction.
Home Ownership, Rent Vouchers, And Building Codes
In “Escaping the poverty trap: from public housing to home ownership,” Rebecca Walberg writes that “The last thing a Canadian city should be doing now is building or buying new public housing units.” Instead, Walberg, Social Policy Analyst for the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, advances policy ideas that would encourage home ownership and rent vouchers instead of government housing and rent control.
Maori ‘Models’ For Progress
Maori were given greater independence, tribal redevelopment and greater service delivery. In other words, a greater emphasis on self-reliance.