Europe's anticarbon crusade failed to extend the Kyoto Protocol this month, but the boys in Brussels don't give up easily. Now Europe may kick off a trade war with its new scheme to tax airlines on carbon emissions. The rule, which goes into effect January 1, will...
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By Attaching no Strings, Flaherty Binds Irate Provinces to Health Plan
Quebec Finance Minister Raymond Bachand denounced Mr. Flaherty’s new 13-year funding formula as “totally unacceptable.” But in fact Quebec and every other provincial government has no choice but to accept it, at least for now. That’s because the Conservatives are asking for nothing in return.
Rents Hit the Roof: As prices rise, city posts second-lowest vacancy rate
Winnipeg’s reputation as an affordable place to live is taking a beating, two newcomers from Eastern Canada say.
Lessons for U.S. from Canada’s ‘Basket Case’ Moment
Canada’s shift from pariah to fiscal darling provides lessons for Washington as lawmakers find few easy answers to the huge U.S. deficit and debt burden, and for European countries staggering under their own massive budget problems.
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Leon Fontaine – A Passionate Canadian Thought Leader – RIP
This past weekend, we learned of the tragic and unexpected passing of Pastor Leon Fontaine at 59 years of age. Leon was a gifted leader playing many roles both nationally and internationally. He was, with his wife Sally, the senior Pastors at Springs Church with...
Public Inquiries and Public Trust
Testimony before the Public Order Emergency Commission reveals the case for government invoking the Emergencies Act is either weak or very weak. The Prime Minister was, in fact, opposed to members of his cabinet or senior public health officials meeting with protest...
Send for the Wonks: A new government creates a new opportunity to influence policy
Public services may be facing cutbacks, but the right-of-centre think-tanks are enjoying a boom.
Residential Schools Generate Anger But Also Pride
There are fundamental questions which have never been answered by those who condemn the residential school system. Were we to leave people by virtue of no common language, illiterate, innumerate and unable to deal with the larger society?
The Traditional Census is Dying, and a Good Thing Too: Leviathan’s spyglass
America’s constitution requires it to conduct a shoe-leather census, which is why this year’s effort is going to cost it over $11 billion. The Finns, by contrast, spent about €1m ($1.2m) on their last one. That’s about $36 per head in America and 20 cents in Finland. Denmark has been keeping track of its citizens without a traditional census for decades; Sweden, Norway, Finland and Slovenia, among others, have similar systems. Germany will adopt the approach for its next count, also due in 2011.
To Kick Their Illegal Tobacco Habit, First Nations Need Other Opportunities: Black-market ‘smoke shacks’ are the alternative to normal business development
Calls to “crack down” on illegal cigarette sales on Native reserves are a good moment to understand why First Nations are led into illegal markets and how to respond to that.
Down with Doom: How the World Keeps Defying the Predictions of Pessimists
When I was a student, in the 1970s, the world was coming to an end. The adults told me so. They said the population explosion was unstoppable, mass famine was imminent, a cancer epidemic caused by chemicals in the environment was beginning, the Sahara desert was...
Canada Should Remember Communism’s Victims: A new Ottawa memorial is overdue
At least eight million Canadians can trace their roots to countries where communism once thrived; it justifies a memorial to communism’s victims.
It’s Time To Focus On Healing: Residential school stories lack balance
A recent event in Winnipeg organized by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission highlights the need to focus on healing from residential schools, as well as present a more balanced perspective on these institutions, which were not all negative.
Why Friedrich Hayek Is Making a Comeback: With the failure of Keynesian stimulus, the late Austrian economist’s ideas on state power and crony capitalism are getting a new hearing.
“Now that the stimulus has barely dented the unemployment rate, and with government spending and deficits soaring, it’s natural to turn to Hayek. He championed four important ideas worth thinking about in these troubled times.”
Climate Change: The IPCC In The Age of Speculation
“It’s astonishing how many facts are believed real when they were only speculation in a media report or in an IPCC Report. Too often it’s a ‘fact’ supporting a false or misleading headline or assumption.”