As for individuals who think their pet toxin is responsible for all of society’s ills, well, they could use a cold shower. And for me, my worry is that I’m not sure what to worry about. I don’t think worrying about everything is the answer.
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Climate Change’s Dim Bulbs
The story recounted some Americans’ misadventures with the new light bulbs that almost all Americans — all but those who are filling their closets with supplies of today’s incandescent bulbs — will have to use after the phaseout of today’s bulbs in 2014.
The Best Prepared Award
Next time the prime minister talks about every country being brought down by this crisis – or the chancellor suggests that everyone made the same mistakes – remember Canada. Nowhere is immune, but by most key measures, the Canadians are coming out of this crisis in a league of their own.
’80s-Era Crisis Feared In Alberta; Premier Rejects Warning In U of C Report
The Stelmach government is stuck in the same financial quicksand as the 1980s Getty era and is facing similar
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Trade with Mercosur: Opportunities for Canada
In November 2018, Canada and Mercosur opened negotiations for a free trade agreement. The Mercosur, composed of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay (Venezuela is a suspended member from 2016), represents a bloc representing a GDP of over $3 trillion and a...
San Francisco to Canada: Hate Motivated Crimes—Thinking Globally and Acting Locally
San Francisco, by all accounts a liberal city of diverse communities, is in the grips of what by many is seen as a spree of racist attacks against its Black and Asian residents. According to some reports, anti-Asian crimes have more than doubled while hate crimes...
A Dangerous Obsession
Some people think that there should be an income cap, a maximum amount of money a person can make at a given job. Thomas Sowell weighs in on that subject.
The Coming Tory War on Prosperity
An editorial of the Suzuki Foundation’s report ranking environmental records of countries.
Energy Diet For a Starving World?
Marlo Lewis’ reply to Al Gore’s movie, “An Inconvenient Truth”.
Dogma, Bullies Dominate Climate debate
Nancy Greene Raine is being criticized for her views on climate change, is it this criticism really justified?
Supply Management Days Numbered: Minister
Canada’s supply managed sectors are being put on notice by trade minister David Emerson that their protectionist interests cannot continue to limit the ability of Canadian trade negotiators to win stronger concessions . . .
The Global Poor Are Getting Richer, Faster
Some good news from the Global Economics Prospects 2007 report by the World Bank,
Scandal of 5m on Benefits
Bill Clinton made some great strides in welfare reform, now England is trying to do the same.
Suburbs a Sin to Smart Growthers
One columnist’s view on the new studies published about the effects of the suburbs and his own experiences.
Seeing the Wood
A new way of counting trees finds more of them than was thought.