Senior Fellow Wendell Cox and Ronald Utt examine housing policies under consideration in the United States, focusing on the negative impact of ‘smart growth’.
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Pink Mausoleum Blues – What Hurts Ontario Hurts Canada
Starting imperceptibly several decades ago, however, Ontario’s economy began to lose steam. Now it’s come to a stop. The consequences for province and country are immense. All of which means that, after years of focused attention on Ottawa and Quebec City, the government that really counts today sits in the Pink Mausoleum at Queen’s Park.
School Vouchers For All Under GOP Bill
Voucher supporters say parents have the right to choose where their children attend class and that competition from private schools will make public schools stronger.
The Rights Wheel of Fortune
Our human-rights commissions have made it easy to exploit the system. Too many of the cases they accept are frivolous or marginal, and too many of their decisions are, to most of us, absurd.
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Computer Models, Like “Selfies,” are not Reality
In a recent article about climate change, Seth Borenstein, a science writer with the Associated Press, gave us a master class on how to sell the results of a computer model as if it represents reality. In the Borenstein world, a group of scientists can take a...
Air Canada Needs Travellers, Not Bailouts
A year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, the only thing keeping Air Canada alive is the federal-government bailouts. They are delaying the inevitable and sensible way out: cutting travel restrictions, encouraging tourism by ensuring effective containment and...
Chaotic World of Climate Truth
As activists organised by the group Stop Climate Chaos gather in London to demand action, one of Britain’s top climate scientists says the language of chaos and catastrophe has got out of hand.
Londoners Have Bought Into Public Transit
London is one of the few cities where public transit is either maintained or ran by private sector companies. Surprisingly their patronage is continually increasing.
Economist Milton Friedman Dies at 94
Milton Friedman, free-market economist who won the Nobel Prize for economics, dies at age 94.
Who is James Hoggan?
For a first-rate demonstration of dishonest manipulation masquerading as investigative journalism, it’s hard to beat The Denial Machine. Without spending one second looking at the science, the CBC crew smeared and discredited the skeptical scientists with corporate associations. Exxon did it. James Hoggan, however, is the real villain.
Lehotsky always put family first, his son says
Rev. Harry Lehotsky died Saturday, November 11, 2006. His son, Matthew talks about his father’s accomplishments.
Gas Tax to go for Highways
The NDP government introduced legislation Thursday that will mandate all money collected from on-road fuel tax be dedicated to the province’s highways. The move was promised in this year’s throne speech. The gas tax is 15 cents per litre and the government collects...
How Alberta’s next premier can lead in health care
Alberta has already proved that responsible public-private competition has helped its education programs now Albertans are asking for the same to be applied to its healthcare programs.
Disillusioned Ohio Voters Make GOP Pay
The Democrats' call for change has echoed loudly across Ohio as voters savaged Republicans for the war in Iraq, corruption and just about everything else that's gone wrong inside and outside the state since 2004. Widespread disillusionment helped make this bellwether...
Nothing to Fear from a Bigfoot
Peter Foster’s response to the recently released World Wildlife Fund for Nature’s 2006 Living Planet Report.