New Zealand Prime Minister John Key is returning his country to a formula for prosperity that’s worked in the past. As in Britain, the U.S. and Australia in the 1980s, New Zealand’s government implemented a wide-ranging program of economic liberalization, including deep reductions in tariffs and subsidies, and privatization of state-run industries.
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Recession Heralds a New Era in Government
The economic crisis presents Ottawa and the provincial governments with an opportunity to embrace a more radical phase of reform. In doing so, they can create a more agile and resilient public sector and help Canada become more competitive to meet future challenges.
Leaders Go Left, But Economists Get Back To Basics
The conventional view at Davos is that a previous consensus in favor of free enterprise has taken a huge beating from the Great Crash of 2008-2009. What is much less known is that many economists are not willing to play along. Instead, the crisis seems to have scared many economists of all kinds–including some previously heterodox–to reassert the orthodox recommendations of Econ 101.
The Green-Jobs Engine That Can’t
If green-job claim sounds too good to be true, it’s because they are.
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China’s Intensifying Estrangement and Nativism may Make its Scientific Progress Stagnate
One of the most notable features of Nazi regime in Germany was its anti-intellectualism. While it claimed to be in the forefront of scientific and technical advances, its ideology and totalitarian rule made free enquiry and interchange between scientists and other...
Evasive Accountability: A New Norm for Police and Security Services in Canada
Since the founding of this country, a totalitarian, closed form of government has been considered unacceptable and un-American. The public assumes they have the freedom to be left alone and to live a life in privacy, while the government is believed to be open...
Healthcare Wait Times Longer, Think Tank Says
Hightlights from the annual Fraser Institute study comparing health care wait times for each province.
NHS credits would empower poorest patients, says Milburn
Former health secretary, Alan Milburn, wants ‘personal budgets’ so people can spend money on their healthcare according to their own needs or wishes.
Medical Waiting Lists Growing, Study Shows
Some highlights from The Fraser Institute’s 2002 annual report on the health care situation in Canada.
Alberta on Track to Pass Quebec
Economists are saying that Alberta has the fastest growing economy of the country and that it is soon to take second place from Quebec in the biggest economy race.
A Critique of the “Stern Review” on the Economics of Climate Change
The authors of the Stern Review say the world is looking at costs in the range of $10 trillion dollars if we don’t impose news taxes and regulations to curtail carbon dumping. Unfortunately, their analysis is blatant nonsense.
Prisons Discriminate Against Natives: Report
A new report published by the Correctional Investigator of Canada, Howard Sapers, suggests that Aboriginals need more culturally sensitive programs and practices to help them survive when they leave.
Ottawa Should Leave Unemployment Insurance to the Provinces
The Atlantic provices need to grow up and join the 2tst century and stop relying on Employment Insurance for income.
Capital’s Cities Keep Competition Alive, Taxes Down
Mark Milke’s response to Carolyn Heiman’s suggestion of amalgamtion of Greater Victoria as a solution for property-tax breaks.
Time to Tap Canada’s Water Riches
The left-wing government has spoken out against water exports but doesn’t Canada have enough of this renewable resource to go around?