Canada has done more than survive this financial crisis. The country is positively thriving in it. Canadian banks are well capitalized and poised to take advantage of opportunities that American and European banks cannot seize.
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Drive For More Cabs Hits Skids
But critics of the industry, and those seeking to break into the business, say there should be more freedom for new entrants to make a go of it. They say it will create better efficiencies, better service and perhaps lower costs.
Climate Change Adviser Ross Garnaut Branded A ‘Wacko’ by AWU President Bill Ludwig
“The AWU can’t accept companies accessing taxpayers’ money to get through the needed environmental change process, then turning around and campaigning for my members to take pay cuts,” he said.
California’s ‘Green Jobs’ Experiment Isn’t Going Well
The environmental plan was built on the notion that imposing some $23 billion of new taxes and fees on households (through higher electricity bills) and employers will cost the economy nothing, while also reducing greenhouse gases. Almost no one believes that anymore except for the five members of the California Air Resources Board (CARB).
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Higher Mortgage Hurdles Beat up on Working Class
There is no mystery in why Canada has seen a record-setting housing spike in the past year: negative real interest rates and monetary debasement from federal deficits. Rather than considering fiscal austerity and getting inflation under control, Ottawa has opted to...
The Politics of Sky-High House Prices
High costs, lack of land, the environment and inflation are making new homeowners a thing of the past. Are the current government regulations helping or exacerbating the problem?
Former Star Candidate Abandons NDP for Grits
Paul Summerville, economist and former NDP candidate, recently defected to the Liberals because of NDP’s economic policies.
A New “Day” for the CMA
Well known critic of Canada’s health care system, Dr. Brian Day, has been elected president of the Canadian Medical Association. Is this a sign that the CMA is ready for a change as well?
Powerful Reforms:
Canadians accustomed to cheap, reliable electricity are facing higher energy costs and, in some parts, an increased likelihood of blackouts. Much of Canada’s electrical power industry shows arterial sclerosis with inadequate investment, fewer exports and increased import competition from high-cost sources in the United States. Canada’s power industry needs a good dose of liberalization, as successfully adopted in the European Union, but most of our provincial politicians are too reluctant to give up their monopoly fiefdoms.
The Secret’s Out
A major American health insurer is now giving its customers much more information, data that will help consumers make intelligent healthcare decisions. Aetna recently added a new feature to their website, allowing members access to prices of services provided and care-quality information of health care officials.
The Untold Tale of How Government Got Big
After over a century of increasing gross domestic product (GDP) ratio, it’s finally on a downward swing. Read on for a brief history on governments’ spending practices.
Manitoba Sees Fewer Students More Teachers
Statistics Canada data show that Manitoba has added educators — defined as anyone in the school system who requires a teaching certificate — while enrolment has dropped.
Don’t Look Now, But the World Economy Is Booming
The world economy is booming. Today, every single one of these developing countries’ growth rates is positive. Substantially positive. The slowest growth rate, in Brazil, is still a respectable 3.4 percent.
Free to Choose
Free To Choose is about freedom, the interrelationship of personal, political and economic freedom. Free To Choose is about the ideas of Milton and Rose Friedman, ideas that still dominate public policy debates decades after they were first proposed. Free To Choose is about those who refined and continue to extend these ideas.