The current economic strategy is right out of “Atlas Shrugged“: The more incompetent you are in business, the more handouts the politicians will bestow on you.
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In The EU, Attempts To Blame The Market Should Be Resolutely Rejected
“Looking for ways out, we should — to use an analogy — strictly differentiate between fighting the fire and drafting fire protection legislation. A big increase in financial regulation, as is being proposed so often these days, will only prolong the recession. Growth in the global economy is falling rapidly, the banks have ceased to grant credit and confidence is ebbing. Radically changing regulation governing financial institutions in the midst of recession is counterproductive.”
Why Canada Needs A Balanced Budget
This past overspending hampers the ability for current governments to respond nimbly to economic challenges like those faced today. That is why, in its budget, the federal government should be careful to establish a fruitful and competitive economic climate for tomorrow. Growing the size and cost of government with deficit spending won’t accomplish this.
Political Storm Clouds Still There
Both Harper and Igtnatieff are play-acting. If Ignatieff saw a reasonable chance the defeat of the government would result in him being called upon to form a government without an election being called, he would seize the opportunity. The notion that Harper is willing to govern at the sufferance of the Liberals and NDP can be held only by those who understand neither government nor Parliament. To give the opposition a veto power or to implement only proposals acceptable to them is an abdication, rather than the exercise, of power.
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Manitoba Needs to Up its Mining Game
There is some good news for mining in Manitoba, but the province needs to reform its mining policies for the sector to thrive. Despite some progress over the years, this province still has a hostile climate for investment and this needs to change. Vale recently...
Why Child-Care Subsidies Will Not Stimulate the Economy
The federal government has spotted another pretext to increase its scope: subsidized child care. Despite knowing economic lockdowns have caused massive job losses, Ottawa officials argue that unaffordable child care impedes women from returning to the workforce....
Equalization a Raw Deal for Ontario, Experts Say
The Ontario economy is too fragile to absorb an enriched equalization program, top economists have concluded after a thorough examination of various federal funding proposals and the province's economic prospects. Canada's largest province is still struggling to find...
A taxing Tale: Feds Keep on Getting Richer
Canadians may not be making much more money lately, but their governments certainly are. The country's taxpayers dished out 8 per cent more in personal income tax last year, filling government coffers to overflowing, Statistics Canada says. Government surpluses,...
Manitoba’s Workers Need Better Tools to Compete
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Global Warming: Some Inconvenient Glaciers
Al Gore says the world’s glaciers are melting because humanity has emitted too much CO2. However, a new peer-reviewed study shows that in South America‘s Andes Mountains the glaciers’ advances and retreats have not been governed by CO2, but by small variations in the...
The Pride of Edmonton
Across the United States, school districts are emulating the Edmonton Public School Board’s model of school-based management, diversity and choice.
Ireland Basks in its Economic Spring
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Harper’s Chance for New Dawn in Canada
OTTAWA -- Here's a perceptive analysis of an important national election: "There is no escaping the stark fact of the repudiation of a regime that had outlived its time. There is no escaping the stark fact that (though the personalities of the candidates played a...
Wheat Board Monopoly Unjustified:
Last week, federal Agriculture Minister Chuck Strahl suggested there was increasing support for taking away the Canadian Wheat Board's monopoly over prairie wheat and barley sales, for letting grain growers choose whether to sell their grain to the federal government...
Gomery Wants Politicians to Stay Out of Daily Operation of Crown Corporations
MONTREAL (CP) - Canadians want politicians to avoid interfering in the operation of Crown corporations, the judge who headed the federal inquiry into the sponsorship scandal said Tuesday. "Efforts by the boards of public corporations towards more accountability...