Last week, my family’s microwave broke down after 15 years of faithful service. That incident might sound trivial to you. I’m sure it is trivial to you. But it made me aware of how valuable a microwave has been to us. And our week without a microwave taught me a lot about the value of microwaves—and can teach us more generally about the value of economic freedom.
Disruption
Environment Canada quick off the mark with global warming propaganda
Besides trying to generate good media coverage in the wake of Obama’s climate pronouncements, EC officials are working to soften Canadians up to more costly CO2 regulations to supposedly help stop climate change. 2013 is the year the Conservatives promised oil and gas companies will be hit with new emission rules.
Beware snap judgments on U.N. climate conferences’ successes or failures – it is more complicated than most people think
The most realistic assessment to appear in main stream media was that published about a week after the conference ended, written by Connie Hedegaard, European commissioner for climate action in the European Commission. She told climate campaigners:
“Yes progress was slow and frustrating, but the main goal was to prepare the ground for the big 2015 talks. Job done.”
Sun News Wants to be on Basic Cable
Good commentary from Terry Field on Sun News trying to get on basic cable in a new CRTC proceeding. http://www.troymedia.com/2013/01/25/canadian-tv-consumers-are-still-the-real-losers/ Three things going on here. The first is political. Sun News thinks it represents...
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Supply Chain Strains Could Cause Shortages and Hoarding
Supply chain problems, both international and domestic, could create shortages and hoarding, and make recent inflationary pressures even worse. Although problems with our ports and railways may beg policy solutions, the short-term response of everyday Canadians should...
New Book: Patients at Risk: Exposing Canada’s Health-care Crisis
CALGARY, AB, December 17, 2021 - The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has just released a new book, Patients at Risk: Exposing Canada’s Health-care Crisis written by Susan Martinuk. Susan is an accomplished, nationally recognized researcher and writer who has...
The Blogosphere
Web logs or “blogs” are becoming important communications tools.
Wi-Max Promises High-Speed Internet to Unwired Areas
Wi-Max is an emerging wireless technology that will bring high–speed Internet service to most rural locations.
Internet age creates new rural opportunity
With high-speed internet and low-cost long distance, you can do a computer-related job from anywhere. Communication technology really does open up the world outside cities to many who would rather work in a small town or in the countryside.
How telework can make your life Utopia
Technology is making life in the boondocks just grand, as this heart-warming Globe and Mail story illustrates.
Give Nanotechnology a Chance
Scientists and thinkers regard nanotechnology, the manufacture of materials and machines with atomic precision and size, as the next technical revolution. While the debate rages on its eventual capabilities, the concept itself is becoming a target for environmentalist attacks.
Nanotechnology – The next small thing
Is nanotech an industry, a process, or something else? David Bishop of the New Jersey Nanotechnology Consortium defines it broadly as “devices, structures or systems with characteristics, features or parts on a nanoscale”—that is, less than one billionth of a metre.
Welcome to the New Rural Pioneers
Rural communities should develop marketing strategies to attract high-tech information professionals and businesses.
The Lone Eagles
Executive Summary The development of instantaneous, rapid and reliable communications systems is transforming the rural areas of North America. The exponential expansion of the necessary infrastructure to the most remote regions, often expressed as the “death of...
Technology and the Invisible Hand
Technology and the market economy drive improving living standards