Opposition leader Brian Pallister deserves some credit for opposing an expensive Manitoba Hydro advertising campaign. Moreover, Manitoba should not squander its hydro resources on speculative projects.
Environment
Smart Messaging Needed to Avoid Pipeline Lobbying Failure: Alberta premier must not support the climate scare when promoting her province’s hydrocarbon fuel resources in Washington DC this week
History is replete with tragic examples of those who collaborated with the enemy or sought to appease political correctness and wishful thinking for their own short term benefit. Nowhere is this more evident than in today’s climate change debate. Politicians from across the political spectrum, fossil fuel companies and academics who should know better, not only bow to the climate scare, but actively support it. They even use the unscientific, misnomer-riddled language of their opponents.
The Coming Global Warming Voter Backlash
News is breaking out all over: global warming stopped 20 years ago. A political earthquake has resulted from a feature story in the Economist magazine because the Economist used to be a consistent cheerleader for global warming activism. Doubts about global warming used to be censored by its London editors, one reporter confided to Stephen Hayward.
Auditor General Slams Carbon Offset System: A Canadian province brags about becoming North America’s first carbon neutral government in 2010. But its own Auditor General says this “is not accurate.”
British Columbia (BC) is a beautiful place – as anyone who has visited Vancouver or Whistler will attest. Unfortunately, it sometimes suffers from an exaggerated view of its own importance. With a population of only 4.5 million (one seventh of Canada’s total, and one eighth the size of California), this province thinks that demonstrating global climate leadership should be one of its top priorities.
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Crown Corporations Can Evade Disaster If They Are Sold Off
The recent unhappy news that Canadian taxpayers will soon be at least partially bailing out the government of Newfoundland and Labrador, the owners of Nalcor, which is completing the massively over-budget and behind-schedule Muskrat Falls power plant, may be the least...
Canada Looks Like Communism to Calgary Pastor
When Artur Pawlowski came to Canada in 1995, he did not think it would turn out as it has. The pastor of Calgary’s Street Church, famous for his confrontations with police, says Canada looks too much like the Communist Poland he grew up in. “I grew up seeing police...
Technology Smashes the Tyranny of Distance
The “food-miles” campaign to discourage long distance food imports reflects a profound ignorance of food transport economics.
BioFuels – With Dennis Avery
Listen to Dennis Avery speak about the future of bio fuels here. (23 minutes)
Protectionism Harms Consumers and the Environment
Environmental protectionism under the guise of restricting greenhouse gas emissions is music to the ears of the labor unions and environmentalists that have been calling for such tariffs, but it is bad news for everyone else — especially the poor.
Ethanol Inefficient, Says Researcher
Canada's policy of promoting ethanol production is an inefficient use of energy and tax dollars, of dubious benefit to the environment and harmful to the livestock industry, according to the former CEO of the George Morris Centre. Larry Martin, a senior policy...
Lunch on the Frontier – Ethanol Policy in Canada – With Larry Martin
Listen to Larry Martin speak at Lunch on the Frontier on ethanol energy policy in Canada here. (39 minutes)
Is Manitoba’s Green Fading?
Despite its reputation as a national leader in environmental initiatives, some find fault with Manitoba’s green practices. “We are green… But there’s smart green, and there’s politically fashionable green,” said Peter Holle, president of the Frontier Centre for Public...
Head of Think-Tank Decries Subsidized Hydro Rates
Effective public policy is about making smart choices that produce better outcomes. Why its not smart to subsidize electricity and keep your taxes high.
How Urbanization Changes Environmental Policy
An urbanized environmental policy neglects environmental issues outside of cities.
The Worst Policy Decision Yet
Political interference in Manitoba hydro has ridden rough shod over the corporations’ preferences, leading to technically inferior design solutions.