The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador has recently announced its intention to mount a constitutional challenge relating to equalization. This decision has been justified by arguments that are not accurate and displays a lack of understanding of the...
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NDP Premier Thinks Big on Economic Transformation
Despite many who would never dare believe it, Premier Wab Kinew has come out said he would like to become a transformational economic leader in our province. The evidence? Well, not too long ago at an event held at the Manitoba Chamber of Commerce Kinew addressed an...
Canada’s Productivity Problems Are Deeply Rooted
Canada’s relatively weak productivity is one of the most discussed but least resolved economic problems confronting Canadians. The problem is often attributed to inadequate investment, insufficient competition, internal trade barriers and many other possibilities. The...
Wab’s Harsh Realities
It is but a few days before the New Year, and it has been only three months since the NDP became Manitoba’s provincial government. The recent election was much tighter than many people thought. The NDP won with just 4% more votes than the PC’s tally. And, the...
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Canadian Property Rights Index 2023
A Snapshot of Property Rights Protection in Canada After 10 years
Alberta Politics and Empty Promises of Health-care Solutions
The writ has been dropped and Albertans are off to the polls on May 29. That leaves just four weeks for political leaders and voters to sort out what is arguably the most divisive, yet significant, issue for this election - health care. On Day 2, NDP leader Rachel...
Nova Scotia and Feds Kill Offshore Gas for Good
Nova Scotia and the feds kill an offshore gas project, while their bills are paid by Alberta and Saskatchewan oil and gas
Leaders On The Frontier – Alberta’s Broken Relationship With Ottawa – With Dennis Modry
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Peckford: Canada-No Bargain at All-Canada’s Health Deal
Canada-No Bargain at All-Canada’s Health Deal —The Federal Government Out Manoeuvred the Provinces — What Happened to Provincial Rights —That’s When the Rubber Hits the Road! Walk in the park —the Feds never worked up a sweat! Forgone conclusion! As I keep saying—-how...
If Canada is Broken, Why Not Fix It?
Any suggestion that we should consider reopening Canada’s Constitution to solve our increasingly serious problems usually evokes snorts of derision and eye-rolling. The last attempts—Mulroney’s failed Meech Lake Accord in 1990, and Charlottetown in 1992—left the...
Canada in 2073—Will There Be One?
“Ahead, Thar Be Dragons.” The world of 2023 is a scary place. One major war is raging, with others probably on the way. The Pax Americana that has given us freedom of the seas and allowed global trade to flourish might be breaking down. International piracy,...
57 Policy Proposals for Future Leaders to Help Make the Canadian Economy Soar
Executive Summary The various federal political parties are all promoting the policy agendas they believe will foster a sustainably high quality of life for all Canadians. It remains to be seen whether they will attain the success that they aim to achieve. In some...
Peckford: Alberta and Sovereignty
Anyone who thinks of the word Alberta will likely say, oh, yes, that’s an area in the western part of Canada —a Province of Canada. I think that is how it is known now. Constitutionally it is a Province of Canada. There are no other Constitutions of this nature to...
Peckford: Why Our Constitution Will Not Be Amended Anytime Soon
Because the Federal Government and the Provincial Governments of Canada have allowed the Constitution‘s separation of powers outlined in Section 92 of the BNA Act to be blurred —disfigured. Section 92(7) outlines exclusive jurisdiction over health to be provincial....
Fixing the Unsustainable Atlantic Bubble
A month ago, the Chronicle Herald published an article in which I argued that the Atlantic Canada economy is unsustainable and that the region has become a major burden on Canada. The starkest evidence of that is that other Canadians are obliged to contribute $6,400...