Property rights and a basic commitment to the rule of law would be a part of extending freedom to these countries.
Poverty
Aboriginal Day means time for new ideas
As Aboriginal Day comes tomorrow, is time to re-think our current policy approaches and think about a new direction.
Some Perspective on Mass Produced Food and Global Poverty
White bread has developed a bad name in most developed countries. It is bland, and unhealthy relative to whole wheat bread. Many Canadians with sufficient disposable income now spend an extra few dollars to buy all kinds of artisanal breads, rather than pre-made bread...
Media Release – Cities Should Fight Poverty, Not Increase It: How do we get more prosperous cities?
Today the Frontier Centre released the backgrounder Toward More Prosperous Cities by Wendell Cox. The objective of public policy should be to achieve wide-spread affluence and eradicate poverty. Cities, urban policy, and urban transport are means to facilitate this objective, not ends themselves.
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The Swedish Response to Covid-19 versus Canada
In a recent New York Times article, David Wallace Wells asked, “How did No-Mandate Sweden End up with such an average pandemic”. Let’s be clear. This admission from the New York Times, who tried to destroy the response to Covid-19, starting in April 2020 and...
Draconian, Anti-Science Measures During the Pandemic Has Led to Loss of Trust in Our Institutions
Candida Auris is a fungus that, unlike most fungi, can survive in a human body. It is capable of spreading within the body, resulting in an agonizing death. For unknown reasons the fungus is spreading at a rather alarming rate. So far, cases have been confined to long...
Family Reunification
Recently I wrote an Op-Ed in the National Post where I argued that the family re-unification program has a number of benefits that are difficult to quantify. Critics of the immigration status quo often claim that there is a "net fiscal transfer" from native born...
The West’s Boom Has Indeed Benefitted the Poor
Ben Eisen shows that economic growth in western Canada has improved the material conditions of low-income individuals and families in the region.
Yes, the Rich May Get Richer, But So Do the Poor
What the OECD’s figures show is that we are all generally doing better – the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting richer too. Second, this is not evil. It’s one of the great things about capitalism – it allows growth for everyone.
Why I Like Being a Country Boy #3
I wonder if these young people did not learn anything in their university education?
Why I Like to be a Country Boy #2
The good news from this report is that the job gains are starting to spread beyond the oil and gas country to other rural areas.
First Nations in Canada fighting same battle as Cubans
Cuba is a country undergoing economic modernization. This past year, the country allowed citizens to sale and purchase private property. Just recently, the government announced that citizens may now own vehicles. Slowly, this country is reforming itself and allowing...
Untax Buildings, Uptax Land
PowerPoint slides which accompanied former Green Party Leader of Ontario, Speaker, Writer Frank de Jong’s speech Untax Buildings, Uptax Land that he gave in Calgary, Regina and Winnipeg late November 2011.
Strenghthening Union Members in Saskatchewan
A move to remove employers from the union funding equation is likely to strengthen labour unions in Saskatchewan.
Media Release – Planning That Leaves the Poor Out in the Cold: Smart Growth fails to combat poverty
Smart Growth strategies that seek to contain urban development and encourage population concentration are responsible for increasing housing prices four times higher than in markets with less restrictive land use regulations.