Ben Eisen shows that economic growth in western Canada has improved the material conditions of low-income individuals and families in the region.
Poverty
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.
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Canadians on the Move, to Smaller Communities
The Canadian Dream is increasingly being realized in smaller areas For decades, Canadians moved to the larger cities (census metropolitan areas, or CMAs) with their economic opportunities. The latest estimates indicate that CMAs have 72 per cent of the nation’s...
Leadership Needed in Canadian Healthcare; Apply Within
When the Premiers were first called to a sit-down lunch to talk about healthcare with Prime Minister Trudeau, there was plenty of talk about the potential for systemic change, innovation and accountability. It seemed that Canadians and their leaders were finally on...
Climate Trumping Needs Of The Poor
Rich societies can cope with changes to climate. Poor ones cannot. Subsistence farmers will struggle more with any global warming than accountants in suburban Australia.
Driving out of Poverty and Unemployment
Over 170 U.S. charities have programs to match social assistance families with cheap but reliable cars–but this practice is rare in Canada.
The Road Out of Poverty
New Frontier Centre study recommends provinces drop restrictions on automobile ownership for Canadians on income assistance.
Media Release – The Road Out of Poverty
One U.S. study found the employment rate for California adults with cars was nearly 80 per cent, while the employment rate for those without cars was 53 per cent.
The Man Who Defused the ‘Population Bomb’
“Without high-yield agriculture,” Borlaug said, “increases in food output would have been realized through drastic expansion of acres under cultivation, losses of pristine land a hundred times greater than all losses to urban and suburban expansion.” Environmentalist criticism was doubly puzzling because in almost every developing nation where high-yield agriculture has been introduced, population growth has slowed as education becomes more important to family success than muscle power.
Africa’s Real Climate Crisis
Telling Africans they can’t have electricity and economic development – except what can be produced with some wind turbines or little solar panels – is immoral. It is a crime against humanity.
Enviro-Romanticism Is Hurting Africa
Western interest groups have foisted their own anti-scientific fantasies on to the poorest continent on Earth, with disastrous results.
No Second Class Citizens
Many think that ACT New Zealand is a party for big business. It is a real tragedy that ACT suffers from this stereotype. It is a tragedy because the profile is so out of whack with the reality. I have spent most of my adult life in the Labour Party. For 21 years I...
Neither Charity Nor Bulldozers Prevent Slums
The root cause of slums is not unexpected population growth or shortage of land: It is a double plague of a lack of property rights and poor planning policies — from Kenya to Brazil.