Manitoba’s Ombudsman is celebrating national Right to Know week (September 23 to 28), asserting our individual and democratic right to access government-held information and promoting open, accessible and transparent government. The Ombudsman notes that access to...
Public Sector
More Government Pocket Picking
Following closely on the heels of a media report of the dangerous driving behaviour of many motorists in school zones, the Minister Responsible for MPI, Andrew Swan, rushed out today with an announcement that MPI premiums are to pay...
Dispelling Myths about Ontario’s Licensing Contract
August 31st marks the tenth anniversary of the ‘privatization’ of Ontario’s drivers license testing centers. In 2003, Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives voted to contract licensing services out to Britain’s Serco Group, which it would be responsible for presiding...
Manitoba’s PST increase is for?
“Bad news all at once; good news over time.” That was the advice Niccolo Machivalli had for the eponymous Prince in his most famous work. This maxim has clearly not been lost on Manitoba's provincial government. Their recent decision to circumvent the requirement for...
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Cities Have to Expand for House Prices to Fall
The cost of actually building a house does not vary that much across Canada The Ford government’s plan to expand the land supply available for housing has evoked the usual dog whistles about “urban sprawl” by interests apparently unaware of the strong...
How We Teach Reading Really Does Matter
Reading is the most important skill taught in school. If students don’t learn how to read, not much else that happens there is going to matter. That’s because being able to read is important in virtually every job. Without the ability to read, life itself will be a...
Media Release – Manitoba’s Public Sector is Larger, More Expensive than Most
This paper compares public administration employment rates in each province to the national average.
Downsize New Brunswick’s Swollen Civil Service
“Now, it would be good to move people from employment in the public sector, to employment in the private sector. We need a culture of individual initiative and risk-taking to develop, rather than continuing as a province that remains on the dole.”
Canada’s Advantage
Reducing rather than increasing the size of government is the key to a brighter economic future. Our own history provides the evidence.
Union On Express Bus To Self-Destruction
In the midst of what is, at least for anyone under the age of 75, the most serious global economic crisis ever experienced, one would think that unionized public sector workers should understand that now is not the time to demand more. Yet, secure in the knowledge that monopoly government employers don’t go bankrupt, no matter how high their costs or how poor their customer service, union leaders callously fight to extract more from beleaguered taxpayers.
Time for a review, former official says
More importantly, much has changed since Crown corporations were established in the last century to provide services not being provided by the private sector or not available to all residents at a reasonable price.
Can Ontario Afford Public Sector Padding in Manitoba
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A Window on Two Policy Models
Mad scientists could not have designed it if they tried. Over the past decade, telecommunications privatization has played out in a continent-sized laboratory. In the middle of North America, two almost identical companies in the almost identical markets of Manitoba...
Competitive Tendering Saves Winnipeg 40%
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Fix Hydro Pricing – Then Sell
At first glance, the idea of privatizing HydroQuébec has obvious appeal. On second thought, maybe not so much.