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In Praise Of Sprawl
Urban growth restrictions are the real reason housing is too scarce and too dear, writes property industry researcher Rob Burgess. Delayed decision-making, bureaucratic dithering, and the stubborn resistance of NIMBYs have all been frequently cited as...
Leaders on the Frontier – Grave Error – With Frances Widdowson
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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...
Green Projects Loot the Treasure, Destroy the Future
There is no future unless this is stopped.
The Freedom That Once Was the Internet
It’s time to declare as regards the internet of old: Requiescat in Pace. It’s dead. We might as well face it. Nearly every large application and website in existence, meaning most of what people use on what we call the internet, constituting an estimated 95 percent of...
Bill C-282, Now in the Senate, Risks Holding Back Other Economic Sectors and Further Burdening Consumers
Bill C-282 currently sits in the Canadian Senate and stands on the precipice of becoming law in a matter of weeks. Essentially, this bill seeks to bestow immunity upon supply management from any potential future trade negotiations without offering increased market...
How Deep Is the Rabbit Hole?
This past weekend, The New York Times revealed that the CIA has been deeply involved in Ukrainian politics for a decade, mucking around with politics and engaging in provocations against Russia. We already knew that from everything that non-mainstream commentators...
Brian Peckford: Supreme Court Of Canada Rules —Hockey Players Could Train Indoors But Christians Could Not Pray Together
This is a scandalous verdict by the SCOC (6 to 3) on the Manitoba case brought by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms on behalf The Gateway Baptist Church challenging the closure of churches and restricting outdoor assembly. The JCCF in their reaction to...
The Solution to our Government-Induced Malaise
Studying last month’s Davos meeting of the world’s (largely self-appointed) elites, Walter Russell Mead sees an inflection point. He says that when they listened to Argentinian President Milei promoting free market capitalism, the Davosies’ applause was more than...
Twelve Years Of Labour In Alberta: A Tale Of Three Political Eras
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Airbnb, VRBO: Scapegoats for Failing Government Housing Policies
The tourist-oriented city of Kelowna, British Columbia, has self-destructively voted to prohibit any new short-term rentals in residences. Even the provincial government is not as draconian, giving dispensation to resort and tourist destinations. Nationally, the...
The WEF Wants To Build Trust–Good Luck With That
“Rebuilding trust” was the theme of this year’s World Economic Forum gathering in Davos. It is as compelling as “Put lipstick on this pig” or “Be slick enough to fool the public” or “Make subjugation look like freedom.” You can’t build trust in an institution that...