The Manitoba government has decided to increase the price of a 24 pack of beer by $3.90. For those who consume a case per month, that is the equivalent of a $46.80 tax increase per year. While some level of “sin tax” on alcoholic beverages may be warranted (particularly with liquors 70 proof and above), Manitobans already pay an immense premium for beer.
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America’s Red State Growth Corridors: Low-tax, energy-rich regions in the heartland charge ahead as economies on both coasts sing the blues.
Cheap U.S. natural gas has some envisioning the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge as an “American Ruhr.” Much of this growth, notes Eric Smith, associate director of the Tulane Energy Institute, will be financed by German and other European firms that are reeling from electricity costs now three times higher than in places like Louisiana.
Institutionalizing Red Tape Reduction Fosters Bureaucracy
Red tape reduction is not an exclusively Canadian phenomenon, and targets are repeatedly set around the world to reduce administration and regulation. However, the actions taken to meet these targets are not working.
The United Nations should get out of the climate science business
The underlying assumption at all such U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) events is that a man-made climate crisis is looming and nothing less than a revolution in the way we generate energy is urgently needed to “save the planet.” No matter what direction science and technology is actually headed, no UN delegate dare oppose this, the UNFCCC creed.
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CRTC Reins in Major Carriers on VoIP
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Consumer Power Overtaking the CRTC
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The Mexican Lesson — Tequila in Paradise
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Should Canada Ban Trans Fats?
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