“The state has no place in the bedrooms of the nation,” Justice Minister of Canada famously said in 1967. Fifty years later, this statement is no longer true. People who are straight, gay, transgendered, or otherwise cannot get a room for the night from anyone willing...
In the last few years, Netflix has begun to take over the television world, first in the United States, but now it’s made its way to Canada. According to CBC, as of June 2016, there are more than 5.2 million Netflix customers in Canada. On September. 28, 2017,...
In Canada, Airbnb is getting...well...deflated. The ironic reason is that it has become too popular. Airbnb is an online service for “Air bed and breakfast.” It's for guests who want a cheap place to stay the night, even if it's on an air mattress. Since its 2008...
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has today released "Restrictive Land-Use Regulation: Strategies, Effects and Solutions," a new report by Wendell Cox, a senior fellow with the Frontier Centre. The report evaluates currently in-vogue housing regulation strategies...
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...
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...
Wisconsin’s Elmer Kilian wants the chance to earn an honest living. So do Nevada’s Lissette Waugh, Florida’s Silvio Membreno and countless other entrepreneurs who have the drive and ability to put themselves and others to work.
The communications sector is also protected by regulation and Canadian ownership rules: Management faces little possibility of takeover and competition from foreign companies.
The Manitoba NDP has tabled legislation that would allow stores to stay open three hours longer on Sundays (9am-6pm). While this is welcome news, it begs the question of why we need restrictions on Sunday shopping hours to begin with. The argument against Sunday...
The new insurance method, if approved by the B.C. Utilities Commission next year, would shift from a vehicle-based claims-rated scale to one that focuses on drivers and their records. Read...
Once upon a time, you'd have only seen this sort of headline in the National Inquirer, or the Onion. Unfortunately, this is now actually happening in Canada. Officers in some cities are now dressing in rags and holding signs informing drivers that they will receive...
Ben Eisen and Kenneth Green show that high levels of resource consumption in North America enables economic production and wealth creation that brings benefits to people all over the world.
Ben Eisen and Kenneth Green show that high levels of economic activity and wealth creation in Canada and the United States benefit the people living in those countries, as well as in other parts of the world.
I tend to agree with the recommendations of the CD Howe institute. The government should look at alternatives to simply raising the age of eligibility.
NB Liquor’s strategic review gingerly moves the province in the right direction on the sale of alcohol, one we hope will eventually bubble over into bigger changes.