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Role of Government
Remembrance Day: Rebuilding Canada’s Military
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, ………..If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. This is the iconic poem written by John McCrae while World War 1 raged, shortly before he too became...
Grey Matter: Woke Changes the Courts and Country – With Thomas Flanagan
Return to Reason
Canadian National Security and Canada’s Loss of Relevance
A teenager in 1967, Canada’s Centenary, could look on their country with both hope for the future and pride in the past.
Featured News
Canada in 2073—Will There Be One?
“Ahead, Thar Be Dragons.” The world of 2023 is a scary place. One major war is raging, with others probably on the way. The Pax Americana that has given us freedom of the seas and allowed global trade to flourish might be breaking down. International piracy,...
World Cries out for Canadian LNG, “No Business Case” Feds have Totally Failed Us
Today, Canada’s natural gas sector is seeing its decade of darkness due to federal policy. And it’s not because the opportunity wasn’t there. It was because our government allowed its ideology, and that of its anti-oil and gas friends (also known as protestors) to...
Ralph Klein, RIP
Love him or hate him, one has to admit that Ralph Klein was a remarkable politician.
NDP MP calls on government to disclose cost of Superbowl ads
Some of you may have noticed that the Government of Canada was running Canada’s Economic Action Plan™ commercials during the Superbowl. As most of you know, the commercial slots during the Superbowl are vastly more expensive than typical slots. I voiced my displeasure (to put it mildly) on Facebook, and I’m happy to see that the New Democrats have taken up this issue.
Strengthening Fiscal Responsibility Through Decentralization: Empower local voters to increase government accountability and efficiency
The constitution allocates responsibility over most policy areas exclusively to the provinces or the federal government. But the federal government routinely oversteps its bounds. To create more accountable, more efficient government, the federal government should step back and allow the provinces and municipalities to fund and deliver the services that they are responsible for.
Real Spending Cuts May Be Needed To Balance The Federal Budget
The problem with this approach is that it is inadequate to meet the serious fiscal challenges we face as a country and, as this week’s new economic forecast illustrates may result in economically damaging increases to the deficit if revenue growth turns out to be slower than expected.
There’s No Such Thing as a Free Bridge: Canadians and Michiganders stand to lose from government bridge
The Government of Canada has reached an agreement with the State of Michigan to build a new international bridge. Canadian taxpayers would pay the entire cost. However, a private company already plans to build a new bridge. The government would be better off allowing the private sector to absorb the risk.
Government Doesn’t Give Us Our Culture: Great culture is the result of strong individuals, families and communities
The Alberta Government exaggerates its part in the development of the great culture that the province of Alberta has. Alberta’s culture is the product of its people, and not the creature of government.
Co-operation Over Devolution
Wildrose leader Danielle Smith made headlines yesterday after suggesting on CTV’s question period that Alberta could work collaboratively with the newly elected Parti Québécois government in Quebec.
CP Back to Work – Too Soon?
It looks like the federal government will move to order CP workers back to work and impose a settlement solution. As a farmer and a shipper, I wonder if this is the optimal course of action. Maybe it would be better to let the new management of CP take control and...
A Return to Classical Federalism?
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In a (surprisingly) unanimous decision just prior to Christmas 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the proposal by the federal government as found in the Securities Act to regulate securities in Canada was unconstitutional. The Court ruling...