“That’s the problem, Prime Minister, they are cowards. Cowards are capable of any treachery.’
Role of Government
The RFK Potential for Political Disruption
Jeffrey A Tucker discusses RFK Jr.
Leaders on the Frontier: Sir Roger Douglas
What can Canada learn from New Zealand?
Peckford: The Central, Federal Nanny State In Full Bloom
I had no sooner warned of the now settled extra federal influence over health care, an exclusive provincial jurisdiction constitutionally, than the federal minister fines the provinces for violating the Canada Health Act, validating my point! Here is the news report...
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Leon Fontaine – A Passionate Canadian Thought Leader – RIP
This past weekend, we learned of the tragic and unexpected passing of Pastor Leon Fontaine at 59 years of age. Leon was a gifted leader playing many roles both nationally and internationally. He was, with his wife Sally, the senior Pastors at Springs Church with...
Public Inquiries and Public Trust
Testimony before the Public Order Emergency Commission reveals the case for government invoking the Emergencies Act is either weak or very weak. The Prime Minister was, in fact, opposed to members of his cabinet or senior public health officials meeting with protest...
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David MacKinnon Speaks on Taxation and the Economy
Listen to David MacKinnon speak about costs of Public Industry in Canada here. (30 minutes)
Everything That’s Old Is New Again
The good news is the old excuses for statist intervention are evaporating. It is time to rewrite the incentives, to reward hard work and to reap the reward demography offers.
Canada’s Downward Path From Nation To Fiction
The population of Quebec will shrink to barely one-fifth of Canada’s by 2031 – implying, according to economist Brian Lee Crowley in an important new book, “a big drop in the province’s relative weight in the House of Commons.” In fact, he calculates, Quebec’s influence will fall from 75 out of 308 MPs to 75 out of 375. The political implications would be profound.
The Unified Theory of Everything
I am the biggest supporter in Canada of an inspection-driven scrappage program, but I struggle
to understand the true efficacy of a C4C-style incentive program. Why pay someone $4,500 to scrap a vehicle that was going to come off the road anyway in a few months? If it wasn’t going to be scrapped for a few years, then why destroy a product that still has value? I worry about the unintended effects of the current program.
Ricardian Equivalence Makes Comeback
The Ricardian chatter signals policy makers’ and economists’ nagging fear that fiscal stimulus will fall flat or even backfire, undermining the global recovery before it has a chance to blossom.
Short Term Gain For Long Term Pain
Obama presents change as progress, but what is the reality? He has managed to invert the old adage that to become fit and healthy exercise involves short-term pain for long-term gain. His approach and policies are creating short-term gain for long-term pain.
The Shining Jurisdiction on the Economic Hill: Saskatchewan
After two decades of relatively restrained economic management, Saskatchewan’s political culture is not what stereotypes may tell us.
Three Principles for Bringing on a Crisis
Transparency and accountability, determination to take the long view and fair distribution of burdens. Neglect of those principles helped bring the crisis about and threaten to prolong it. Honouring them better can help us get out of it faster and stronger.
The Best Prepared Award
Next time the prime minister talks about every country being brought down by this crisis – or the chancellor suggests that everyone made the same mistakes – remember Canada. Nowhere is immune, but by most key measures, the Canadians are coming out of this crisis in a league of their own.