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...
Role of Government
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...
Where Good Politics Meets Good Policy
Most politicians want to do good. But in order to do anything, good or otherwise, they must first hold power, and the only way to do that is to promise and deliver what is popular. Thus, politicians are pulled between doing what is good and what is popular.
Ontario and Manitoba Elections Fail to Offer Long Term Solutions for Cities: Municipalities need their own sources of funding
Big cities in Ontario and Manitoba require long term solutions to their massive infrastructure deficits, but the solution isn’t simply to throw money at the problem. Instead, cities need to granted the ability to generate revenue however they choose, rather than relying on the inefficient property tax, and transfers from upper levels of government. This would ensure that cities have the tools to provide infrastructure without being subject to the political whims of provincial and federal governments.
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Demand Fairness from Ottawa and Edmonton
A few weeks ago, Albertans voted to reduce the inequities in the federal equalization program. The deficit between the dollars that leave to and come back from Ottawa has recently been as high as $27 billion in one year. During times of crisis, it feels like salt in...
Inflation: They Win, You Lose: Politicos, Cronies Fleece Canadians with Monetary Expansion
One of the most widespread economic myths is that inflation—the reduced purchasing power of a currency—is a win for a nation, a sign of a booming economy. For the privileged classes in government and with initial access to monetary expansion, it is a win. For everyone...
Former Star Candidate Abandons NDP for Grits
Paul Summerville, economist and former NDP candidate, recently defected to the Liberals because of NDP’s economic policies.
William D. Eggers, Senior Fellow, the Manhattan Institute
One of the world’s most accomplished scholars in the fields of re-inventing government, privatizations and e-government discusses these and related issues.
The Untold Tale of How Government Got Big
After over a century of increasing gross domestic product (GDP) ratio, it’s finally on a downward swing. Read on for a brief history on governments’ spending practices.
Please Don’t Take Away My Hamburgers
The latest thing to come under attack by the health harpies and fitness fanatics is fast food, particularly hamburgers and french fries. They cause obesity, we are told, and, having beaten back tobacco and put a leash on demon rum, this is the latest front for the legions of society’s joyless crusaders.
National Transit Program One-Way Ticket to Higher Spending
Last month’s Big City Mayors Caucus report “Our Cities, Our Future,” claims that Canada is the only G8 country without a national transit program. Before Canada jumps on this bandwagon, it would do well to examine just what has happened to national transit programs elsewhere.
Harper’s Chance for New Dawn in Canada
OTTAWA -- Here's a perceptive analysis of an important national election: "There is no escaping the stark fact of the repudiation of a regime that had outlived its time. There is no escaping the stark fact that (though the personalities of the candidates played a...
Christopher Hitchens, intellectual and contrarian
Author, gadfly, pundit and social critic Christopher Hitchens offers up more of his unusual, sardonic take on the failings of the modern world.
Right-wing Brison Belongs with Conservatives
Brison loves to mention the various economic think-tanks he admires, including Manitoba’s Frontier Policy Centre.
Lunch on the Frontier – A Better Way to Run the Country – With Bob Rae
Watch Lunch on the Frontier with Bob Rae here. (59 minutes)