New legislation will give additional parliamentary representation to Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta to ensure that their representation in the House of Commons better reflects their populations.
Role of Government
Human Welfare, Environment and Climate Science
Listen to Patrick Moore speak in Saskatoon on Climate Science here. (48 minutes)
Why it is Rational to Vote Irrationally (Part 1 of 3): Changing one’s mind is hard, and elections provide no incentive to do so.
A look at Bryan Caplan’s theory on why rational voters maximise their welfare by holding irrational beliefs on public policy.
Manners Matter: Government neutrality is necessary for good public policy
It is inappropriate for a politician to single out citizens or groups of citizens, whoever they are, for public scorn.
Featured News
What Must Be Done to Curb Canada’s Household Debt
Canada is struggling economically. From inflation and deficits to investment and employment, everything that should be up is down, and everything that should be down is up. One striking symptom of economic rot is household debt, which is rising faster than incomes....
Crown Utilities’ Unfair Advantages Reduce Competition, Innovation
Largely unique among state-owned enterprises, ‘SEOs’, worldwide, Canadian Crown corporations have two key advantages over current and future private sector competitors: non-taxable status and access to low-cost public sector borrowing rates. Other implicit edges...
Cities aren’t Creating Canada’s Wealth
The joke about over-urbanized kids who think milk comes from the grocery aisle but not cows should be extended to some in the municipal political class. After Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver voters sent only Liberals, Bloquistes and New Democrats to Parliament last...
The Decline And Fall Of Europe
Cartoons and riots made the headlines in Europe last week, but a far less fiery event, the publication of an academic study, may shed greater light on the future of the continent. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), headquartered in...
A Very Canadian Revolution
An election containing larger tectonic shifts when seen against the background of Canada’s recent politics
Since When is Fending for Yourself a Bad Thing?
OTTAWA -- Here is Prime Minister Paul Martin, in stump speeches and during Monday's debate, defining Canadians' options in the federal election: "Stephen Harper's goal of a fend-for-yourself Canada or my vision of a country in which we strive together toward a common...
Geoffrey Segal, Director of Government Reform, Reason Foundation
Frontier Centre:You have described the contracting out of government services as a rapidly growing phenomenon. Is it still? Geoffrey Segal: Well, rapidly is a very subjective term and it really is relative to past experience. When we look specifically at the United...
Famed Mag Says We’re a Mess
OTTAWA -- Canada is still cool but our politics is "a fractured mess," says the influential British magazine The Economist. Two years after first declaring Canada "rather cool," the latest edition of the weekly concludes the country is "not at its best, just at the...
Big Ideas Should Shape the Campaign
Nobody wants a winter election, but as long as we have one, let’s make it count, with the consideration of fundamental policy reforms.
A Perfect Calm
Professor Allen Mills outlines the comatose state of Manitoba politics – the perfect calm . . .
Ethics Is At Last An Issue
Andrew Coyne discusses government accountability, business practises, and the reforms that the conservative party has proposed. Do they solve the current dilemmas our politicians face in knowing where to draw the line or do they fall short of taxpayers’ expectations?