An analysis of Alberta’s labour market highlights how political leadership shaped (and hurt) its economic environment
Role of Government
The CDC Covered Up the Vaccine’s Risks
Brownstone Institute
Canada Should Follow New Zealand’s Fiscal Lead
New Zealand may be kicking off a fiscal trend: boldly downsizing its public-sector payrolls to trim unwieldy government deficits. Its new coalition government, elected last October, is moving to eliminate 15,000 civil service jobs. David Seymour, ACT Party leader,...
CHRIS TROTTER: Where The People Walk
Democracy Project
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How to Turn Free Citizens Into Compliant Serfs
Free citizens have minds of their own and want to pursue their lives as they see fit. This is inconvenient for the elites, who wish to be in charge of everyone’s lives so that they can show their superiority and gain benefit for themselves and their friends. So the...
Demographia International Housing Affordability – 2023 Edition Released
Demographia International Housing Affordability rates middle-income housing affordability in 94 major housing markets in eight nations: Australia, Canada, China, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. This edition covers the third...
The Techno-Optimist Manifesto
“You live in a deranged age — more deranged than usual, because despite great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing.” — Walker Percy “Our species is 300,000 years old. For the first 290,000 years, we were...
Political Megaprojects Lower Our Living Standards
Government policy can aid society and the economy, but frequently it does the opposite. Lately there has been a lot of concern raised, and quite rightly, about Canada’s dismal productivity growth record and growth prospects. Several multilateral organizations expect...
Leaders On The Frontier – Alberta’s Broken Relationship With Ottawa – With Dennis Modry
Big Topics & Big Ideas
A Time For Radicalism
The word radicalism scares people, but the etymology is quite plain. It means getting back to the root—from the Latin radix. It carries no necessary ideological connotation. It merely means to wipe away the fluff, cruft, and baloney and speak about what matters. It...
Six Years Of Failure
It’s customary in the run up to an election for voters to ask, “Do I feel better off today than when this Government first took office?” Since Labour is a second term government, let’s turn our mind back to 2017. After nine years of National, economists were...
Stefanson: A Great Opportunity to Exit Liquor Retailing
When one thousand Liquor Mart workers walked off their job Tuesday, Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union president Kyle Ross called it a “last resort.” “We hope it ends sooner rather than later,” Ross said at a press conference. That’s funny. Many...
The Canadian Constitution
A Basic Understanding
Health-Care Innovation Will Be Key to Smith’s Success as Premier
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith delivers her victory speech in Calgary on May 29, 2023, after winning the provincial election. (The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh) It’s time to move on. The Alberta election is over: Danielle Smith is the premier and that means it...
Leaders on the Frontier – A Nation Poised for Excellence with Lord Conrad Black
Big Ideas & Big Topics