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The Origin of 6 Feet of Distance
Brownstone Institute
Frontier Live on X – Illegal Use of Emergency Measures Act, Now What – With Joanna Baron
Big Topics & Big Ideas
Etam: Achtung: Learning From Germany’s Energy Shambles
In 1880, a great author, Mark Twain, whom you may never hear spoken of again because he had the audacity to write in the vernacular of the day, wrote an extremely funny essay called The Awful German Language. “Surely there is not another language that is so slipshod...
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,...
Leaders on the Frontier – Hubris Of The Elites – With Stephen Davies
Big Topics & Big Ideas
Airbnb, VRBO: Scapegoats for Failing Government Housing Policies
The tourist-oriented city of Kelowna, British Columbia, has self-destructively voted to prohibit any new short-term rentals in residences. Even the provincial government is not as draconian, giving dispensation to resort and tourist destinations. Nationally, the...
CHRIS TROTTER: Where The People Walk
Democracy Project
What Doubling The Grid Really Means
Recently my daughter called me while on her way back from a Costco run in Regina, heading home to Weyburn. She noted that it appears they are twinning the highway between Regina and Weyburn. Indeed, they are, I explained. And several years later, they’ll probably get...
NDP Premier Thinks Big on Economic Transformation
Despite many who would never dare believe it, Premier Wab Kinew has come out said he would like to become a transformational economic leader in our province. The evidence? Well, not too long ago at an event held at the Manitoba Chamber of Commerce Kinew addressed an...
The Nunavut Devolution – Good Idea?
“The best laid plans of mice men often go awry” – Robbie Burns
Global warming or a bonspiel thaw?
The Canadian prairies are experiencing unusually warm weather, well above seasonal average. Many people point to climate change as the reason for this. What is interesting is that the Canadian Prairies often go through a warming period starting in mid-January, and...
The Sad Cult of Masking
Brownstone Institute