Professor Barry Cooper reviews Elizabeth Nickson’s controversial book “eco-fascism” and discusses the threat that radical conservationism poses to the development of smart environmental policy in Canada. Elizabeth Nickson can write. She developed her skills as a...
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Manitoba Aims to Expedite Subdivision Approvals
Finally, what appears to be some good news out of Manitoba. Winnipeg in particular needs to accommodate population growth for the first time in a long time. Modernizing the approval process for subdivisions could help meet that demand. Additionally, it should hopefully help take some pressure off of the rental market in Winnipeg, which has a vacancy rate of less than one percent.
Media Release – Earth Day’s Credibility Damaged by Dominance of Climate Activists: Legitimate environmental concerns being shortchanged by focus on bogus global warming scare
Ottawa, Canada, April 22, 2013: “Earth Day participants must distance themselves from the climate scare or risk the event degenerating into irrelevance,” said Tom Harris, executive director of the Ottawa-based International Climate Science Coalition (ICSC). Noting the intense climate focus in this year’s Earth Day Network advertising, Harris warned, “As the hypothesis that humanity’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are causing dangerous global warming falls into disrepute, all those associated with the climate alarm will also lose credibility.”
Recycling Is Garbage
Believing that there was no more room in landfills, Americans concluded that recycling was their only option. Their intentions were good and their conclusions seemed plausible. Recycling does sometimes makes sense — for some materials in some places at some times. But the simplest and cheapest option is usually to bury garbage in an environmentally safe landfill. And since there’s no shortage of landfill space (the crisis of 1987 was a false alarm), there’s no reason to make recycling a legal or moral imperative. Mandatory recycling programs aren’t good for posterity.
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Divesting YXE will Benefit Taxpayers
Divesting YXE will benefit taxpayers Saskatoon International Airport WINNIPEG, MB, March 6, 2021 - The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has just released Debt-Free, Few Capex Demands, Well Positioned to Soar: A Valuation & Strategic Appraisal of the Saskatoon...
RIP Social Licence to Operate
For several decades, Canada was the focus of a global attack on its natural resource economy, with its oilsands deposits (the world’s third-largest oil reserve) ranked as “public enemy number one.” Though only a tiny contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions...
Expert says global warming all “bunk”
Tim Ball, a retired University of Winnipeg geography professor and environmental consultant decries lack of balance in climate change discussion.
MTS and Crown Corporation Folklore
Crown corporations bring cheap telephone prices, cheap electricity and cheap auto insurance. But these advantages are an illusion.
Challenging Eco-Imperialism
Environmental activists now face scrutiny for how their actions are impacting poor third world citizens.
Nanotechnology – The next small thing
Is nanotech an industry, a process, or something else? David Bishop of the New Jersey Nanotechnology Consortium defines it broadly as “devices, structures or systems with characteristics, features or parts on a nanoscale”—that is, less than one billionth of a metre.
Testing Public Patience
After abandoning standardized tests, teachers find that they’re worse off with the soft student assessments designed to replace them.
Hamiota: Rolling Along
Hamiota continues to thrive, with the livestock industry as its base.
Back Seat Drivers
New Zealand’s ACT Party has influence, like the NDP did in Canada in the 1970s..
Three Independent Think Tanks Offer New Prime Minister New Policy Vision
Three independent think tanks offer policy ideas to incoming Prime Minister Paul Martin
A Home Run for Winnipeg?
Glenn Murray’s “New Deal for Cities” would shift municipal taxes in important and positive ways.