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Once More Into The Breach, Dear Friends?
A Revised History of Canada
A Revised History of Canada – Symposium – Reviewing The 1867 Project (2 of 3)
Academia Buying Into Indigenous Genocide Claim
Winnipeg's Canadian Museum of Human Rights. A comparable residential-school institute is planned on University of Manitoba grounds. Courtesy of Canadian Museum of Human Rights The Canadian Museum For Human Rights (CMHR) is located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Built...
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Coal – Not Wind – is Keeping Saskatchewan’s Lights On
While it’s not the same minute-by-minute data provided by the Alberta Electric System Operator for their grid, SaskPower has begun breaking down where its power is coming from on a daily basis. And the data from Oct. 3 and 4 showed wind generated an average of just...
57 Policy Proposals for Future Leaders to Help Make the Canadian Economy Soar
Executive Summary The various federal political parties are all promoting the policy agendas they believe will foster a sustainably high quality of life for all Canadians. It remains to be seen whether they will attain the success that they aim to achieve. In some...
The EPA’s Utility Men: Anticarbon regulations and the corporate rent-seekers who love them
“Eight leading utility CEOs responded recently to one of our editorials with a letter defending the EPA, claiming that the coal retirements are “long overdue” and that the regulations will “yield important economic benefits.” What they didn’t mention is that those benefits will mostly accrue to the businesses they happen to head.”
Kevin Libin: Why a backward approach makes city taxes go higher
Municipal tax hikes happen all the time. In most cities, denizens have come to accept them as an annual tradition, as arduous and inevitable as Lent or Yom Kippur. Still the question is: why do we accept them so apathetically? Canadians give no other level of government such easy licence.
Decade of the Telecommute
“The rise in telecommuting is the unmistakable message of the just released 2009 American Community Survey data. The technical term is working at home, however the strong growth in this market is likely driven by telecommuting, as people use information technology and communications technology to perform jobs that used to require being in the office.”
Stoning Sacred Cows: The news that the government can’t even keep drugs out of prison should prompt a rethink of prohibition.
t’s time to ask whether the amount of harm reduction we get from prohibiting cannabis is worth its negative side effects.
Freezing Government Wages is Prudent Cost-Control: Public Sector Wage Growth is Not Smart Economic Stimulus
Manitoba’s decision to freeze wage growth for its highly paid public sector employees will help ensure the province’s fiscal health, and arguments that the policy will hurt the economy are based on weak economic arguments.
Vehicles Improve Earning Potential
“There is always this assumption that people on welfare and low-income earners can just use the bus and that is the most appropriate form of transportation for them,” said Taylor, adding riding the bus is not necessarily the best alternative to owning a car.
First Nation Lack Vital Accountability
“The think-tank simply wanted to hear the opinions of ordinary natives on issues such as the fairness of elections, human rights, transparency and how well the community promotes economic development.”
When Times are Tough, Private-sector Daycare Proves its Worth
Given equal access to government funding, nimble entrepreneurs are more likely to open new spaces quicker and more cheaply than non-profit operations saddled with volunteer boards of directors. If you want more daycare spaces, let entrepreneurs do their thing.
Media Release – A ‘Living Wage’ Won’t Kill Poverty
New Frontier Centre Policy Series Paper by Peter Shawn Taylor shows how a “living wage” policy is the wrong way to help the working-poor in Calgary.