The fall of the Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics did not end the threat of Communism. Yuri Bezmenov, an ex-KGB agent who defected from Russia to Canada in 1970, told us so more than 35 years ago. Even while the USSR was a strong empire, Bezmenov said it was “the...
The United Kingdom is inching closer to the end of its transition period between leaving the European Union and officially dropping its existing trading relationship with the remaining 27 member states. As of January 1, the UK will make its way in the world on its...
In a crushing blow to small business and morale, Manitoba’s Premier has ordered a return to the very lockdown model that the World Health Organization (WHO) warned leaders to avoid. Premiers are being pressured by a Prime Minister who threatens to withhold money...
2020 International Property Rights Index Released The global index ranks property rights protections in 129 countries, covering 98% of world GDP and 94% of world population. Washington DC– Property Rights Alliance, in cooperation with 122 think tanks across the world,...
Who ever imagined that the Democrat Party would move so far let that their main selling point would be “socialism”? With the leading candidate for Democrat nominee for president and the most influential junior member of the House declaring themselves “democratic...
In the war to defeat the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic afflicting the world, Canada has been in a virtual economic shutdown and self-isolation of its citizens for the past month. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Government of Canada are predicting a death...
The disincentive problems with Italy’s equalization programs resemble our own, but with a few special twists thrown in by the Mafia and poor southerners lulled into indolence.
The climate is changing all the time, according to this Frontier Backgrounder.
Italian equalization inflates public spending, discourages investment and creates a dysfunctional “spoils” system
The transformation of the ice bear into an icon to justify new regulations has more to do with politics than real environmental danger. Inuit communities are managing the species at a very high standard.
Except for a few sticks-in-the-mud, no one doubts any longer that Prairie farmers want choices in how they market their barley. By restoring dignity and property rights to growers, the new policy will bring clear benefits, not least a declaration that, when it comes...
PROPHECIES OF DOOM vs THE REAL WORLD
It was Michael Crichton who first prominently identified environmentalism as a religion. That was in a speech in 2003, but the world has moved on apace since then and adherents of the creed now have a firm grip on the world at large. Global Warming has become the core...
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An obsessive focus on the Wheat Board’s monopoly is diverting us from a needed discussion on the future of the farm industry and on what policies we should be pursuing to maximize opportunities at home and abroad.
It took a court case in Québec to open up the healthcare market to private insurance, and another one’s on the way for Alberta. Why don’t politicans step up to the plate? The people are ready fr it.