Winnipeg's taxi business represents a textbook case of what economists call "regulatory capture" -- the Taxicab Board pays more attention to protecting cab owners' capital gains than the needs of their customers, who want more cabs, better service and lower prices. In...
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Who would buy Manitoba Hydro?
As the next election approaches, Manitoba's NDP government will likely try to scare the public by trotting out its favourite hoary old political chestnut -- privatization. The NDP will increasingly accuse the opposition of "dark plans" to privatize Manitoba Hydro,...
The politicization of the Arctic
Canada’s Arctic claims continue to be a prominent aspect of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s policy agenda. Recent announcements, further technological investment, and emphasis on Arctic affairs in the government’s Throne Speech all speak to the fact that, since taking...
Correcting Priorities: The 10th Annual Demographia Housing Affordability Survey
Alain Bertaud of the Stern School of Business at New York University and former principal planner of the World Bank introduces the 10th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey by urging planners to abandon: "...abstract objectives and to...
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Dependence On Any One Foreign Nation is Unhealthy; In the Case of China, All Too Literally So
Of late, it has been remarked that most of the active ingredients for key pharmaceuticals in North America come from abroad - usually from China; in the case of generics, often from India. In turn, India often imports its key ingredients from China. So, diverting...
Five Proposals for Three Indigenous Populations
In his paper “Successful Integration Experiences From Around the World”, Joseph Quesnel examines the response of three diverse countries to the economic and social challenges facing their Indigenous populations: Mexico with its Meso-American peoples, the Japanese with...
Randal O’Toole, Author of The Vanishing Automobile
If Winnipeg wants to spend a lot of money with very little in return, light rail transit is the answer.
The Importance of the WTO Negotiations
Ottawa’s full attention to trade issues is crucial the Prairie economy.
The High Risk of Poor Policy
On Canada’s federal policy vacuum.
BSE: Disaster or Opportunity?
The best way out of the BSE crisis is mandatory testing of every animal.
Approve Waverley West Subdivision
The public policy case for approving higher housing supply for Winnipeg. Remarks by Senior Policy Analyst Dennis Owens to a City of Winnipeg committee regarding Waverley West subdivision.
Mainstream Politics In Indian Country
For Ottawa to send more billions with little accountability in place benefits no one except for the aboriginal leaders who have proven that the current system is just fine with them and who will fight to hang on to it.
DeSmedt’s Amalgamation Folly
The City of Winnipeg should be eager to sell services to surrounding muncipalities, not eager to gobble them up based on the false dogma of amalgamation.
The Greatest Canadian Supported User Fees
Tommy Douglas advocated healthcare user fees.
Paul Driessen, Author of Eco-Imperialism
The tactics and motives of environmental groups are hypocritical and destructive.