The demand currently on the lips of youthful mobs and their academic enablers is “Defund the Police”, a catchy phrase that encapsulates both the innocence and ignorance of the young and the sinister intent of those who will use any crisis to bring down capitalism and...
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Shocking Information About Racist Killings By U.S. Police
The May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd under the knee of police officer Derek Chauvin reignited public conversation about racially motivated killings by police. The incident was disturbing, and it begs the question, how disproportionate are the number of African...
Go Woke, Go Broke
The world is in the midst of a cultural war known as The Great Awokening. Armies of young progressives, media personalities, journalists, bureaucrats, and academics have seized the moment to demand that the rest of society must have only one set of correct thoughts...
The Abuse of Omnibus Bills
As we are faced with the possibility of a snap election next month, all federal political parties need to limit the use and scope of omnibus bills. Governments of all partisan stripes come into office promising to curb this practice but end up succumbing to them when...
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Brexit Could Boost Canada’s Agricultural Industry by Billions
Britain has officially left the European Union and now faces the challenge of negotiating a new trading relationship with the bloc before the end of the transition period on 31st December 2020. As a net importer of most food products, the United Kingdom faces a choice...
Canada’s Resurgent Population Growth and Exodus from Unaffordability
Canada is experiencing resurgent growth, according to the latest population estimates from Statistics Canada. Between 2015 and 2019, the nation added 1.30 percent to its population annually. This is up about one-third from the annual rate between 2010 and 2015. The...
Empowering Healthcare Consumers
The key to successful healthcare systems is the degree of choice they afford for well-informed patients, and how much information they provide.
Big Ideas Should Shape the Campaign
Nobody wants a winter election, but as long as we have one, let’s make it count, with the consideration of fundamental policy reforms.
A Perfect Calm
Professor Allen Mills outlines the comatose state of Manitoba politics – the perfect calm . . .
Why the Maples Clinic is Good for Medicare
Manitoba’s Minister of Health is threatening sanctions against a Winnipeg Clinic willing to sell MRI scans. He should encourage private providers instead of trying to shut them down.
High-Performance Cities show Calgary a Better Path
A look at the root causes of low performance government in Calgary and how to fix them.
Think Tank Praises Clinic; Public, private health-care best
Instead of shutting down the Maples Surgical Centre, the government of Manitoba should encourage more private providers.
Ottawa’s Desperate Need—A New Native Funding Formula
Paul Martin’s upped the aboriginal spending ante to $5 billion new dollars. Will it work?
Don’t Tax Groceries to Save the Farm
Danger lurks when soil scientists enter the unfamiliar territory of economics.
Changing the Culture in Britain’s National Health Service
The inspiration for Canada’s Medicare model is trying to reduce wait lists by creating internal markets, with notable success.