The idea that our entire civilisation could depend on millions of foreign slaves that we pretend don’t exist is like something out of a dystopian novel, but it is the world in which we have lived for decades now. COVID-19 is proving to be the wake-up call we needed. ...
Despite decades of subsidies by Canadian taxpayers, Bombardier continues to be mired in a financial crisis jeopardizing its future. The latest humiliation came as the company had to sell its train-making division to pay off a substantial amount of debt due this year....
In essence, Bill Gates is in charge of the world’s health. The application of his massive wealth, and his rallying of others to do the same, puts him in an unparalleled position of impact. However, his influence is enormous enough that it may muffle the scrutiny he...
The Chinese coronavirus has closed North American colleges and universities or at least chased students and staff off of campuses. These institutions wait breathlessly to reopen, to bring students and their tuition payments back to campus. But how will campus crowds...
“God giveth and the government taketh away,” goes the old, wry saying. God aside, it is people who won't or can't give when the government takes away. A recent survey of generosity in the United States and Canada gives even more proof. The more centralist and...
Hydraulic fracturing has its risk, but as we show in this video, scientific research suggests they are rare. Meanwhile, the process yields substantial economic gains. The nation is experiencing a natural gas and oil boom due in no small part to hydraulic fracturing,...
First Nations are invoking self-government to evade smoking bans.
A look at the humble beginnings of standardized measurements.
Powerpoint slides from Frontier Policy Briefing “Devil in the Donuts” by Ag Policy Fellow Rolf Penner discusses the shaky science behind the politics of the looming trans fat ban.
Rural frustration boils over in Ontario.
Given that productivity has been rising for centuries in agriculture, one might wonder why we keep paying more for milk instead of less. The reason: These productivity gains are being wasted away in our inefficient supply management system.
If Winnipeg wants to spend a lot of money with very little in return, light rail transit is the answer.
In a speech to a thinktank, British Health Secretary John Reid will argue that the extension of choice, including the gradually ex tended offer of state-funded care in the private sector, helps the poor despite opposition from many NHS staff.
If city hall is still considering building a light rail transit system to beef up public transit ridership, they may want to tune in to the research of Randal O’Toole, a U.S. author and economist who has studied rapid transit to death.
His conclusion, after studying the effects of LRT and bus rapid transit in dozens of U.S. and European countries, is that they do little, if anything, to increase ridership.
RAPID transit systems don’t shrink congestion, boost transit ridership or encourage economic development, said an economist and urban sprawl expert yesterday.