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Macdonald’s Legacy (Part 2): The Man and His Vision for Canada
Part 2 of a 5 part series
Bill 35 Doesn’t Go Far Enough
In a recent op-ed (Winnipeg Free Press, May 2, A7), my colleague from the Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba, John Wiens, argued that Bill 35, The Education Administration Amendment Act, goes too far. He claims that “it begins to look like just one...
Macdonald’s Legacy (Part 1): Reclaiming a Foundational Leader
Part 1 of a 5 part series
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Carbon Border Taxes: A Counterproductive Idea Which Will Lead to Penalized Customers
Carbon taxes at the borders are becoming a popular idea among some countries and world regions. For example, the European Commission, the EU executive institution, is proposing environmental tariffs “on imports from countries with less stringent climate-protection...
Reverse Orwell to Give Our Leaders New Titles
In his novel 1984, George Orwell envisioned a future that is arguably unfolding before our eyes where government authority was supreme and truth and freedom were not to be found. Perhaps he should have named his novel 2021 because our times seem more like his novel...
All Life On Planet Depends On CO2
Science is simply defined as the ability to predict, so the failure invalidates the science even if you don’t understand the science. People who persist only have a blind belief and as the adage says, there are none so blind as those who will not see. What a terrifying basis for devastating and totally unnecessary energy and economic policies.
Thank You for Our Taxi Monopoly
Taxi regulation is a textbook example of the public choice economics concept of dispersed costs and concentrated benefits. The behaviour of the taxi industry at a recent policy breakfast regarding taxi deregulation in Calgary illustrated this example well.
Bring Back Standardized Testing
The decision by the Manitoba government to eliminate most standardized tests from Manitoba public schools over the last decade was a mistake and should be reversed.
C02 – Global Warming’s IPCC-Created Hobglobin
Imagine basing a major global policy on the output of a grossly simplistic computer model of a very complex system. Worse, the model considers only one miniscule variable known to have no effect while it ignores the major variables. In any area of science, social science or politics the insanity would be soundly rejected.
Earth Hour Tokenism
By switching off lights of one hour per year while continuing to enjoy the comforts of modern life, Earth Hour highlights that the developing world really needs sanitation, nutrition, trade, and education more than the sacrifices Westerners are prepared to make for climate change.
Sir Roger’s Ten Lessons for the Recession
“We should celebrate free enterprise and entrepreneurship. We should adopt policies that encourage innovation and competition. We should move away from tired old state monopolies and introduce new ways to deliver our social services.”
The Municipal Infrastructure Funding Money-go-round
Given the amount of money involved, senior levels of government and other funding agencies are entitled to insist upon better management practices in support of municipal funding proposals. The goal is a process based on uniformly better financial and asset management information and practice.
Chalk or Cheese?
Unlike the obvious difference between those two items, Canadian municipalities often mix up two very different accounting categories—operating and capital expenditures. The result is that an educated reader is left to guess about municipal financial statements.
Central Planning at Home and Abroad
The main difference is that a government that forswears central planning and leaves individuals free to make their own decisions within a system of property rights will typically end up being the government of a prosperous country.