The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has today released Housing Affordability and the Standard of Living in Toronto, a new report authored by Wendell Cox, a senior fellow with the Frontier Centre. Mr Cox is an expert in land use and transportation policy and the...
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When Emissions Disappear, So Do Jobs
Following Barack Obama's recent visit to China, the White House issued a joint US-China climate announcement that says "China intends to achieve the peaking of C02 emissions around 2030." But that isn't news. A report published three-and-a-half-years ago and funded by...
Labour Laws Aren’t Always Helping Young People
Labour laws in Canada are supposed to protect workers from exploitation and ensure their safety, but they are not always helping teenagers who are entering the workforce for the first time. Most provinces require that anyone younger than 16 or 14 obtain a permit to...
Labour Laws Are Hampering Young People
Labour laws are meant to protect workers from exploitation and to ensure their safety, but closer examination shows that when it comes to teenagers, the laws are not always doing people a favour. Age restrictions for workers vary from province to province. In 2008,...
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We’re One CHEAP City
For the second year in a row, Winnipeg was ranked among the most affordable places to live in an international study. Regina is considered the most affordable city in Canada, with Winnipeg and Quebec City tied in second place.
An Economic Suicide Pact for Europe and the US
Europeans have worked themselves into such a lather over “climate chaos” that they’ve set themselves up for a head-on collision between eco-ideology and economic reality.
Free Our Wheat Farmers
Will the Harper government succeed in stripping the Wheat Board of its obsolete monopoly powers?
City unveils $2-B mega-fix
Mayor Sam Katz has released his proposed budget for the coming year and for the next six years. Also, a debate about P3s (Public – Private Partnerships).
Climatic Hubris
On Saturday evening, the science director of the David Suzuki Foundation told CBC Newsworld that world scientists agree? We must act now "to stabilize the Earth's climate." We have heard a similar refrain for years. We are told over and over that the rise in...
Let’s Deregulate Taxis
The economics of Winnnipeg’s taxicab industry have been severely distorted by barriers to entry and price controls. American cities like Indianapolis and countries like Sweden and Ireland have solved similar problems by deregulating.
$4B Boom Just Tip of Iceberg
Manitoba is in the middle of a $4-billion construction boom and that is likely only the tip of the iceberg. Another $6 billion has been committed to upgrading roads and bridges in the city and across the province over the next 10 years and Manitoba Hydro has said it...
Pluralizing Post-Secondary Education
A recent study of future post-secondary enrolment predicts an acute shortage of students for Canada’s colleges and universities unless more non-traditional applicants are drawn in.
Toxic Statistics
You have to hand it to Junk Science maestro Rick Smith and his lobby group, Environmental Defence. Persuading Rona Ambrose - who was yesterday relieved of her Environment portfolio – and Health Minister Tony Clement to donate body fluids for chemical analysis was a...