Lessening Saskatchewan’s Reliance on Commodity Bonanzas
Saskatchewan is the beneficiary of elevated pricing and improved long term prospects for nearly all of the many commodities it produces: grain, oilseeds, oil, gas, potash, uranium, and even gold, copper and forestry products. While this very good news for both its...
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Media Release – A Return to Classical Federalism?: The Significance of the Securities Reference Decision
Last December the Supreme Court of Canada stopped Ottawa’s efforts to impose a national securities regulator on the provinces, and in so doing the court returned to constitutional principles that may have far-reaching political implications for the Canadian federation in the future.
A Return to Classical Federalism?
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In a (surprisingly) unanimous decision just prior to Christmas 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the proposal by the federal government as found in the Securities Act to regulate securities in Canada was unconstitutional. The Court ruling...
A More Civil Debate Needed
Greg Davis (Times letter – “Just follow the money, Art”, Feb 16) demonstrates the tactics employed by those who seek to silence debate about the causes of climate change.
Students’ Protests and University Salaries: Students should join with taxpayers to protest the high salaries given to professors and administrators
On February 1, university students held noisy demonstrations because they are paying too much in fees and receiving too little in education; however, if they examined the budgets of universities they would see that a large part of the expenditures is to pay high-priced professors and even higher-priced administrators.
A Climate Report that the Hockey Team Will Not Like
Thank you Andrew for providing this ammunition to our trade negotiators in a critical time.