TV personality David Suzuki swooped through town last week on his crusade against the Multilateral Agreement on Investment, the stalled treaty that clarifies trading rules between nations.
*Y2K: Computers On LSD?
The millennium bug is coming. And some folks are getting nervous.
The Triumph Of Choice – Telecommunications Deregulation
Two recent developments in the telephone industry will benefit consumers.
Let’s Break up the Big Cities
It sounds like heresy to say so, but maybe the consolidation of the five boroughs into the City of New York, whose 100th anniversary we celebrate this month, wasn’t such a good idea.
MAI Good For Canada
The major provisions of the Multilateral Agreement of Investment need no defence. They are simply common sense rules of fairness.
CRTC Powerless To Regulate Internet
The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, has carved out a contentious niche for itself as the protector of Canadian culture. It is now turning its attention to the Internet. An attempt to impose such controls on the Internet has a zero chance of success.
Riding The Rails – Via Rail
Passenger train service in Canada, delivered almost exclusively by Via Rail, has reached a “crossroads”, declared a newspaper headline early in September.
Fish Story – The Federal Fish Marketing Corporation
The reasoning behind “single-desk” marketing has always seemed fishy, but the latest follies at the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation confirm that the enterprise has more to worry about than foul odors.
Rethinking the Police
We can never downplay the value of our police. They are “the thin blue line” who perform a critical community function that occasionally has lethal consequences for them. But there is plenty of room for rethinking the structure of Winnipeg’s police services.