Anger at the French government’s extensive use of speed cameras has sparked a movement to eliminate the devices. In legislative elections scheduled to begin June 10 and last through June 17, the group Mouvement Anti-Radar (MAR) hopes to make a difference with eighty candidates on the ballot around the country, though mostly in the south.
Citizen’s Arrest
Giving credit where credit is due, I applaud Olivia Chow in advancing this Bill.
Crime and Punishment
From the Ottawa Citizen Sharing a joint could result in a 2 year jail term.
Get Your Greasy Government Hands Off My Fast Food
It’s easy to chuckle at the hubris of a Quebec town trying to ban the delicious French Canadian staple of French fries laden with cheese curds and gravy. But don’t believe for a minute that the poutine ban was trivial or funny. It is merely one more instance of governments’ creeping encroachment into what goes onto your dinner plate.
Bye Bye, Miss American Pie: In the first of five excerpts from his new book, Mark Steyn explains how bureaucrats have come to regulate every aspect of modern life — even the neighbourhood bake sale
Big Government requires enough of a doughnut to pay for the hole: you take as much dough as you can get away with and toss it into the big gaping nullity of micro-regulation. And it’s never enough. And eventually you wake up and find your state is all hole and no doughnut. Excerpted from the recently released book After America: Get Ready For Armageddon by Mark Steyn. Reprinted with permission of Regnery Publishing, Inc. © Mark Steyn 2011.
David Henderson, Economist
David Henderson, the author of Canada’s Budget Triumph, was interviewed August 10, 2011 during a recent visit to Winnipeg.
Snack Trucks Thwart Nutrition Goals: Vendors Draw the Ire of Novato School Officials Trying to Block Junk Food, but City Says Curbs Would Be Too Costly
After the Novato school district banned junk food in its K-12 schools in 2007, Rana Sanghi saw an opportunity. He altered his ice cream truck route to include Novato High School, parking the vehicle just outside the entrance.
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
The Province of Ontario announced plans to limit television offered in prison to basic cable.
The Right to an Ipod
Among other things, Congressman Jackson suggests that the United States should try to solve its long-term employment problems by giving every child in the United States an Ipod.