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Monthly Archives: January 2011
First Nation bans indigenous spiritual practices?
Much has been made of a recent move by a Cree community in Quebec to “ban” traditional First Nation spiritual practices. Ouje-Bougoumou is an overwhelmingly Christian First Nation community located over 700 kilometres north of Montreal. The problems began when … Continue reading
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Common Sense is the Point
I am personally not worried about citizens going around “arresting” people just because they can, as detractors of the revised law argue. That has not been the case up to know, so it is not suddenly going to start. But if the new legislation spares some one like David Chen in defending his property from butting heads with Leviathan, the legislation will be worth it. It will further citizens’ liberties, not abridge them. Continue reading
Posted in Property Rights, Regulation
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Healthy Living Vouchers?
A little while ago I posted here, arguing that public awareness campaigns will likely prove an ineffective strategy for reducing obesity in Canada. One alternative is using incentives to encourage people to lose weight or engage in healthy activities. One … Continue reading
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Small Disagreement Over Corporate Taxes Isn’t Worth An Election
I think that we’d be better off with a corporate income tax rate of 15% rather than 16.5%, but is this really worth an election?. Both sides seem to be exaggerating the importance of this relatively small policy dispute. Cutting the … Continue reading
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Global Warming – Prevention or Adaptation
…they are examples of municipal leaders looking forward to anticipate the impacts of variations of weather patterns and investing in a plan to deal with the challenges that have presented themselves in the past Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Environment, Local Government, Water
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Bandwidth Caps and Market Signals
Canada’s major Internet service providers have employed bandwidth caps, data usage fees, and throughput limits to discourage heavy use of their services. Continue reading
Posted in Rural, Technology
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Sentimentalism for a Debased Currency
Sentimentality over the penny seems irrational, but perhaps it reflects underlying discomfort with inflation reducing the CAD’s purchasing power? Continue reading
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Sask Party Eyes Tax Cuts…
The Sask. Party can talk about tax cuts, only if it’s prepared to talk spending first. Continue reading
Posted in Role of Government, Taxation
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Smoking Bans in Public and Private Places
The Japanese show us we’ve gotten smoking regulations back to front. Canadian governments fail to protect the public in genuinely public places, but ride roughshod over the rights of property owners in private ones. Continue reading
Posted in Local Government, Property Rights
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Political Tremors in Alberta
Wildrose Alliance leader Danielle Smith is right in saying that the Progressive Conservative party in Alberta is in disarray. It would be difficult not to come to that conclusion. Within 24 hours, Alberta has seen two of its most powerful parliamentary figures resign, Ed Stelmach the premier and Ted Morton the minister of finance. Continue reading
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Netflix Doubts Future in Canada
“The ISPs’ costs to deliver a marginal gigabyte, which is about an hour of viewing, from one of our regional interchange points over their last mile wired network to the consumer is less than a penny, and falling,” he said. … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
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Canada’s Topsy-Turvy Housing Affordability
Frontier releases the “Gold Standard” measure of housing affordability in Canada. Continue reading
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