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Monthly Archives: October 2012
We must prepare for extreme weather events, not vainly try to stop them
Climate change should be an issue in the U.S. election, all right. But we shouldn’t be discussing greenhouse gases reduction in a futile attempt to stop climate from changing or extreme weather events from happening. Instead we should be discussing how best to prepare our growing societies for extreme weather like Tropical Storm Sandy, events that will continue to occur no matter what we do. Continue reading
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Price Gouging Is Good
As Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast, now is a good time to take some time to remember something very important – economics. Slate obliges: Even in these polarized times, there are some things politicians of both parties can agree. … Continue reading
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Another Case of Municipal Corruption Highlights Need for Separation Between Council and City Administration
Today I had an article in the Huffington Post on how the City of Phoenix bars municipal politicians from getting directly involved in city operations to reduce the prospects for shading dealings with developers. I mentioned recent cases in Winnipeg and Toronto that may or may not have involved wrong doing. Sure enough, today’s National Post has an article about a Montreal corruption inquiry, in which a powerful Montreal politician has been accused of taking $300,000 in bribes. Continue reading
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Understanding Equalization
Last week, the Globe and Mail ran an article authored by John Ibbitson which profiled David MacKinnon, a Frontier Centre senior fellow and one of the country’s leading critics of Canada’s equalization program. David’s work over the past several years … Continue reading
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First Nation conflicts highlight need for dispute resolution bodies
A Manitoba First Nation chief is threatening to divide a reserve to resolve an impasse with community members. Some members are staging a sit-in at the band office. Buffalo Point First Nation is located near the Ontario-Manitoba border. Band administration … Continue reading
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Italian judge’s anti-scientific verdict should not surprise us
Since anti-scientific ignorance already populates many who earned science degrees and wear white lab coats, it should not be that surprising that it also has come to populate court rooms and those who wear black judicial robes. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Education, Environment
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CRTC to Implement Wireless Industry Code of Conduct
The CRTC is holding a proceeding to establish a Code of Conduct for the Wireless Industry (meaning cell phones). This is unusual for the telecom industry although it has been used by the CRTC on the broadcasting side. The Broadcasting … Continue reading
Posted in Regulation, Role of Government, Technology
Tagged competition, consumers, Infocomm, market structure
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New Regina Mayor
As the polls predicted, last night Michael Fougere was elected Regina’s new mayor. Largely seen as the “status quo” candidate, and endorsed by the outgoing and long-serving mayor Pat Fiacco, Fougere had described the election as a referendum on the … Continue reading
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Alberta Legislature Gets to Work
The Alberta government’s legislative agenda for the new session of the Legislature was announced this week. What should we expect from it? Continue reading
You are Free to be Responsible – Russell Means RIP
Anyone of integrity in the world would be insulted that their government has a department that is strictly to oversee an ethnic group. That is Hitlerlism, that is apartheid, that’s everything this country and any country should be against. Continue reading
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PBS Frontline climate change special cites bogus ‘consensus’
In reality, no one knows, or even currently can know, what the “consensus” is in the world climate science community. This is because there has never been a meaningful, comprehensive worldwide poll about the topic among the thousands of scientists who specialize in the many relevant disciplines. Continue reading
Regina Election Reminder
Just a short reminder that if you’re in Regina (or most of the rest of Saskatchewan), tomorrow is election day for council and local body elections. Enjoy! Continue reading
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