Author Archives: Marco Navarro-Génie

About Marco Navarro-Génie

Marco Navarro-Génie is Vice-president of research at Frontier

Some context on Alberta’s post-secondary cuts

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Marco Navarro-Génie

The depth of the Alberta Government mandated post-secondary education cuts is tied to university salaries. Continue reading →

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Ralph Klein, RIP

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Marco Navarro-Génie

Love him or hate him, one has to admit that Ralph Klein was a remarkable politician. Continue reading →

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Why are Alberta doctors getting the short end of the stick?

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Marco Navarro-Génie

In their dealings with teachers and doctors, the Alberta government of Alison Redford is showing preference to one group and derision to another.  But before we get into the arguments, let me state two things right off the bat: I … Continue reading →

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Back to the Future

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Marco Navarro-Génie

A summary of Tom Flanagan’s remarks at the First Annual Alberta Economic Summit convened by Alison Redford, the premier of Alberta, and held at Mount Royal University on February 9, 2013. Flanagan compared Alberta’s fiscal situation today with the situation Ralph Klein and Jim Dinning dealt with 20 years ago. Continue reading →

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2013 Alberta Economic Summit

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Marco Navarro-Génie

The Alberta Economic Summit was an interesting intellectual and political exercise, but it will not solve its economic problems. Alberta’s budgeting problems are likely to continue without a fundamental assessment of economic realities. Continue reading →

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The “bubble” is not in bitumen

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Marco Navarro-Génie

Alberta Premier Alison Redford has blamed the current economic situation on the “bitumen bubble.” That’s conveniently short-sighted. Alberta’s troubles point directly to spending and mismanagement. Continue reading →

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Mandated Light Bulbs, an Unwarranted Health and Environmental Risk

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Marco Navarro-Génie

Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs, soon to be federally-mandated across the country, pose serious human health and environmental risks Continue reading →

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Omertà in Alberta

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Marco Navarro-Génie

The Alberta inquiry into queue-jumping in the province’s health system appears to have run into a wall of memory loss. Continue reading →

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Another politicised storm

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Marco Navarro-Génie

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg blames climate change for Hurricane Sandy as a means to deflect attention from the fact that he didn’t do nearly enough to prepare for and deal with the storm. Continue reading →

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Italian judge’s anti-scientific verdict should not surprise us

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Marco Navarro-Génie

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 →

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Alberta Legislature Gets to Work

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Marco Navarro-Génie

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 →

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Two billion dollars is “chump change”

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Marco Navarro-Génie

Only in Canada would an Eastern politician refer to two billion dollars of Albertans’ hard-earned money as “chump change.” Continue reading →

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