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Author Archives: Peter Holle
Blair on Thatcher
In 1995 the Labour Government acknowledged the new arc of history by removing the sacred Clause 4 of the Labour Party constitution, which called for “common ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange.” Continue reading
Posted in Public Enterprise, Role of Government
Tagged Crown Corporations, Manitoba Hydro
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Chicken Processing Bonanza Alberta bound
Like Manitoba pork in the 1990s expect Alberta to become the chicken marketing and production power in the future as the supply marketing monolith collapses going forward. Continue reading
Posted in Alberta, Manitoba, Rural, Saskatchewan
Tagged comparative advantage, marketing boards, supply management
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Smaller Class Size is About More Teacher Jobs
As student numbers decline in a country with an aging population, we continue to see a constant stream of policies designed to artificially increase the demand for teachers – including the push for more early childhood education, lengthening the number of years students must be in school, and now reducing class size even when the evidence shows that it does not benefit students. Continue reading
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An ironic GREEN Future
This is your future. Huddled around wood stoves to keep warm because electricity is too expensive because of subsidies paid to rich people who own wind farms and solar panels Continue reading
“Politics Without Romance” – James Buchanan RIP
I am generally positive about the Harper Government in Ottawa but the biggest area where they fall down on policy is the failure to heed Buchanan’s observations on transfers to governments. Continue reading
Conference Board Not Endorsing Manitoba Dam Strategy
So it was a bit of a surprise when the Winnipeg Free Press reported that the Conference Board, one of Canada’s most respected think tanks, was endorsing the Province’s plan of hugely rolling the dice and building huge new power capacity for export. Continue reading
The NDP Would be Smart to Press Pause
Continuing to spend billions on dams for which the market has effectively disappeared will eventually erode the one undisputed area where Manitoba has some natural strengths – efficient and economical hydro power. Continue reading
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The Father of Managed Competition
The beauty of this system is that it puts cost cutting pressure on the vast layers of middle managers and supervisors that are a fixture of the traditionally rule bound, bureaucratic and process-oriented government systems we still see mostly everywhere in the public sector, cities no exception. Continue reading
Posted in Labour, Local Government, Unsorted
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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
Posted in Aboriginal
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The Delinquent Teenager Who Was Mistaken for the World’s Top Climate Expert
The IPCC’s reports have proven extremely useful for governments seeking justification for greater central planning and more regulatory and taxation powers. Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Environment
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Fixing Hydro Subsidies – Tip of the Equalization Reform Iceberg
While these proposed reforms will be seen as very scary by our cautious ruling political class, they must still be seen for what they are. We need to look at the tweaks purportedly being considered as more patches on a very patched up and dysfunctional transfer payment system.
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Fisher River Best Governed First Nation in Manitoba
Frontier has been fortunate to provide some recognition of the highest scoring First Nations in each of the three Prairie Provinces in the form of a plague and a cheque for $5,000. Continue reading
Posted in Aboriginal, Unsorted
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