Ontario, like California, Going for Broke – September 2, 2010
"Now, let’s see. According to the state treasurer, who should know, California (population 36.4 million) has sovereign debt of $60-billion (U.S.) – $1,650 per person. Investors rate California’s 10-year bonds as slightly less risky than Croatia’s."

The Coalition Talks Tough But Is Too Soft On The Big Spenders – September 1, 2010
"The Coalition’s leaders have not only pledged to eliminate the deficit, although that is their top priority. They have also said that they will shrink and rethink the government, so that their legacy is a stronger social fabric and a more enterprising economy."

Political Reversal Down Under – August 25, 2010
As it turns out, Australians—who are, after all, much like Americans, proudly democratic, entrepreneurial and of immigrant stock—warmed to Mr. Abbott's old-school conservatism, along with his blokey, down-to-Earth persona. It's a lesson to which conservatives in America (Republican, tea party, or otherwise) should pay close attention.

Corporate Welfare Unrepaid, Bureaucrats Unrepentent – August 23, 2010
So where does this leave Canadian taxpayers? Playing angel investor to businesses that don't pay back money, while bureaucrats crow about their "success" - and the government turns a blind eye.

Australian Boomerang – August 23, 2010
Australia now faces a period of uncertainty as Ms. Gillard and Mr. Abbott scramble to assemble what in either case would be a narrow majority. This may mean a period of more cautious policy, at least in the short term, which Australians may prefer after the tumult of the last three years. The bigger picture is that, in Australia as in the U.K., voters have stopped the revival of big government dead in its tracks.

Robert Byrd's Highways to Nowhere – August 6, 2010
"When Byrd became senator in 1959, West Virginia ranked No. 39 in median family income, and No. 42 in per capita income. Today, it's No. 48 in both categories."

Keynes Is Still Dead – July 26, 2010
Keynes died in 1946; his ideas are long overdue for a burial as well.

Why Friedrich Hayek Is Making a Comeback – June 29, 2010
"Now that the stimulus has barely dented the unemployment rate, and with government spending and deficits soaring, it's natural to turn to Hayek. He championed four important ideas worth thinking about in these troubled times."

The Bad Economics Behind Stimulus Spending – June 21, 2010
"Economist John Taylor (Stanford University) says government intervention caused the market meltdown of 2008 and that “short-run government spending” has only made matters worse. He dismisses the theory that stimulus spending can jump-start an economy as an “old-fashioned” Keynesian illusion."

A People's Tax Cut – May 27, 2010
Corporate tax cuts are in fact a pro-people policy, because the world is not divided between people and businesses. Businesses are made of people. Businesses are people. The choice is rather between pro-growth and anti-growth policies.

Maxime Bernier, Former Industry and Foreign Affairs Minister and MP for Beauce – May 27, 2010
You have to be out there. You have to explain what you believe in and I think people are intelligent. If you have a good idea and it is based on facts and you can explain it, I think people will understand and they will vote for you.

Dump the (old) Alberta Agenda – May 10, 2010
Most of the Alberta Agenda ideas have never been fully costed out by their proponents.

Busybody Eurocrats and the new “Right” to Vacation – May 6, 2010
The EU recently announced a program to subsidize vacations for the old, the young and people with low incomes. This wasteful nanny-state policy uses taxes and manipulative subsidies to encourage people to spend their recreation dollars on tourism instead of other things they might like more.

We Should Embrace the Real Risk-Takers – April 24, 2010
"What kind of entrepreneur should we embrace and who should be shooed away? I would choose to give a bear hug to those business folks who try to meet consumer needs without fleecing taxpayers and dismiss "entrepreneurs" who use the power of the state to get a slice of the pie and pig out on taxpayer subsidies."

Your Taxes: Code for 'Collateral Damage' – April 19, 2010
Taxes have their place—but there are plenty of harmful unintended consequences when imposed improperly.

Democratization of Capital Markets – April 6, 2010
PowerPoint slides which accompanied the Breakfast on the Frontier speech by S. Mark Francis in Winnipeg March 24, 2010. Watch while listening to related audio below.

How The Great Recession Concentrated Public Minds – April 5, 2010
Recently announced wage freezes for government employees in New Brunswick, Ontario and Manitoba will help address the long-term problem of rapid pay escalation in the public sector.

Ottawa’s Peter Pan Budget – March 8, 2010
The new federal budget was created on a wish and a prayer, on a hope the world economy recovers instead of soberly facing up to the possibility that Canada’s federal government should get our fiscal house in order.

The Global Fiscal Crisis – February 26, 2010
The Executive Director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable has some insightful thoughts for the world at large in a new Frontier Centre Backgrounder.

Wilfrid Laurier’s Values and a More Powerful West – February 8, 2010
A strong Alberta leads to a more powerful West—which will be positive for all of Canada.