Reading Time: 3 minutes Calls to increase the duty exemption limit for online shopping would be a disaster
Month: August 2016
Tackling relationship between climate change and health
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadians innately understand how their health is linked with environmental issues
Alberta’s cap on oil sands emissions could cost billions
Reading Time: 3 minutes The cumulative value of lost production from 2027 to 2040 could total C$150 billion (in 2015 dollars), with negligible environmental benefit
Most Canadians are actually U.S.-style Democrats
Reading Time: 4 minutes Canadians mostly agree with the Democratic position on nearly every issue
Tragically Hip put their love of Canada ahead of fame
Reading Time: 3 minutes The band’s powerful ties to Canada cost them dearly in the international market
300,000 reasons why ranking B.C. schools is a valuable activity
Reading Time: 3 minutes Last year alone, about 300,000 parents, teachers, school principals, and others interested in B.C. schools visited the Fraser Institute’s school performance website
Has the urbanization tide turned?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Industrialization, the primary engine behind urbanization, may finally be running out of steam, with unforeseen consequences
Almost 40% of Atlantic Canada households live in energy poverty
Reading Time: 3 minutes Atlantic Canada premiers should focus on opportunities to make energy more affordable for their citizens, rather than making it more expensive
Lack of bias an admission of intellectual poverty
Reading Time: 3 minutes The notion that anyone can be completely unbiased is a benevolent fiction
Getting your exercise religion back
Reading Time: 3 minutes After a few months of the new routine, it’s obvious that my heart strength is improving. Now what’s missing is an appropriate diet