Reading Time: 3 minutes A typical home in Palo Alto goes for about $2.5 million because of onerous land-use regulations, much like those in Vancouver
Month: September 2016
Political change? Nowhere in the Canadian breezes
Reading Time: 3 minutes If you hold power now, chances are you will continue to do so
P.E.I. premier speaks truth on internal trade in Canada
Reading Time: 4 minutes The federal government has three legal avenues to ensure trade liberalization between provinces. It should take them
Canada really is back – to mediocrity
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada, which never looked stronger than under the Harper Tories, looks much weaker under the Trudeau Liberals
It’s not about the environment, stupid
Reading Time: 3 minutes The movement at the heart of many environmental protests is based on misguided romanticism, not real environmentalism
How to get an education that pays off
Reading Time: 3 minutes Education institutions view students are customers, and offer programs students are lining up for, whether jobs will be there upon graduation or not
Facing some unpleasant truths about opioids
Reading Time: 4 minutes Despite the best of intentions, doctors flood homes with opioids purer and stronger than heroin, destroying countless lives in the process
Don’t blame the oil crash or wildfires for Alberta’s deficit
Reading Time: 3 minutes Poor policy choices deserve much of the blame for Alberta’s economic problems
New federal policies worsen Canadians’ shot at a better life
Reading Time: 4 minutes Are the Liberals really serious about growing the economy and encouraging Canadians to move up the income ladder?
Forging a new deal for doctors requires a new approach
Reading Time: 4 minutes Should we move to a system like that in the U.K., where physicians are paid a salary and work to terms of a contract?