Reading Time: 3 minutes Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson’s attacks on Trans Mountain pipeline based on falsehoods and nonsensical enviro-rhetoric
Month: May 2018
New hope for Canada’s freshwater fishers
Reading Time: 3 minutes The end of Canada’s federal marketing monopoly opens new doors around the world
Legalized U.S. sports gambling? It’s about time
Reading Time: 3 minutes Now the trick is to put the revenue to the best use: on public fitness and activity initiatives
Britain’s social (and economic) revolution
Reading Time: 3 minutes A stunning 94% of Britain’s richest made their money themselves. Land ownership no longer holds the keys to the kingdom
Entrepreneurship is at the heart of economic growth
Reading Time: 3 minutes The rate of small-business startups is declining in Canada. Here’s what we can do to spur risk takers, who help reshape an economy
Shrinkflation: to control costs, food companies shrinking packaging
Reading Time: 4 minutes When costs rise, a food company has three options: raise the price, make smaller packages or change the ingredients
The secret to a long and happy life
Reading Time: 3 minutes Broader and better social interactions are key, according to researchers. So reach out to others
Canada must escape the corporate welfare trap
Reading Time: 3 minutes We need to scrap corporate welfare in order to restore Canada’s business tax advantage over the U.S.
Canadians pay the price for unnecessary Crown corporations
Reading Time: 3 minutes With more than $1 trillion locked in underperforming assets, Crown ownership is a hugely important issue for public policy debate
B.C. closing doors to investment
Reading Time: 3 minutes Government policies mean the province is gaining an international reputation as a place where major projects can’t get done