Reading Time: 4 minutes Tough love has long been Ken Hitchcock’s calling card in the NHL. But does it work on young men who are multimillionaires?
Month: November 2018
Legacy media is in a zombie state, so why waste public money on it?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Leave reporting to independent innovators who build the public trust honestly. Any government subsidy surely undermines that trust
Killing the energy industry cripples the tech sector
Reading Time: 3 minutes Federal inaction on the petroleum file damages corporate balance sheets, which in turn stalls investments in tech
What’s next for climate and energy policy?
Reading Time: 6 minutes The mid-term U.S. elections bring mixed messages that require climate change and renewable energy reality checks
Could Mike Holmes be the saviour of 24 Sussex Drive?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The official home of the prime minister is in utter disrepair. But the price tag to restore it is way too high. Here’s a solution
Two crises, one ineffectual government
Reading Time: 4 minutes The failure to approve a pipeline has turned an economic problem into an existential crisis for the country
We’re awash with quality water in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes A Fraser Institute study evaluated the quantity and quality of Canada’s freshwater and discovered just a few areas of concern
Religious freedom benefits everyone
Reading Time: 3 minutes But hard secularism and the marginalization of some Canadians are reducing our deep pluralism and chipping away at our freedoms
The fundamental flaw of populist politics
Reading Time: 4 minutes The populist trinity of direct democracy – initiative, referendum and recall – is incompatible with the Canadian political system
Economic growth and innovation crucial to fighting poverty
Reading Time: 3 minutes Raising taxes to fund spending on the poor discourages wealth creation and productive work effort, shrinking the economic pie