Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s time to focus on preserving public safety while permitting a market system to thrive through the entire supply chain, from producer to consumer
Author: Ian Madsen
A new kind of common market beckons Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes There’s never been a better time to have a free-trade, investment and work-permit regime between Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore
The renewable energy movement ignores real world problems
Reading Time: 2 minutes The energy revolution has brought conventional utilities to the brink, only to discover that solar and wind power can’t be relied on
Communism’s pernicious influence persists despite the best evidence
Reading Time: 3 minutes On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, some romantics still embrace the fallacies of communism and its sister socialism
It’s not easy doing business in Canada
Reading Time: 2 minutes We placed a dismal 18th for ease of doing business, even behind such countries as Georgia and Macedonia
Learning economic lessons from an Old World master
Reading Time: 3 minutes An IMF report uses Italy to highlight the dangers of a bloated, unproductive public sector, but it is just pertinent to Canada
Gender diversity doesn’t guarantee higher returns
Reading Time: 3 minutes While gender diversity is a good idea, management should remain focused on how to adapt to new opportunities or potential hazards
Pipeline opponents ignore risk of rail fatalities, contamination
Reading Time: 4 minutes Those who fight pipelines and shrug at the higher risks of rail transportation are naive at best and deceitful at worst
Crown corporations are the weak link in economic growth
Reading Time: 3 minutes They lack the discipline of the marketplace and the ambition that comes from a desire to grow and improve to gain profit
Tax reforms will put the brakes on economic growth
Reading Time: 3 minutes Professionals, farmers and entrepreneurs are paying their fair share; raising their taxes will dampen investment and risk-taking