Reading Time: 4 minutes Billions of Canadian taxpayers’ dollars go into ventures that don’t need or waste the money. And there is little oversight
Author: Lee Harding
In Greyhound’s wake, government should stay off the bus
Reading Time: 3 minutes When governments run transportation services, more tax dollars make trips than people. Let private business fill the gap
Canada wins if the globe warms but we must be ready
Reading Time: 4 minutes If the Earth warmed as much as models say, the increase in Canada’s arable land would be an area two times the size of Quebec
Newspapers may be struggling but the news is still crucial
Reading Time: 4 minutes Don’t blame the Internet, embrace it as a means to deliver quality reporting to a broader audience
Pipeline drama provides great politics, dubious policy
Reading Time: 4 minutes This is as close as Canadian politics gets to reality TV, with self-interested actors embroiled in conflict against a common enemy
Stephen Goldsmith transformed how cities should operate
Reading Time: 3 minutes The former Indianapolis mayor demonstrated how to improve service and cut costs – and taxes
Electric cars won’t save the world but they will destroy lives
Reading Time: 3 minutes There are gasses and pollutants far worse than carbon dioxide. Just ask the cobalt miners in the Congo
How to get high-performance government
Reading Time: 3 minutes The private sector can help revolutionize government services by improving productivity, cutting costs and introducing new ideas
Pipeline opposition largely funded by rich Americans
Reading Time: 3 minutes To maintain secrecy, large U.S. environmental foundations simply “purchased” the co-operation of Canadian organizations to stop Alberta oil from reaching international markets
Bill C-59’s overreach allows security to trump freedom
Reading Time: 3 minutes Bill C-59, Canada’s new spy legislation, threatens the freedom of expression, the right to life, liberty and the security of the person