Mars 12, 2015 9:57AM

Watch Philip Cross on CBC: slow growth is not the 'new normal'

Philip Cross

Despite gloomy post-recession pronouncements from some analysts, slow economic growth is not preordained in Canada.

Sujet:

Government Spending & Taxes, Other Topics

Étiquettes:

economic growth, post-recession, Ottawa

Mars 11, 2015 8:38AM

Albertans closest to the land are often best suited to manage it properly

Mark Milke

It’s occasionally assumed that an environmentally sensitive approach is opposite that of a commercial approach—that ecological protection is necessarily at odds with ranching and farming.

Sujet:

Natural Resources

Étiquettes:

alberta, property rights, farming

Mars 11, 2015 8:32AM

The importance of cyber-security to liberty

Alan Dowd

A recent Fraser Institute study spotlighted the importance of cyber-security to liberty.

Sujet:

Spending cuts, not tax hikes, key to balancing the books in Alberta

Mark Milke

In Alberta, to cushion the blow from falling revenues, some claim higher taxes will balance the books. How soon we forget. Alberta tried that in the late 1980s. It didn’t work.

Sujet:

Government Spending & Taxes

Étiquettes:

alberta, alberta budget, alberta taxes, alberta government spending

Mars 5, 2015 1:42PM

Alberta’s government program spending reaches new heights

Mark Milke

According to a Fraser Institute study released in February, between 2004/05 and 2013/14, the Alberta government’s program spending jumped to $43.9 billion from $29 billion.

Sujet:

Government Spending & Taxes

Étiquettes:

alberta, alberta government spending, alberta deficit

Novembre 25, 2014 9:27PM

Watch Kenneth Green debate climate change on CBC

Kenneth P. Green

The latest UN report on climate changes says its “irreversible” and again calls for massive government intervention and subsidies to eliminate the use of fossil fuels. Is that realistic for Canada?

Sujet:

Environment

Étiquettes:

climate change, environmental concerns

Novembre 5, 2014 7:19AM