Canadian News, Opinion

Health care wait times cost Canadians more than $1 billion in lost productivity By | March 24, 2014
Without sensible health policy reform, waiting will remain a defining characteristic of the Canadian health care experience
Premier Wynne: You Are Freezing the Wrong Wages! By Candice Malcolm | March 21, 2014
The proposed MPP wage freeze will save taxpayers $390,550 per year
Weaker loonie hurts Canadians more than it helps By | March 20, 2014
“It’s a myth that devaluation of the Canadian dollar broadly stimulates the economy and leads to prosperity
The Real Problem with Public-Sector Pension Plans By | March 19, 2014
"The problem is not with the defined-benefit plans per se, it relates to the mispricing of their guarantees"
New Federal Finance Minister Urged to Cut Debt, EI Payroll Taxes, Simplify Tax Act By | March 19, 2014
EI Tax Rollback Urged for 2015 Budget – Up 28 Per Cent Since 2008
On the Economy, Justin Trudeau Needs to Fire His Coaches and Raise His Game By | March 19, 2014
Justin Trudeau needs to look beyond the failed playbook — and coaches — that once guided Dalton McGuinty and Jean Charest
Behind The Government’s Budget Spin By Colin Craig | March 18, 2014
Taxpayers need to be aware of the things they aren’t telling you about
Ontario burdened by more debt than California, taxpayers saddled with high interest payments By | March 18, 2014
Ontario is much deeper in debt than California, the poster child for fiscal irresponsibility
The Power of Protest By | March 17, 2014
“Years of poor energy policies like the Green Energy Act have cost this province jobs
Statement By The Prime Minister of Canada on the Lowering of the Canadian Flag in Afghanistan By | March 12, 2014
Canada's Afghanistan Mission Ends
False arguments fuel government assistance to Canada’s entertainment industry By | March 12, 2014
Great exaggeration to say that the entertainment industry makes a major contribution to Canada’s economy
Ontario Should Consider the Merits of the “Middle-Way” to Pension Reform By | March 11, 2014
General agreement has emerged that Canada has a pension coverage problem
Andrea Horwath’s Line in the Sand By | March 5, 2014
NDP has propped up this tax-and-spend government up for the past two budgets, and allowed the government to grow the debt by nearly $40 billion since the last election
Canada’s Vulnerability to Potential Eurozone Turmoil By | March 5, 2014
Clearly, US shocks dominate, but eurozone shocks cannot be ignored
Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on the Situation in Ukraine By | March 2, 2014
Canada has suspended its engagement in preparations for the G-8 Summit, Ambassador in Moscow is being recalled
Significant change is needed to make Senate function as intended By | March 1, 2014
Canadian Senate, Senate Reform, Election of Senators
Alberta offers parents the most school choice in Canada, Atlantic provinces the least By | February 27, 2014
Measuring Choice and Competition in Canadian Education
16th Annual “Teddy” Government Waste Awards Winners By Gregory Thomas | February 26, 2014
Lifetime Achievement – The Senate of Canada, after sober second thought
Afghanistan- Narco Nation By | February 25, 2014
Afghanistan's drug output is up by nearly 50 percent in the last year and opium profits totaled $68 billion globally
Needless Duplication of Registration Requirements Hinders Business Expansion across Canada By | February 25, 2014
The goal of achieving pan-Canadian harmonization has remained elusive
16th Annual Teddies Awards Tomorrow: Canadian Taxpayers Federation to Announce Waste Awards By Gregory Thomas | February 25, 2014
The waste awards are gilded pig statuettes awarded in four categories; local waste, provincial waste, federal waste and lifetime achievement
Maintaining Information on Law-abiding Citizens on CPIC Serves No Legitimate Purpose By | February 25, 2014
"Quis costodiet ipsos custodes?"--"Who will watch the watchers?"
Counting the Medals By | February 25, 2014
In total, the hockey count alone comes to 40 gold medals for Canada and would easily propel Canada into the top spot for “value adjusted” medals!
New High River gun grab evidence By Brian Lilley | February 24, 2014
Police going outside the law
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Violence in Venezuela By | February 24, 2014
Humberto Fontova interview
You Don’t Win Friends With Salad! By | February 21, 2014
Ontario's Healthy Menu Program is a Disaster for School Cafeterias: Forget about overweight students, the weight of our government is the real problem in Ontario
UKRAINE: Economic Sanctions and Expanded Travel Ban By | February 20, 2014
Objectives of Canadian Sanctions
The False Security of Complex Financial Regulation - and What to Do About It By James Fleming, M.A. | February 19, 2014
Shareholder Liability: A New (Old) Way of Thinking about Financial Regulation
Showdown in Caracas By | February 19, 2014
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is asking his allies, including state employees, to demonstrate in force against Leopoldo Lopez, leader of the opposition party, Popular Will
Trudeau: “budget will balance itself” By | February 16, 2014
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has somehow come to believe that budgets balance themselves