Troy Media

Troy Media s issue-driven: as former journalists, we look at the issues from a perspective that is familiar to the media. We tell stories.

Most Recent Articles by Troy Media:

Anti-fed paranoia over securities proposal out of step with the times January 23, 2009
Express anger and indignation with the very idea of a single regulator
Business tax: Going for Gold not personal best January 22, 2009
Canada West Foundation recommends cutting business taxes and harmonizing provincial sales taxes with the GST
The moral case against dumb government intervention January 15, 2009
Dumb intervention includes massive bailouts for automakers
Fixing Canada’s political mess December 31, 2008
Tax-relief measures, increases in health-care transfers, increased infrastructure investments, and credit and monetary initiatives
Put more money into Canadians’ pockets December 30, 2008
Canada is a trading nation
Prescriptions for an ailing economy December 26, 2008
Slowdown an opportunity to improve public policy
Pull the plug on terminally-ill businesses December 22, 2008
Spending taxpayer money to keep them on life support traps workers in dead-end, subsidized jobs and squanders precious resources
Canada at an economic crossroads December 19, 2008
lower taxes, a less intrusive federal government and an aversion to deficit spending
Governments already “stimulate” business December 18, 2008
Frontier Centre for Public Policy, various versions of the “stimulus” package
Getting government out of housing management December 18, 2008
Manitobans need public resources focused on families’ needs, not on property management.
Coalition games fuel the fires of western separatism December 17, 2008
Constitutional crisis and coalition coup
Canada’s current healthcare funding model not sustainable December 16, 2008
Canada’s hospitals are allotted an annual budget that is not tied to the number of patients seen, procedures carried out
Opportunity for Senate elections still exists December 15, 2008
18 Vacancies in the Senate
Taxpayers should spurn auto-bailout pleas December 12, 2008
Auto bailouts in America, Canada, Europe
Manitoba economy in Sweet Spot December 11, 2008
Canada West Foundation, well balanced economy
Another election isn’t much more costly than continued party subsidies December 8, 2008
Between 2004 and 2008, Canadians will have spent $290 million on subsidies to federal political parties
De-politicizing water services December 4, 2008
Transferring water and wastewater services away from local government
Governor General should refuse to accept Harper’s resignation December 3, 2008
Liberal-NDP coalition, Minority Conservative Government
50% of Canadians wealth not protected from expropriation November 27, 2008
New Frontier study looks at lack of enforceable property rights across Canada
A Celtic Tiger is caged: Lessons for western Canada November 23, 2008
Ireland's rise and fall
The Conservatives: Canada’s next natural governing party? November 3, 2008
The divided Liberals’ credibility and influence is in a freefall
Free speech won, but what about ethics? November 3, 2008
Advocates of free press in Canada have reasons to cheer
A little nugget shines in the heart of oil town October 30, 2008
John Morgan, Infinito Gold
Time to invest in our politicians October 14, 2008
Americans invest more time, energy and money than Canadians do in preparing the politicians for the political stage
Arctic environmental protection a challenge for us all September 16, 2008
Canada must find a way to secure its Arctic sovereignty claims
Prairie Atoms: Expanding nuclear power in Alberta and Saskatchewan September 11, 2008
Uranium exploration, Uranium enrichment
Reinventing Canada’s political circus September 8, 2008
Cirque de la Politique
Search for water led to first oil well in Canada - in Ontario September 5, 2008
Black Creek, located in Lambton County, Oil Springs