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Coming Down from Mount Olympus
National pride, to endure, must have a strong foundation The tidal wave of patriotism unleashed by our country’s performance in the Olympics is subsiding, but…
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Alien Invasion
Toxic Asian carp invasion threatens the Great Lakes There’s something “fishy” going on in an environmental battle that has pitted the state of Illinois and…
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BC’s minimum wage is now 22% lower than Ontario’s
Today, thousands of low wage workers in Ontario are getting a raise of 75 cent per hour, as the province’s minimum wage goes up to…
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Keeping emissions underground
I was intrigued by a quote in a recent Globe Foundation report on BC’s green economy that BC has 1000 trillion cubic feet of natural…
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In defense of the stimulus
Earlier this week, the Fraser Institute published a controversial report which argued that the government stimulus did not do much for economic growth in the…
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Off target: Ontario budget misses the point on economic recovery
OAB 2010 Technical Paper Download 177.06 KB3 pages
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First, Do No Harm: The Doha Round and Climate Change
Download 225.82 KB22 pages Can World Trade Organization negotiations on environmental goods and services play a positive role in reducing climate change? This green justification…
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Fast Facts: A middle of the road budget for tough times
No one can envy Minister Wowchuk’s job of delivering this year’s budget. As we work our way through the “great recession” the budget will face…
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The role of stimulus spending in the recovery
Yesterday, the Fraser Institute published a new report, which argues that the government stimulus did not drive Canadian economic growth in the last two quarters…
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