CHARBONNEAU – Face masks should be worn but not mandated
IT’S TEMPTING TO CHANGE BAD BEHAVIOUR through mandates. The reasoning is that citizens will stop doing bad things if they are told not to. The problem with mandates is [Continue]
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CHARBONNEAU – Our PM has more power than a rational U.S. president
LET’S COMPARE THE POWERS of our prime minister and the U.S. president under the assumption that rational persons occupy the positions. Our P.M. has more powers than the [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Raising taxes not the way out of debt created by COVID-19
The COVID-19 PANDEMIC has created a huge government debt. There are traditional ways of dealing with debt: by slashing spending, raising taxes, or a combination of both. [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – I was wrong about the Site C dam
DESPITE WHAT I SAID EARLIER, Site C is a mistake. The massive dam is being built in the Peace River region of northeastern British Columbia. Dams are not a mistake. [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – One-time handout to the homeless reduces social costs
IT MAY SEEM counterintuitive to give cash to homeless people. Didn’t their poor money skills get them on the street in the first place? The University of British Columbia [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – A reliable postal system is an indication of a country’s democracy
I’VE FOUND THAT YOU CAN determine how well a country functions by how well its postal system works. When I lived in Australia, I could count on letters getting back to [Continue]
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