Analysis

EDUCATION – Independent schools offer choice and quality, not elitism

March 31, 2017 // 1 Comment

By JASON CLEMENS and SASHA PARVANI The Fraser Institute DEBATE ABOUT how best to provide education for British Columbia’s children should be front and centre as the [Continue]

ANALYSIS – Why French Canadians have a right to be offended

March 30, 2017 // 1 Comment

By JOSEPH QUESNEL ANTIGONISH, N.S. – Much has been made about the resignation of Andrew Potter as director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada. His departure [Continue]

BUSINESS – It’s time the oil industry got smart about its messaging

March 29, 2017 // 0 Comments

By BILL WHITELAW President and CEO JuneWarren-Nickle’s Energy Group CALGARY, Alta. – First there was precision agriculture. Then came decision ag. Now there’s smart [Continue]

HEALTH – Canada should stop living in the healthcare funding past

March 25, 2017 // 2 Comments

By GREG MARCHILDON and RAISA DEBER EvidenceNework.ca HOW MUCH should the federal government pay towards healthcare costs? Hardly a week goes by without this thorny issue [Continue]

FRASER INSTITUTE – Federal budget punts major policy decisions to another day

March 23, 2017 // 0 Comments

By CHARLES LAMMAN and JASON CLEMENS The Fraser Institute THE FEDERAL BUDGET adds fuel to the growing problem of policy uncertainty hovering over the Canadian economy. It’s [Continue]

ANALYSIS – Can our cities cope with protest and unrest?

March 23, 2017 // 4 Comments

By ALLAN BONNER IN UNSETTLED political times, it’s worth noting how our predecessors dealt with – or failed to deal with – unrest. North Americans thinking back to the [Continue]

FRASER INSTITUTE – Upcoming federal budget an opportunity for tax reform

March 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

By CHARLES LAMMAM and HUGH MacINTYRE The Fraser Institute IN ITS UPCOMING budget, the Trudeau government is expected to eliminate some of the tax credits, deductions, [Continue]

FRASER INSTITUTE – Feds’ infrastructure plan unlikely to spur economic growth

March 12, 2017 // 2 Comments

By CHARLES LAMMAN and HUGH MacINTYRE The Fraser Institute WHILE CAMPAIGNING, and since coming into power, the Trudeau Liberals have talked a lot about wanting to grow the [Continue]

EDUCATION – Deeper deficits spurred by increases in public school spending

February 26, 2017 // 1 Comment

By CHARLES LAMMAM and HUGH MacINTYRE The Fraser Institute With governments across Canada preparing to release their budgets, Canadians can expect headlines announcing new [Continue]

THE MEDIA – Trump is wrong; the news media is #NotTheEnemy

February 26, 2017 // 0 Comments

By SHAUNA SNOW-CAPPARELLI Associate professor of journalism Mount Royal University IT WAS a swift, and effective blow that struck at the heart of the very belief system and [Continue]

ANALYSIS – Another broken federal Liberal promise: tax cuts for the middle class

February 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

By CHARLES LAMMAN and HUGH McINTYRE The Fraser Institute WHEN A GOVERNMENT breaks an election promise it usually attracts a fair bit of controversy. Witness the hubbub in the [Continue]

ANALYSIS – B.C.’s carbon tax not the ‘gold standard’ it’s made out to be

February 23, 2017 // 0 Comments

By CHARLES LAMMAM and TAYLOR JACKSON The Fraser Institute IN A MAJOR announcement last year, the Trudeau government imposed a policy that will require all provinces to put a [Continue]

OPINION – As 2016 reaches its end, most Canadians say ‘good riddance’

December 28, 2016 // 1 Comment

While ArmchairMayor readers are evenly split (see poll in sidebar on this page) on whether 2017 will be better or worse than 2016, most Canadians agree the current year has [Continue]

Our social-media harassment epidemic – One in four Canadians say they’re subjected to insults, threats

October 22, 2016 // 0 Comments

Harassment on social media is a sad fact of life in this age of new technology. The tragic case of Port Coquitlam teen Amanda Todd in 2012 brought the issue to Canadians [Continue]