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Nuclear renaissance or nuclear fantasy?
(May 4, 2001) As concern grows over rising fuel costs and reliable energy supplies, nuclear power is getting a second look. So are the arguments against it.
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Saskatchewan’s curse
(April 24, 2001) Canadian citizens and Canadian corporations support Saskatchewan’s money-losing rural economy with tax dollars. Some may resent it, but because there are relatively few Saskatchewan farmers and other rural residents, and relatively many Canadian taxpayers, the cost for each federal taxpayer is small. Continue reading
Posted in Regulation, Sprawl
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Car deals
(April 23, 2001) Lawrence Solomon has missed the big picture: it’s true, Pay-per-minute Auto Insurance (April 10) will “begin to tame the worst excesses of the private automobile.” But why stop there? Why not pay for your car by the minute, too? Continue reading
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Fyke report’s missing link: health-care allowances
(April 17, 2001) Saskatchewan’s Commission on Medicare brutally described the country’s health-care system last week in its report, Sustaining a Quality System. Continue reading
Posted in Regulation
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To Tell the Truth on Farm Subsidies
(April 16, 2001) There has been a lot of public discussion lately about farm incomes in Canada and the role of agricultural subsidies. Lawrence Solomon of the Urban Enterprise Institute has been at the forefront of these discussions. His argument is that as a result of exorbitant subsidies, the government is sponsoring the industrialization of agriculture, which threatens the family farm at untold environmental costs. Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture (Rural)
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Urban Renaissance Institute 