Category Archives: Regulation

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

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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

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A non-partisan political forum founded for freedom

(January 1, 2001) The need for British Columbia to separate from Canada is entirely different from than that of Quebec’s. Continue reading

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The crack in the microloan myth

(December 5, 2000) Scheme to empower poor women doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. We’ve all read heartwarming stories like this one, set in Madi, Kyrgyzstan and reported in Sunday’s New York Times. Continue reading

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Gunslingers and demagogues

(November 27, 2000) Linda McQuaig’s observations are amusing. What’s her problem with men under 66? Is she threatened by macho men? The Libero Four Stooges: Big Bad Jean, The Rock, Jane and Anne certainly aren’t gunslingers, more like mudslingers. I bet they’d look good in a wetsuit. Continue reading

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