In this first of two excerpts from Ralph vs. Rachel: A Tale of Two Alberta Premiers, Mark Milke examines how Rachel Notley's NDP government turned Ralph Klein's free-market approach to liquor sales on its head, and stuck Alberta taxpayers with a hangover.
Read MoreThe Manitoba action is significant because it reveals the one-size-fits-all model is not only inflexible but ignores a deeper question.
Read MoreAnti-energy activists have long been funded not only by foreign money, but also by Canadian governments and companies in Canada’s energy sector. They have all amplified the minority voices who have polarized the domestic political and policy debate over resource development and environmental protection.
Read MoreThe new free-trade deal is better than no treaty on trade. The lack of a deal would have completely exposed Canada to protectionist American sentiment from the White House on down.
Read MoreEvery society needs a combination of both concepts to thrive.
Read MoreOnly when the last bit of propaganda ends, might more people realize that from increasing forest cover to cleaner rivers, many environmental indicators have been trending positive for decades.
Read MoreThat a company would move to high-tax Illinois tells us all we need to know about how costly it has become to remain in Ontario.
Read MoreCultural purists, especially in the mass travel and internet age, are in denial about the reality that no society is culturally “pure” and that is most often a good thing.
Read MoreSincerity and character may not always lead to friendship, but the deepest and most real friendships cannot exist without them.
Read MoreTo be fair, many politicians manage and micro-manage but not to the degree of Wynne.
Read MoreMeanwhile, down in Washington state, gas sells for 95 cents a litre including just 16 cents in tax.
Read MoreOntario’s top 1 % already pay 26.5 % of all provincial income tax.
Read MoreHonest thinking leads to clear analysis and that leads to solid writing and impact. That describes members of the Calgary School
Read MoreThe political and media myth that the single tax was not progressive is nonsense.
Read MoreThe third sort of tyrant is the most destructive and spills the most blood. This model is the millenarian, those with ambition to effect the wholesale transformation of society.
Read MoreTo conflate the existence of freedom with abuses committed in its sphere is akin to blaming a mugging in Central Park on the park itself.
Read MoreOn debt, spending and taxation, Ontario has come to resemble Quebec a lot more in recent years.
Read MoreNeither the University of Alberta nor the Alberta Teachers Association are champions of free inquiry or controversy.
Read MoreThree reasons why statue attacks are often wrong-headed.
Read MoreClimate-related deaths are down 95%.
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