If Canada were to be carbon neutral tomorrow, it would take China only 21 days to ensure our current annual emissions were put back into the atmosphere.

Would you take a job for $4.61 an hour? Probably not. But that’s the choice many Quebecers receiving social assistance are offered.

Our provincial and local governments have not managed to create an environment conducive to investment in productive physical capital.

The new guidelines the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board will use to determine whether the price of a new medication is acceptable or too high are so unclear that both pharmaceutical companies and patients’ rights groups are united in their criticism of them.

Many other countries with universal health insurance allow so-called duplicate insurance to ease pressure on the public system.

Ford’s plan to involve privately owned and operated facilities in delivering care within Ontario’s universal health system builds on well-documented success stories.

Au Royaume-Uni, en Suède et en Australie, pour ne nommer que quelques exemples, un marché existe pour une assurance médicale dite duplicative, qui donne un accès aux options de traitement privé, même si ces traitements sont couverts par le système gouvernemental.

By their very nature, tax collectors’ objectives are at odds with taxpayers’ interests. Given the risk of mistakes and the uncertain benefits, Canada should not pursue an automatic tax filing policy.

Loin d’être la menace que l’on nous présente, la croissance a le plus souvent été une source de solutions pour les problèmes auxquels l’humanité doit faire face.

Au lieu de montrer du doigt les acheteurs étrangers pour les prix inabordables des résidences, nous devrions plutôt parler de la source du problème.