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Published in the Globe and Mail on August 7, 2012 By Benjamin Dachis Many see the emerging rift between Alberta and British Columbia over compensation for the Northern Gateway pipeline as hampering energy development by stalling the creation of a national energy strategy. However, calls for a strategy may themselves be the fundamental cause of the political fallout. Alberta Premier Alison Redford…

Published in the Financial Post on April 8, 2011 By Finn Poschmann When Jon Kesselman of Simon Fraser University and I published "A New Option for Retirement Savings: Tax-Prepaid Savings Plans," the roadmap for what was to become TFSAs, we had high hopes for tax free savings accounts. I doubt we would have believed anyone who told us that in less than 10 years' time nearly five million Canadians…

Published in the National Post on March 22, 2011 By Colin Busby Do you have a sharp pain in your stomach that won't go away? If yes, you may soon visit an emergency room for help. Your next decision is whether to go to Toronto General, Western, St. Michael's, etc., for service. As an aid, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care posts online monthly updates of average ER wait times for…

To: The Hon. Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change From: Brian Livingston Date: February 14, 2024 Re: Ottawa’s Blind EV optimism By 2035, only zero-emission cars and light trucks can be sold according to the federal government’s recently finalized mandate regulations. That leaves just 11 years and reasonable forecasts of production and sales make clear that…

From: Grant Bishop and Benjamin Dachis To: Greg Rickford, Ontario Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines Date: May 5, 2020 Re: Ontario industrial power prices are set to spike: A four-part reform Ontario electricity rates for many businesses will surge just as power demand plunges. This perverse result occurs because reduced load must fund fixed costs for expensive…

Ontario Premier Doug Ford uses the term “hallway medicine” to describe the overcrowding in hospitals, with patients languishing outside for want of beds. The image creates a potent picture of people needlessly suffering because of an ill-organized and poorly funded non-system in which institutional interests are put before patients. This image has defined the problem to be addressed. The…