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The federal government’s projected fiscal balance has gone from a $4.3 billion surplus to a budget deficit that could be as large as $25 billion.

8:53AM
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The Alberta government recently implemented a series of policy changes that will leave Albertans materially less free. Given the clear link between economic freedom and prosperity, expect these changes to have negative long-term effects on living standards and economic opportunities across the province.
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Alberta continues to face significant economic challenges. Rather than make matters worse, governments should implement pro-growth economic policies.
11:38AM
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Last week marked the one-year anniversary of the exoneration of Lynden Dorval, an Edmonton physics teacher who was fired for giving zeroes on student assignments that were not completed.

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In Canada, the decline in house calls has taken place despite evidence that an increase in house calls would increase quality of care and decrease costs.

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3:15PM
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On the mainline general-interest CBC shows, you almost never hear praise for markets.

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10:23AM
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The issue of whether the new federal government requires explicit approval of the electorate via a referendum to change the way parliamentarians and our federal government is elected is gaining a surprising amount of attention.

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3:00AM
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With the announcement that the Pope may “intervene” in the Paris climate negotiations, the last act of the Great Paris Climate Conference is set.

As I wrote in 2010, these giant climate conferences follow an entirely predictable story arc that goes like this:

1) The media will downplay expectations, and diplomats and environmentalists will bemoan how far behind the process is in producing an agreement.

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11:51AM
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Toronto-based Artbomb is an online art auction that receives zero government funding and is thriving across Canada.

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In the latest development in the ongoing dispute between Canada and the United States concerning country-of-origin labelling (or COOL), Canada won the right to impose retaliatory trade sanctions to the tune of roughly $780 million.

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