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1. ‘Eat local’ food movement doomed to fail in Ontario and beyond

   Appeared in National Newswatch, November 19, 2019 Across Ontario, “local food” activists continue to promote the economic, social and environmental virtues of small local alternative farms, community gardens, backyard henhouses and older, less-efficient ...

2. You can grow new trees, but not new money

   I had a call this week from one of the charities my wife and I support. A pleasant-sounding fellow at the other end of the line said they just wanted to let us know that in future they won’t send out the usual mass mailings about their ...

3. Plastic bag bans may do more harm than good

   Appeared in the Vancouver Province, June 26, 2019 Last week, Prime Minister Trudeau announced plans to ban “single-use plastics”—possibly bags, straws and cutlery among other plastic things. "We need to cover all of Canada with this decision,” he ...

4. Economic freedom—it’s good for what ails you

   Earlier this year, one of the Fraser Institute’s flagship publications, the Economic Freedom of the World Index, found once again that economic freedom strongly correlates with “quality of life” improvements. For example: Countries in ...

5. Capital flows to jurisdictions with sound, attractive polices

   Three articles, published on sequential days this month, paint a stark contrast between oil and gas regulation in the United States and Canada. Writing in Forbes, David Blackmon paints a vivid picture of a flourishing American oil and ...

6. Federal Reforms and the Empty Shell of Environmental Assessment

   In February 2018, Catherine McKenna, the federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, introduced Bill C-69, the Trudeau government’s proposal for reform to federal environmental assessment law. Bill C-69 will, among other things, replace the ...

7. Canada’s environmental performance requires a deeper dive on some measures

   Based on a study released today, Canada has one of the best records in the world for protecting the environment and human health. Canada performs well on a comprehensive index of environmental performance, ranking 10th out of 33 high ...

8. Ontario coal phase-out did not end ’smog days’

   Jennifer Keesmaat, chief planner for the City of Toronto, has been tweeting about how phasing out coal in Ontario has made “smog days” a thing of the past. She also credits the coal phase-out with enabling Toronto to meet its city ...

9. Ontario environmental policy—excessive costs, little environmental benefits

   In a recent news release, the government of Ontario recognized “outstanding achievements in environmental protection” by announcing the recipients of the 2016 Minister’s Award for Environmental Excellence. Since 2011, the award has been ...

10. Panic over Trump’s EPA overhaul much ado about nothing

    Environmental activist groups often oppose anyone who may have a less-aggressive green agenda then they do. ...