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1. 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 ...

2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. 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 ...

6. 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 ...

7. 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. ...

8. William Watson: Among the ecofiscalists

   My friend and McGill colleague Chris Ragan is also the founder and current chair of Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission, a foundation-supported group of prominent Canadian economists and others who have given themselves the mission of selling ...

9. Actually, fossil fuels won’t stay ‘in the ground’

   The UK MailOnline has an article that should brighten Canadian spirits—at least those in Western Canada. Environmentalists have taken to throwing around the claim that the world must leave its fossil fuel resources “in the ground.” They ...

10. Fossil fuel-free activists should focus first on self-sacrifice

    UBC students, faculty and staff groups have passed resolutions calling for the university to divest itself of fossil fuel investments. This effort has not convinced the university’s board of governors. At its most recent meeting, it ...