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1. Though Rivers Day is past, let's celebrate our success

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, Times Colonist, Kelowna Daily Courier, Penticton Herald and Trail Times British Columbia is often thought of as a province characterized by towering mountains and magnificent ocean views but throughout our history it has ...

2. Neil Young's utopian vision of Mother Earth

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald In the 20th century, much of the divide in politics and policy was over how best to create jobs, incomes and keep people from starving how to create opportunity as part of the good life. Those on the "left' argued ...

3. Green propaganda continues to spread

   Appeared in Financial Post Recently, a concerned parent pointed me to a film being shown to his child's sixth grade class, called "The Story of Stuff." The movie, created in 2007, depicts a world in which big corporations, in cahoots with ...

4. Not-so-dedicated funds

   Appeared in the Orange County Register When pitching new programs, politicians love their 'dedicated' funds: highway trust funds, housing trust funds, environmental protection funds, wildlife-protection funds, and so on. Most recently, under AB ...

5. Canadian Environmental Indicators- Water

   Canadians are concerned about the abundance and quality of our freshwater resources, yet information is widely dispersed and often difficult to obtain. This publication reviews a wide array of data and government publications to assess the state of Canada ...

6. HOT lanes a great idea but not for subsidizing transit

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun Kathleen Wynne, the new Premier of Ontario, recently stated her willingness to consider implementing new methods to raise revenue to help fund expansion of public transit. Furthermore, the 2013 Ontario Budget presented by ...

7. On Green Energy Act, Ontario government still sees no evil

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun Earlier this month the Fraser Institute published a report sharply critical of one of the flagship policies of the Ontario government, namely the Ontario Green Energy Act (GEA). We found that the Act is costing Ontario over $5 ...

8. Why 40-40 is Foolish-Foolish

   Appeared in the Provost News Carbon taxes are once again dominating the discussion over energy policy in Alberta, where Environment Minister Diana McQueen has proposed a sharp hike to Alberta’s carbon levy. Presently, large emitters in Alberta are ...

9. Environmental and Economic Consequences of Ontario's Green Energy Act

   This report investigates the effect of the Green Energy Act(GEA) on economic competitiveness in Ontario. It focuses on three questions: (1) Will the GEA materially improve environmental quality in Ontario? (2) Is it a cost-effective plan for accomplishing ...

10. NDP leader's overheated rhetoric distorts Canada's environmental record

    Appeared in Charlottetown Guardian and stockwatch.ca Thomas Mulcair, federal NDP leader and Leader of the Opposition, has recently been berating Canada’s environmental performance as he travels in the United States: “In the U.S. people know how to read,” ...