Government Press Release, January 2012: “Finance Minister Kevin Falcon has won the Canadian Federation of Independent Business Golden Scissors award for cutting red tape for business by more than 40% …” I […]
Deregulation and death
Public land with full access now privatized
Liberals have been bulldozing barriers and slashing red tape for more than a decade. Who can forget: “Red Tape Reduction Task Force” of 2001 to recommend priorities for the elimination of regulations […]
Regulating deregulation
American news writer Michelle Chen, in Washington’s Anti-Regulatory Crusade, notes, “. . . politicians in both parties, including the White House, have claimed that scaling back regulations would unleash economic growth, suggesting […]
One dirty secret of industrial food
Paul Kamon‘s foodie site Urban Diner is great for news about local dining. At the UD Forum, most participants are professionals, including owners, chefs, servers and other industry insiders and suppliers. There are […]
Older does not guarantee wiser
Before Patrick Moore bills himself as “the sensible environmentalist” and claims to have been a leader of the international eco movement for more than 30 years. Others say that when Moore exhausted […]
Regulation or no regulation, you decide
The libertarians and erzatz capitalists won’t publish this sort of headline but it’s the truth: “Millions saved in Japan by good engineering and government building codes.” Friday’s quake was the fifth-largest recorded […]
A deregulation story
Deregulation, beloved incantation of economic libertarianism, is a concept that values individual rights before individual responsibility. The deregulation mantra is also popular among those aiming to exploit public resources with minimum constraints. […]
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