Read Andrew Coyne in today's Postmedia papers on the Alberta election, especially the 2nd half where he argues persuasively that across Canada "part of the reason the left is winning is that it is the only side showing up." Sad because true.
My latest for the IRPP asks re the new Liberal tax policy how our expectations for clarity and fairness have sunk so low.
My latest for the National Post holds up a mirror on the mess that is modern government budgeting.
My latest for the IRPP asks how Ontario legislators can pass a vast new social program whose details have apparently yet to be determined.
My latest IRPP blog post on how problems in public policy can't get solved if the people in charge don't know there's a problem.
My latest National Post column asks what professors would think of the university system if they were looking at it from outside.
This Friday I'll be in Calgary at the Essentials of Freedom conference organized by my friend Danny Hozack. If you're in the area please join Danny, me, Brian Lilley, Mark Milke and others to talk about what's going wrong and how to get it right again. Including (but you saw this coming) a discussion of Magna Carta and our upcoming documentary funded through Kickstarter.
John Ivison in the National Post laments how Parliament is ceasing to control executive branch spending as a departure from the principle of individual freedom from arbitrary government.