In Canada's fiscal Olympics, large equalization payments constitute the brass, tin and lead medals. They recognize and reward persistent policy failure lasting decades. Quebec, most of the Atlantic provinces and Manitoba now find themselves fighting Ontario for ownership of the podium.
So how about that high-flying health expert who whacked Alberta taxpayers for $487,000 a year in salary plus $346,000 in expenses in 3½ years at the Capital Health agency, then bonged eHealth in Ontario for over $75,000 a month as a consultant before getting hired as chief financial officer with Alberta Health Services? The Olympic magnitude of it inspires a certain awe. Click here to read more.
Even for a desperate politician, B.C. Premier Christy Clark’s attack on the Northern Gateway pipeline was exceptionally mean and stupid. It’s no accident Canadian provinces are not allowed to behave like highwaymen. But it is astounding that Clark doesn’t know it. Click here to read the rest.
Would you let Nazis buy Canadian oil fields? Or Stalinists? Well then, how about Mao’s bloodthirsty heirs? Click here to read the rest.
Here’s my solution to gun violence: A law against bullets travelling through air. Now right-thinking persons are liable to object that bullets don’t obey laws. OK, then, why do those same right-thinking persons want a ban on handguns even though criminals don’t obey laws?
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May wants the government to say how happy we are. I'll pass. But her private member's Bill C-436 - the Canada Genuine Progress Measurement Act - is at least an interesting mistake, more than a lot of politicians ever manage. Click here to read the rest.
Jim Flaherty thinks we’re financial idiots. What a coincidence. Click here to read the rest.
Thomas Mulcair's attacks on Canada's energy industry may not make much political sense. But they're certainly bad economics. Click here to read the rest.