Lawrence Solomon: Tyranny of the north

(August 19, 2011) Alberta passes draconian laws abolishing property rights.

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Parker Gallant: Hydro One’s free pass

(August 17, 2011) Hydro One’s financial statements are out, yet despite all of the media attention about the electricity sector in Ontario, the financial results of the publicly owned power utilities attract no attention. Odd, since they are the instruments that the government uses to execute its controversial policies under the Green Energy Act. Continue reading

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Aldyen Donnelly: Reality according to real data

(August 8, 2011) A number of Canada’s leading economists are far from objective when it comes to their tax and energy policy prescriptions, and they may sometimes produce opinion pieces that are not well-founded on fact. 

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Lawrence Solomon: Atwood’s library

(August 5, 2011) Time for public libraries to update their outdated business model.

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Parker Gallant: The wind industry’s spin

(August 2, 2011) In Greek Mythology Aeolus was the “King of Wind” but in Canadian Mythology the King of Wind is CanWEA; a not-for-profit association of 420 members including public and private companies, legal firms, manufacturers, etc. and others who feed off of the largess of taxpayers and ratepayers to ensure they retain their mandated (Ontario’s Green Energy Act) place on the energy podium.

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Lawrence Solomon: Fix Your City – KPMG cuts are merely cautious

(July 29, 2011) Few taxpayers would notice any diminution of service.

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Lawrence Solomon: If Europe breaks Palestine, it will have to clean up the mess

(July 27, 2011) There is something the Europeans, who assume a hypothetical, independent Palestine, have overlooked: Without Israeli good will, a Palestinian state couldn’t support itself.

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A Summary of Michael Trebilcock’s “Speaking Truth to Wind Power”

(July 6, 2011) The Ontario government’s hurried decision to subsidize renewable energy sources – specifically wind turbines – has created losses for energy consumers and tax payers, according to a study by Michael Trebilcock, a Law and Economics Professor at the University of Toronto. 

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Lawrence Solomon: It’s official – climate alarmists know less and can’t count too well

(July 5, 2011) Surprising findings lead researchers to recommend science be taught differently, to enable skeptics to arrive at correct conclusions.

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Lawrence Solomon: Liberate U.S. oil

(July 5, 2011) The United States can have energy security whenever it wants it.

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