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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Réseau Liberté Québec / Quebec Freedom Network
Globe & Mail: Libertarian group seeks to shift the political focus in Quebec “Rather than launch a new political party, the group believes it can influence public policy by introducing the traditional right-wing ideals of smaller government, lower taxes and … Continue reading
Pay Equity Laws
CBC: N.B. private sector needs pay equity law: NDP The simple question that no one asks is that if an employer can get away with paying women less for the same job why would anyone hire men at all? John Stossel … Continue reading
Posted in Free Markets, Government Intervention, Nanny State
Tagged pay equity, wage gap
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Unintended Consequences: Charity Salary Caps
Globe & Mail: Salary caps would cripple Canada’s charities “Bill C-470, a private member’s bill introduced by Albina Guarnieri, would impose a suffocating $250,000 cap on executive salaries at charities. The bill, which has gone through second reading, is nothing short … Continue reading
Student Loans
Globe & Mail: Ottawa raises cap at eleventh hour to keep student loans flowing “Without the last-minute boost for the cap on total student debt, the federal government estimated, 50,000 students would have been denied about $300-million worth of loans” I … Continue reading
Posted in Free Markets, Personal Responsibility, Small Government
Tagged post-secondary education, student loans
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Vancouver Smoking Ban
Globe & Mail: Vancouver parks smoking ban takes effect “The Vancouver Parks Board has brought down the ban as a way to eliminate second-hand smoke and protect the health of park-goers. It also hopes to eliminate some of the 367,000 … Continue reading
Ignatieff’s Priorities
CBC: PM’s priorities ‘prisons and planes’: Ignatieff “We think Canadians’ priorities right now are child care, retirement security, post-secondary education. Basic things that are going to guarantee economic security and defence of our public health-care system,” said Ignatieff.” Prisons and … Continue reading
Posted in Law & Order, Personal Responsibility, Small Government
Tagged ignatieff, law & order, national defense
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