Socialized Medicine in a Wealthy Country

Every Canadian should read this article. It is written for an American audience, but it applies equally to all nation-states and we would be wise to heed it's message. Single-payer health care is bad for people...

Socialized Medicine in a Wealthy Country

More on "clean" fuels

Why a hydrogen economy doesn't make sense.

Why the boom will end...

For those people in Alberta (or anywhere in the world for that matter) who think the good times can't end, here is a very good prognostication of why and how the boom will come to a rather unpleasant end...

How the Global Boom Might End

Of course, you really need to understand that the Austrian school of economics is better than other theoretical foundations...

On the CWB and Dion

Liberal leader Stephane Dion has declared that he would reinstate the CWB monopoly if the Harper government does away with it.

Someone should ask Mr. Dion this question - if the CWB is so good for prairie farmers, would he support extending it's powers over farmers in Ontario and Quebec?

Chemical Management Plan

As Steve Janke brings to us, Stephane Dion's week got worse when the government presented the new Chemical Management Plan. He quotes:

Rick Smith, who heads the Canadian advocacy group Environmental Defence, applauds the government's plan. He said the chemicals it targets are highly toxic and cause cancer, and are dangerous for the development of children.

"This announcement is long over due, frankly," he told CBC News. "It's a great step to bring us up to the level of the kind of programs we're already seeing around the world.

"This is a significant step forward for pollution reduction in Canada."

Smith said the United States and Europe have traditionally been better than Canada at controlling toxic pollutants.

Steve goes on to point out that Dion was the previous environment minister who did "nothing".

Yesterday I was listening to the radio (770 CHQR) and there was someone on from an environmental organization talking about this. And the previous government didn't do "nothing". Canada leads the world in categorizing toxic chemicals. So the previous government helped identify the chemicals - it just didn't do anything about them...

Sounds kind of the like the gun registry... identify then ignore.

Sanity on Global Warming

This is an excellent article, by Pierre Jutras of Saint Mary's University, about Global Warming / Climate Change, taking a scientific and very long term view of the issue. From the article:

...it is the tendency of humanity to look at any change as intrinsically bad. There is this ingrained biblical attitude and belief that the Earth was a static Garden of Eden before humans came to mess it up. In fact, the Earth is always changing, has always been changing, and always will be changing. It is better to adapt to changes and try to mould them to our benefit, than to hopelessly try to maintain things in a static state.

Carbon Dioxide isn't a pollutant. It's a chemical that gives the planet life.