My piece for the Saturday papers weekend before last, and now ungated here, went back to a theme that Richard Harman had noticed in the Waitangi speeches. Minister Shane Jones argued fuller debate on the meaning of Tino Rangatiratanga is inevitable, saying, “There is a deep, committed view from Pita Tipene and others that article two…
Tino Rangatiratanga and localism
Tino Rangatiratanga and localism
20 Feb 2024 1 Comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economics of regulation, law and economics, property rights Tags: Canada
Breaking the Culture of Welfare Dependency
02 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of education, entrepreneurship, health economics, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, property rights, Public Choice, unemployment, welfare reform Tags: Canada
One hope that has occasionally been expressed since the beginning of the modern era of Treaty of Waitangi (ToW) settlements, has been that the Iwi showered with money and empowered with control of hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars worth of assets, would be able to then make a difference to all the […]
Breaking the Culture of Welfare Dependency
Trudeau and the Trucker Terrorists: Court Declares Trudeau’s Crackdown on the Truckers to be Unlawful
26 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: Canada, constitutional law
Two years ago, I wrote a column denouncing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s use of a counter-terrorism law to shut down the Freedom Convoy trucker protests as an authoritarian attack on free speech. Now, a Canadian court has agreed and ruled that the use of the Emergencies Act was unlawful and “unreasonable.” Despite Trudeau’s attacks […]
Trudeau and the Trucker Terrorists: Court Declares Trudeau’s Crackdown on the Truckers to be Unlawful
Canada Supreme Court: Trudeau’s Use of Emergency Act “Unreasonable”, “Unconstitutional”
24 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, health economics, law and economics, liberalism Tags: Canada, economics of pandemics
Global News reports Federal Court finds Emergencies Act for ‘Freedom Convoy’ violated Charter. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. The Federal Court has ruled the Trudeau government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act during the so-called “Freedom Convoy” that descended on Ottawa in 2022 violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In […]
Canada Supreme Court: Trudeau’s Use of Emergency Act “Unreasonable”, “Unconstitutional”
Another Great Moment in Government-Run Healthcare
10 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in health economics, politics - USA Tags: Canada, health insurance
Because of misguided government policies, health care in America is expensive and inefficient. But it’s always possible to have a system that is even worse. I have often cited the United Kingdom, which has genuine socialism (government employs the doctors and runs the hospitals). However, as part of an ongoing series about “great moments in […]
Another Great Moment in Government-Run Healthcare
Canadian Green Electricity Push Blocked by Alberta
01 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: Canada
Alberta has invoked the Sovereignty Act to set limits on the exercise of federal power. But the federal government claims there is no legal basis for their actions.
Canadian Green Electricity Push Blocked by Alberta
Phony Nitrogen Crisis for Making War on Farmers
16 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, global warming Tags: Canada
A war against farmers has emerged, threatening to push them off the land they’ve farmed for generations. As small and mid-sized farms close their doors, governments and corporate entities can scoop up the land. Those in control of the land control the food supply and, along with it, the people. In Canada, Trudeau’s Liberals have […]
Phony Nitrogen Crisis for Making War on Farmers
Self Imposed Energy Poverty Coming to Canada
08 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, econometerics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: Canada
Jock Finlayson describes how climate change policies are depleting Canadians’ financial means in his article Millions of Canadians May Face ‘Energy Poverty’. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. The term “energy poverty” is not yet part of day-to-day political debate in Canada, but that’s likely to change in the next few years. […]
Self Imposed Energy Poverty Coming to Canada
Canada’s 100-Foot Freight Railway To Nowhere
10 Feb 2022 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, international economic law, international economics, International law, Public Choice, rentseeking, transport economics Tags: Canada
#OTD Trudeau – just watch me
16 Oct 2021 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of crime, law and economics Tags: Canada
Why did it Take so Long for Newfoundland to Join Canada?
07 Jul 2021 Leave a comment
in economic history, International law Tags: Canada
Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers receives standing ovation
29 May 2021 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: Canada, war against terror
Assimilation and aborginal prosperity
28 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, discrimination, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, unemployment Tags: Canada, racial discrimination
More on reservations as backwaters
28 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of regulation, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, unemployment, welfare reform Tags: Canada, racial discrimination
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