The markets seem to think the Fed is going to fight inflation. They believe that the central bank will pivot to tighter monetary policy sooner than expected as inflation heats up, even though Jerome Powell keeps insisting inflation isn’t really a problem. It couldn’t fight inflation even if it wanted […]
The other day someone was telling me how they were only now just getting started with a volunteer program to assist refugees in Canada get on their feet, a year after they’d first signed up for it. Add in the time it takes to get everyone up to speed on […]
Public policy think tank SecondStreet.org released freedom of information responses today from across Canada with data on the number of surgeries, procedures and consultations with specialists that were postponed due to the pandemic. Nine provinces provided data showing 205,549 postponements. While the Ontario government indicated it had “no records” on […]
Excessive federal spending is creating grave economic and national-security risks. America’s fiscal recklessness must stop. The COVID-19 crisis has provided the latest impetus for government spending, even to the point of steering the American mindset toward socialism — a doctrine that has always harmed people’s well-being. As one of us demonstrated in […]
If the escalating tensions between the United States and China aren’t causing you concern yet, you’ve not been paying attention. There’s a lot going on right now in our Covid-besieged world. Antagonism between the United States and China is only one source of concern. The broken relationship between the US […]
By Robert Dalheim of Woodworking Network, «The extreme price increases, as reflected in today’s producer price index report and other sources, are harming contractors on existing projects and making it difficult to bid new work at a profitable level,» said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. «While contractors have kept […]
Would help us deal with loss of Keystone XL and provide added benefit of displacing imported oil from Saudi Arabia «The revoking of Keystone XL’s permit by U. President Joe Biden his first day in office highlights the risk for Canada of depending on a single country for its petroleum product […]
A cascade of government failures ensured Canada will be gripped by COVID-19 long after the rest of the G7 has reopened Canada is now so far behind the rest of the developed world in its vaccination rollout that it’s generatinginternationalheadlines. As you might have noticed if you’re a Canadian, not many […]
Rail poised to become more important way to send Canadian oil to U. President Joe Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline is sparking renewed interest in shipping Canadian oilsands crude by rail, and that comes with its own environmental risks. have increasingly turned to trains to move their […]
In a new paper published in the International Journal of Global Warming, Carnegie Mellon University’s David Rode and Paul Fischbeck argue that making such forecasts can be counterproductive. Rode and Fischbeck, professor of Social & Decision Sciences and Engineering & Public Policy, collected 79 predictions of climate-caused apocalypse going back […]