Today the Spring issue of Canadian Student Review was released by the Fraser Institute. Inside the issue you will find a publication on Development Charges that I authored. I suggest that you read all of the articles but if you want to just read mine, you can find it here.
2014: The Year of Redrawing Maps???
As events in the Ukraine continue to unfold and the prospect of Russian invasion appears real (or has already occurred) the reality is that the map of Europe could change dramatically appears real. Whether Russia absorbs parts of the Ukraine along with the Crimea or if an independent puppet state emerges, remains to be seen … Continue reading 2014: The Year of Redrawing Maps???
Writings of Friends of Mine
Two former colleagues from my studies at the University of Windsor have both begun writing blogs/websites in the past couple of weeks that I think you should look into. The first is a blog called Pantyhose and the Penal Code where a former colleague and now law school student, writes with fellow law students on issues … Continue reading Writings of Friends of Mine
School Choice in Canada
A papers that I contributed at the Fraser Institute was released today: Measuring Choice and Competition in Canadian Education. A summary can be found below. As the benefits or returns to education become more and more apparent, there is increasing interest in ensuring accessible, high quality education. The increasing body of research available on the … Continue reading School Choice in Canada
Corporate Welfare and Windsor
The 2014 Federal Budget allocated up to $500 million for automotive innovation. Although the federal government states that this budget item is a show of broad support for the automotive sector in Canada, its following the not so subtle hints by Fiat-Chrysler's CEO Sergio Marchionne that continued operation of Canadian assembly plants hinged on government … Continue reading Corporate Welfare and Windsor
Book Review: The Untold History of the United States
Last week, I finished reading Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick book The Untold History of the United States. The authors of this 600+ page volume also created a 10 episode miniseries for the Showtime Network (I assume that this was Stone's principle role in the project as he is the narrator of the episodes) which … Continue reading Book Review: The Untold History of the United States
Fate of Provinces: A Cursory Application of Whitney’s Work
Having finished Meredith Whitney's Fate of States: The New Geography of American Prosperity (which I reviewed in a previous post) it got me to thinking about whether her analysis applies to Canada. The crux of Whitney's argument is that due to the irresponsible spending of the various states and communities during the housing boom, these jurisdictions now … Continue reading Fate of Provinces: A Cursory Application of Whitney’s Work
Goals: 2014
We are a month into 2014 and I haven't been very accountable to one of my goals for the year, so I am about to change that. 2013 was one of the best of my life, I won an internship with one of Canada's premier "Think Tanks", the Fraser Institute. As a part of the internship, … Continue reading Goals: 2014
Book Review – Fate of States: The New Geography of American Prosperity
I got the Fate of States: The New Geography of American Prosperity back in the summer but I only finally got around to reading it while I was away in South America. The author, Meredith Whitney is a former Wall Street banker and mortgage trader she provides an excellent overview of how the geography of … Continue reading Book Review – Fate of States: The New Geography of American Prosperity
Comments on Mike Moffat – SW Ontario Blog…
The following are some comments that I posted on Dr. Mike Moffat's Southwest Ontario Website. He has written some really good stuff over there and I encourage the whole two people who read my site to go and take a look. I offer my own partially informed views on the 6 areas Dr. Moffat has … Continue reading Comments on Mike Moffat – SW Ontario Blog…
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