Blogs are opinion pieces and reflect their author’s views
I came across a 2014 School of Public Policy study[1] on the costs of caring for adults with autism when I was dealing with yet another crisis involving my 60-year-old autistic sister. The study's authors, Carolyn Dudley and Herb Emery, created needs maps for several model individuals with autism and estimated the cost of caregiver […]
On Monday, the School of Public policy posted a blog piece (see below) that I put together on the aggregate value of Volkswagen’s excess emissions resulting from the diesel engine scandal (in which VW used a “defeat device” to cheat the EPA’s emissions testing). Shortly after that piece was posted, Dr. Keith Stewart (head of […]
With the election of Justin Trudeau and the Liberals much of the policy framework that has defined the last decade or so of Stephen Harper’s government will be subjected to close scrutiny, none more so than Canada’s China policy. Despite the presence in Toronto of two (now four) pandas happily munching their way through half […]
A good and responsive regulatory system must consider the needs of all of the stakeholders. In the case of energy regulation in Alberta, there are a host of stakeholders involved, including the private sector companies wishing to undertake energy development, landowners, neighbours, First Nations, special interest groups, governments at various levels (including those acting on […]
Although no one would ever mistake me for a Liberal, I’m in favour of Justin Trudeau’s proposal to legalize the possession and sale of marijuana. I follow the lead of distinguished libertarian-conservative thinkers such as Milton Friedman and Michael Walker, who have argued that the state has no business penalizing people for their preference in […]