In his most recent report, the Auditor General reported that Ottawa collected $7.2 billion dollars more in Employment Insurance (EI) premiums than Jane Stewart managed to shovel out the door in unemployment benefits and various other sundry programs. Just for…

Harper, Stephen; Flanagan, Tom; Morton, Ted; Knopff, Rainer; Crooks, Andrew; Boessenkool, Ken Alors que l’échec de l’Alliance canadienne, lors des dernières élections fédérales, n’a toujours pas été digéré dans l’Ouest canadien, le sentiment de mécontentement prend de l’ampleur. Que se…

In 1940, the Canadian provinces, battered by a decade of Depression, agreed to a constitutional amendment transferring unemployment insurance to federal jurisdiction. That solution to the problems of their day has given rise to a new generation of problems crying…

This week, Nova Scotia Premier John Hamm complained that it was high time his province got its fair share of revenue from its energy resources — just like Alberta. He went on to argue that Nova Scotia should get its…

Albertans are getting a raw deal from Ottawa and Premier Ralph Klein needs to construct a “firewall” to protect against current and future raids on our treasury. This was the key suggestion that we, along with a number of other…