It’s time for the government to sell or shut down CMHC
IAN MADSEN: It’s unclear if the feds are doing higher-risk, lower-income mortgage debtors any real favours
Tag: Crown corporations
Want to pay for medical supplies? Stop funding CBC
IAN MADSEN: Our health-care budgets were already greatly strained before the COVID-19 crisis; they’re completely blown out now (FREE membership content)
Manage provincial debt by controlling Crown projects
EAMONN BROSNAN: In Newfoundland and several other provinces, major power projects have created huge public debt (FREE membership content)
Take the jolt out of Manitoba’s excess power generation
RANDY BOLDT: Manitoba Hydro should look for ways to increase domestic demand by displacing non-renewable energy consumption (FREE membership content)
It’s time to sell SaskPower
DONAL GILL: This Crown corporation’s long-term future is safest in private, rather than public, hands (FREE membership content)
CMHC nudging more aggressively into housing market
IAN MADSEN: The risk of housing price declines piles onto the risk CMHC already takes on when insuring mortgages (FREE content)
Manitoba’s solar program lacks the energy to sustain itself
There’s no apparent reason why there should be any subsidization of solar installations (FREE)
Has Saskatchewan Government Insurance outlived its purpose?
A private insurance corporation would be better suited to take on any risk, instead of leaving taxpayers to bear losses (FREE)
Deliver Canada Post from its old-fashioned business model
To maximize the value, viability and utility of the post office, it should be permitted free rein. That may mean selling it
Canada Post needs a new boss. Can you deliver?
The job comes with significant challenges but some solutions can be found in Australia
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