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)
Tag: Ian Madsen
How to save Newfoundlanders from Muskrat Falls disaster
IAN MADSEN: The hydroelectric project mess in Newfoundland and Labrador requires some hard choices. But taxpayers deserve and need some relief (FREE)
Socialism at root of the green movement
IAN MADSEN: Recent global developments cast doubt on the motives and methods of the most ardent proponents of global warming (FREE)
Corporate corruption spreads its wings around the world
IAN MADSEN: Even in our law-abiding, transparent country, graft happens. In some countries, it’s the cost of doing business (FREE)
Golden executive payoffs hurt shareholders and economy
Too many Canadian companies have bad managers and boards who rarely face the ramifications of their poor decisions (FREE)
Venezuela’s descent into chaos was predictable
Taking wealth from one group and giving it to others just creates misery and strife (FREE)
Cannabis legalization missteps leave little faith for solving opioid crisis
The delays, mistakes and outright incompetence related to cannabis legalization suggest we won’t be able to manage opioid use (FREE)
Central banks’ overreach risks another recession
We need a decentralized, innovative and transparent banking system driven by free-market principals (FREE)
Trans-Pacific trade deal carries huge potential for Canada
The agreement gives Canada a bargaining chip in dealing with large players outside the pact, such as China and the U.S.
Death and taxes: the fundamental unfairness of taxing estates
We already have too many taxes in Canada. And they tend to be unfair, inefficient and oppressive. We don’t need another (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
