Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 7:20AM Inherently, there is nothing in a carbon or resource tax that increases taxes for the taxpaying public. The effect of such a tax on total taxes depends entirely on what the government decides to do with the revenue raised by this tax.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 9:21AM Our freedom to choose healthy foods from sustainable sources, produced by farmers who receive a fair wage may not be as secure as we think.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 7:49AM The winter storm two weeks ago was a shock to many residents in southeast Manitoba. . . I became increasingly aware of how dependant we are on our modern-day hydro system. Without electricity nothing in the house functioned.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 8:57AM We are newcomers to Canada, and have yet to experience the loss of power caused by a severe weather event, but hearing about towns near us in South East Manitoba being without recently has given us pause for thought.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 8:52AM We can apply an energy test to that little cheetah family: is the energy out more than the energy in? If the answer is yes, it survives; if the answer is no, it does not. That rule is universal. We all ignore it at our peril.