GMOs may be the only way to avoid catastrophic global water and food shortages
Download this column for your publication or website VICTORIA, BC Jun 2, 2015/ Troy Media/ - The UN’s annual World Water Development Report, published in March, warned that unless the balance between demand and supplies is restored the world will face a “global water deficit” of 40 per cent by 2030. Two weeks ago, protestors…
The net effect of Ontario’s Cap and Trade system may well be the export of jobs from Ontario to Quebec
To download Wynne’s cap and trade system a boom for Quebec for your publication or website click here VICTORIA, BC, May 7, 2015/ Troy Media/ - Last month’s announcement by Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne that her province would link up with the existing Quebec and California carbon dioxide Cap and Trade systems prompted an editorial…
Expecting that a debt problem will be solved by more debt simply defies common sense and reality
How much will it take for the Euro zone to cut Greece loose? FREE to subscribers VICTORIA, BC, Apr 8, 2015/ Troy Media/ - The latest Greek bailout request being debated at EU headquarters in Brussels is yet another chapter in what must surely be the longest playing national debt drama in modern history. Ironically, the…
The only country in the world that forbids competition with the public healthcare system
Canada’s healthcare system financially unsustainable FREE to subscribers VICTORIA, BC, Mar 3, 2015/ Troy Media/ - Here’s a little thought quiz to start your week. Which of the following characteristics come to mind when you hear the term monopoly service: efficient, customer-oriented, innovative, high quality, low cost? If you answered “none of the above”, you…
Back in the ’80s, the Saudis also pulled the plug after their market share was threatened
Download We should have seen a collapse in oil prices coming VICTORIA, BC, Feb 4, 2015/ Troy Media/ - The Los Angeles Times headline reads, “Oil Glut, Price Collapse Spreads Across World Economies: As producers squirm, other nations rejoice”. That headline describes the current situation perfectly, but it appeared on March 2, 1986; almost three…
A society that doesn’t understand how its wealth is generated is destined to lose it
THIS CONTENT IS FREE to use in your publication or on your website. Download now. VICTORIA, BC, Jan 7, 2015/ Troy Media/ - It’s been 30 years since Mancur Olson, the late American economist, wrote Rise and Decline of Nations. The premise of his widely-acclaimed book is the longer a society enjoys political stability, the…
Few Canadians understand the detrimental impact blocking oil exports will have on them personally
VICTORIA, BC, Jul 2, 2014/ Troy Media/ - Every day in Canada some 100,000 kilometres of pipelines carry three million barrels of oil to domestic and export markets. Yet in the midst of publicity campaigns by proponents and opponents, most Canadians lack a broader perspective from which to measure the risk/reward balance of this crucial…
Rather than talking about creating jobs, Ontario’s leaders should be worrying about how many will be lost
VICTORIA, BC, Jun 11, 2014/ Troy Media/ - The calculation underlying Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak’s one million jobs plan is encountering heavy flak from economists. The Tories contend that their nine point economic platform would create half million of those jobs, while another half million jobs are assumed to occur anyway. But that…
Foreign investors are shunning the world’s former go-to countries in favour of a strengthening West
VICTORIA, BC, Jun 10, 2014/ Troy Media/ - A recent article in Germany’s Der Spiegel newspaper headlined, Developing Economies Hit a BRICS Wall, captured the global economic question of the decade. It’s been 12 years since Goldman Sachs Investment Banker Jim O’Neil predicted that Brazil, Russia, India and China would take over global economic leadership…
BC, Alberta and Saskatchewan's recent skills-training agreement must be emulated coast to coast
VICTORIA, BC, May 4, 2014/ Troy Media/ - Increasing the supply of skilled tradespersons has rapidly become the country’s most critical educational need, yet barriers to training remain virtually unchanged. Applicants often face long waiting lists because funding hasn’t grown in concert with that need, while huge sums are being spent turning out post-secondary graduates…
