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Research shows that previous legislation prohibiting the possession and acquisition of certain firearms made no discernable impact on homicide rates.Read more about Trudeau government targets law-abiding gunowners, againTags: gun controlgun legislationgun regulationsgun violence
OTTAWA — Cara Zwibel, Director of Fundamental Freedoms for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA), made the following statement:
Under cross examination by CCLA counsel Ewa Krajewska, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agreed that the threshold for invoking the Emergencies Act shouldn’t be lower than the threshold for CSIS to surveil a single person.
Today’s admission by the Prime Minister confirms that the threshold before civil liberties can be severely restricted in the name of public order is a high one. CCLA maintains that the threshold was not met.
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The US is still in a state of emergency for Covid-19 and monkeypox. However, the country has another longstanding and quickly worsening public health concern- mental health. According to mentalhealth.gov, about 20 percent of American adults experienced a mental health issue in 2020. Nearly 1 in 20 Americans live with a severe mental illness.
Perhaps the most severe and heartbreaking consequence of mental illness is a patient’s decision to end their life. There were over twice as many suicides than homicides in 2020. Tragically, what motivates someone to commit suicide remains a mystery. Some choose to do so after enduring extreme hardship, trauma, or loss. In contrast,
When the Business Renewables Centre-Canada was founded in 2019, we set what we thought was an ambitious goal of securing two gigawatts worth of corporate renewable energy deals by 2025. That’s enough energy to power 640,000 homes. Companies in Alberta put their backs into it, and in May 2022, they
Binnu Jeyakumar, director of the Pembina Institute’s clean electricity program, attended COP27 in Egypt this month. Here she reflects on the momentum she witnessed at the conference, and what Canada’s priorities should be on electricity in the year ahead.
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Tegan Hill
Governments in Alberta have a long history of increasing provincial spending during periods of high resource revenue, which inevitably leads to deficits once resource revenues decline.Read more about Despite surplus, Smith government must restrain spending Tags: alberta budgetalberta government financesalberta government spendingalberta sustainability fund
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OTTAWA — Cara Zwibel, Director of Fundamental Freedoms for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA), made the following remarks today:
Today, Minister Freeland agreed that protest and civil disobedience are fundamental tenets of a healthy democracy.
She also agreed that in some instances these acts of protest whether at home or abroad can cause significant economic harm.
The CCLA has said all along that ‘economic harm’ is not grounds for the invocation of the Emergencies Act. The Emergencies Act and the CSIS act do not contemplate economic harm as a national emergency.
With just one day of testimony left, the Government is
Wakulla County, Florida, welcomed more than 4,100 new residents between 2010 and 2021, a 14% increase in the county’s population. New residential development provides an opportunity for economic growth. But costs are also associated with extending utilities and other services to new residents. Well-designed impact fees could help ensure that existing residents aren’t bearing undue costs.
Over the last few years, Wakulla County has added between 300 and 500 new homes annually. Higher home prices in Tallahassee have made Wakulla a relatively affordable and attractive place to settle for commuters. The rise of remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic has also
This newsletter from the Pension Integrity Project at Reason Foundation highlights articles, research, opinion, and other information related to public pension challenges and reform efforts across the nation. You can find previous editions here.
In This Issue:
Articles, Research & Spotlights
A blueprint for protecting public funds from ESG and politicization
Arizona’s innovation for multi-employer pension plans
Challenges in inflation protection for Texas teachers
Retention trends in the public workforce suggest the need for portability
What U.S. pensions can learn from the U.K. margin call
News in Brief Quotable Quotes on Pension Reform
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Reason’s New Blueprint for ESG-related Legislation
Reason Foundation’s Pension Integrity Project has developed an ESG Blueprint
In a recent poll published by Harvard’s Education Next, 60 percent of respondents, and nearly half the Republicans surveyed, thought teachers should be paid more than their statewide average. With red states such as Florida, Oklahoma, and Iowa prioritizing the issue in 2022, an important question policymakers should be asking is why record levels of public-education spending haven’t already led to teachers being paid more.
Nationwide, inflation-adjusted average teacher salaries have been nearly flat since the turn of the century, going from $64,986 in 2000 to $65,090 in 2021. But there’s significant variation among states, with inflation-adjusted pay increasing by 10 percent or more in nine
Barry Levinson was one of the most successful directors in America around 1990, when he made Avalon, an immigrant Thanksgiving movie trying to sum up the transformation of the American family in the 20th century. Continue Reading…
