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Ideology Is No Vice, Moderation Is No Virtue

Peter McCaffrey May 5, 2017 - 6:30 pm June 30, 2017Columns

I’m a libertarian, which roughly speaking means I’m fiscally conservative and socially liberal. When you don’t have time to get into a debate about the harm principle, positive versus negative rights, limited government, anarcho-capitalism, and whether taxation is theft, this kind of short-hand can be useful. Since I was at…

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The Real Problem With Public Perception of Climate Change

Peter McCaffrey May 23, 2014 - 6:46 am June 30, 2017Columns

In 1992 world leaders met in Rio de Janeiro for the Earth Summit, the conference that launched climate change as a worldwide movement. Ever since, the public have been deluged with information, statistics, documentaries, warnings, threats, and taxes from scientists, politicians, community organisations, environmental groups, and even churches. Yet more…

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Federal Arts Funding Should Take a Page From Kickstarter’s Book

Peter McCaffrey April 11, 2014 - 7:07 am June 30, 2017Columns

Rather than selling art pieces and event tickets, or relying on a small number of large donors, crowd-funding websites like Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and other sites, allow individuals to create profiles, promote their ideas, and collect smaller donations from a larger number of people, right across the world, in order to…

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5 Reasons Price Gouging Should Be Legal (Especially During Disasters)

Peter McCaffrey June 24, 2013 - 3:31 am June 30, 2017Columns

As flooding in Alberta continues to wreak havoc on people’s lives, property and well-being, the media’s initial dramatic disaster coverage has started to move on to more human interest type stories. Thankfully it’s been mostly good news: survival stories, loved ones reunited, and cats swimming to safety. It is disappointing,…

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Returning Quebec Students Will Need to Retake Economics 101

Peter McCaffrey August 26, 2012 - 9:27 am June 30, 2017Columns

The summer break might have tamed the student protests in Quebec, but Premier Jean Charest’s early election call has ensured his proposed tuition hikes will stay on the political agenda. The protests started back in 2011, when the Charest government proposed to modestly increase tuition fees over the next five…

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