Canada must create a favourable investment climate for mining exploration and production.

Scandinavian countries generally rely more heavily on consumption taxes than Canada.

The global death rate from climate-related disasters has fallen to approximately 1 per cent of what it was a century ago.

Successive Alberta governments have increased spending during the good times.

Many seniors who do not need OAS benefits still receive them.

The shrinking size and declining vibrancy of stock markets in Canada impose real costs on average Canadians.

Other countries deliver faster health care by doing things differently.

Calgary's mayor and council may soon make zoning changes that would discourage some higher-density housing development.

Teachers no longer have the luxury of using alternative evaluation systems.

The province's median wait from referral by a family doctor to actual treatment this year is 32.5 weeks.