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Blog Entries by Steve Lafleur from 12/2011

If Our Cities Are to Improve, the Feds Need to Get Out of Their Way

| Posted 12.12.2011 | Canada Politics
Read More: Denis Lebel, Infrastructure Funding Canada, Denis Lebel Infrastructure, Federal Infrastructure Planning, Infrastructure Planning, Infrastructure Planning Canada, Canada Politics News

Instead of attempting to craft a national transit strategy, which will inevitably entail picking winners and losers, the federal government should download fiscal capacity. That is, after all, the crux of the problem.

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Why It Costs So Much to Get Home for the Holidays

| Posted 12.22.2011 | Canada Politics
Read More: Travel Low-Cost, Taxes, Air Canada, Regulations, Airline Travel, Porter Airlines, Low-Cost Travel, Westjet, Travel Airline, Airlines, Airline Industry, Air Travel, Consumer Reports, Transportation, Canada Politics News

Expanding the availability of low-cost air travel would be one of the most progressive policies that the federal government could undertake. Our outdated airline regulations are bad for consumers, bad for Canadian businesses, and bad for prospective airline industry employees.

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