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Blog Entries by Zach Paikin from 02/2012

Don't Stick My Generation with Your Bad OAS Policy

| Posted 02.07.2012 | Canada Politics

The Prime Minister's efforts to save money on OAS may be laudable, but failing to address the demographic challenges and associated costs of the decades to come will have a serious impact on the young people of today. Our country's next generation will be burdened with debt and will lack the fiscal capacity to deal with the even longer-term issues.

Take Your Insults Back to the Playground, Ezra Levant

| Posted 02.13.2012 | Canada Politics

Ezra Levant's weekend column in the Sun comparing Nazi suppression to Canada's gun control laws showed a lack of journalistic professionalism that harms both his own cause and the advancement of civil discourse in Canada. An author of six books and a holder of a law degree should hold himself to a higher standard.

What the Drummond Report Didn't Tell Us

| Posted 02.16.2012 | Canada Politics

There are certain courses of action not outlined in economist Don Drummond's report about the Ontario economy that could help achieve long-term fiscal stability and redefine the way a Canadian province interacts with the rest of the federation and with the world.

A Solution for Toronto's Embattled TTC?

| Posted 02.22.2012 | Canada Business

As a pilot project, why not let private enterprise build and operate some or all of Toronto's TTC new lines? Regulated competition could be introduced in order to keep prices down for consumers while the province would save the money. Fares could be lightly taxed in order to generate revenue for the province.

Harper Will Keep Playing Dirty, So Long as we Let Him

| Posted 02.28.2012 | Canada

Robocalls are just the latest example of what Canadians have let the Tories get away with. The tragic lesson of modern Canadian politics is clear: Parliamentary crime pays. The Conservative party won its majority by gambling that Canadians didn't care about what goes on the Ottawa bubble. Harper's gamble paid off.