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1 month ago | 
edmontonjournal.com | Christopher Bruce |Craig Allen
Opinion: Why Alberta's proposed auto insurance system won't deliver as promisedA collision in Edmonton on the Rainbow Valley Bridge. Postmedia fileArticle contentUnder a recent proposal called Care First, the Alberta government has promised to significantly increase the compensation paid to individuals injured in automobile accidents while simultaneously reducing premiums by 20 per cent. Has the UCP achieved the Holy Grail of politics: more benefits to voters, at lower cost?
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
topspeed.com | Christopher Bruce
The old cliché among automakers going racing is “Win on Sunday, sell on Monday,” because of the belief that victory at the track translates to success in the showroom. The plethora of modern motorsport events gives manufacturers a wealth of options for highlighting their products, ranging from grueling off-road events to the political drama of Formula One.
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May 2, 2024 | 
tolerance.ca | Christopher Bruce
By Christopher Bruce, Professor Emeritus, Economics, University of Calgary
To minimize the effects of future pandemics, it is not enough that we recognize deficiencies in our responses to COVID-19; we must start to build policies for the next pandemic as soon as possible. Read complete article© The Conversation
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May 2, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Christopher Bruce
The World Health Organization declared an end to the COVID-19 public health emergency on May 5, 2023. In the year since, only two provinces — Alberta and Ontario — have published proposals for dealing with future health emergencies. As a public health economist, I have drawn five lessons from these reports that the remaining provinces might learn from COVID-19, and their implications for policies to deal with future pandemics.
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Jan 28, 2024 | 
invesbrain.com | Daniel Kline |Tyler Durden |Christopher Bruce
Authored by Louis Navellier via The Epoch Times, In Europe, there is anxiety that former President Donald Trump may be reelected in November. European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde shockingly broke ECB tradition to comment on politics during a France 2 interview. Specifically, she said the return of President Trump could put the United States at odds with Europe in several areas, including trade protectionism, military support for NATO, and the fight against climate change.
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Jan 27, 2024 | 
invesbrain.com | Tyler Durden |Christopher Bruce
Authored by Laura Hollis via The Epoch Times, Republican presidential candidate (and now presumptive nominee) Donald Trump won the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary in the past week, breaking records in both contests. In Iowa, Trump received an unprecedented 51 percent of votes cast-more than 30 percentage points ahead of the runner-up, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (who has since left the race and endorsed Trump).
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Jan 27, 2024 | 
invesbrain.com | Tyler Durden |Christopher Bruce
The coming weeks will likely continue the correction of the trends that began last month. The markets recognize that tightening cycle is over. However, they swung hard, pricing in aggressive easing by most of the G10 central banks, including the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank. Official comments and some high-frequency economic data have encouraged participants to rein in their expectations, reducing the odds of a rate cuts in Q1 and paring back the extent of the cuts this year.
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Sep 21, 2023 | 
aclu.org | Christopher Bruce |Hina Shamsi
The 2020 police killing of George Floyd launched the largest protests in U.S. history and a nationwide reckoning with systemic racism and police brutality. Now, Georgia’s Attorney General Chris Carr has shamefully invoked Floyd’s killing and the subsequent uprising in a sweeping criminal indictment of activists protesting a $90 million Atlanta police training center known as “Cop City.” Carr’s actions must be understood as extreme intimidation tactics that we need to resist.
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Jun 22, 2023 | 
thetyee.ca | Christopher Bruce
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Jun 14, 2023 | 
winnipegfreepress.com | Christopher Bruce
By: Christopher Bruce, Professor Emeritus, Economics, University of Calgary, The Conversation Tweet Print Email Save to Read Later This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. Read this article for free: Email Address: Password: I agree to the Terms and Conditions, Cookie and Privacy Policies, and CASL agreement. Already have an...
