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2 months ago | 
detroitnews.com | Daniel Bunn |Daniel Dufort
It’s hard to conceive of the American dream without access to affordable goods.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
iedm.org | Daniel Dufort
When federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault tabled his first draft emissions cap specific to the oil and gas sector in early November, he was hailed by one and all as the magic-bullet solution to our climate change woes. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was so impressed that he immediately stepped down and handed Guilbeault the keys to the kingdom. I’m kidding, of course. In reality, the announcement ticked some people off quite a bit.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
thehub.ca | Daniel Dufort
Commentary 4 December 2024 Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault during a press conference in Ottawa, Nov. 4, 2024. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press. The following is the sixth in a series of French-language articles presented in collaboration with the Montreal Economic Institute. The French translation is included below.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
thehub.ca | Mark Mancini |Daniel Dufort
Commentary 10 October 2024 Richard Wagner, Chief Justice of Canada, during a ceremony at the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa, Nov. 28, 2022. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press. Should judges ignore past precedents—simply because they are old? What would happen to the rule of law if justices jettisoned statutes simply because they pre-date the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
iedm.org | Daniel Dufort
Come one, come all! A new era of industrial policy has emerged in Canada!Governments across the country have called for a nationwide transition to electric vehicles, and they’re willing to spend big bucks to make it happen. In fact, the federal government has mandated that all vehicles sold by 2035 be zero emission. With chequebooks open, politicians have been generously doling out billions of dollars of taxpayer money to entice electric vehicle manufacturers to set up shop in Canada.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
thehub.ca | Daniel Dufort |Adam Legge
Commentary 9 October 2024 Justin Trudeau and Francois Legault at an announcement that Northvolt Batteries North America will build a new EV battery manufacturing plant near Montreal, Sept. 28, 2023. Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press. The following is the fifth in a series of French-language articles presented in collaboration with the Montreal Economic Institute. The English translation is included below.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
iedm.org | Daniel Dufort
Environmental activist groups are masters in the art of achieving their objectives and then quickly setting new, ever more ambitious targets. The speed at which they are able to shift the climate of public opinion is also particularly destabilizing. Just look at the campaign against exporting oil from Western Canada. In no time at all, incessant media hype was deployed in order to demonize a natural resource that has greatly contributed to increasing living standards for our fellow Canadians.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
thehub.ca | Jeff Griffiths |Daniel Dufort
Commentary 7 August 2024 Construction workers rig materials for a lift in Toronto, September 29, 2020. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press. It’s been said that one of the real benefits of construction to an economy is that you can’t offshore it, meaning it provides an immediate on-the-ground impact.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
asianpacificpost.com | Daniel Dufort
CommentaryBy Daniel DufortParents know this all too well: When your kid wakes up with a fever, mornings turn into a scramble to get out the door as fast as possible and head to a clinic. After all, if you don’t get in line before it opens, your chances of seeing a doctor the same day dwindle. Long hours spent sitting on waiting room chairs maybe your child’s first memories of Canada’s healthcare system.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
troymedia.com | Daniel Dufort
Reading Time: 4 minutesAccessing healthcare through telemedicine may be coming to an endParents know this all too well: When your kid wakes up with a fever, mornings turn into a scramble to get out the door as fast as possible and head to a clinic. After all, if you don’t get in line before it opens, your chances of seeing a doctor the same day dwindle. Long hours spent sitting on waiting room chairs may be your child’s first memories of Canada’s healthcare system.
