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Published in the National Post on April 8, 2010 By William B.P. Robson and Colin Busby Since the early 1970s, “supply management” has subjected Canadian dairy, poultry and egg production to government-mandated cartels. Introduced to increase producer power vis-à-vis intermediaries and consumers, and thus raise farm incomes, supply management supports higher-than-market prices by…

Published in the Financial Post on Dec 16, 2010 By Jan Carr and Benjamin Dachis In attempts to stimulate the creation of “green” jobs and technologies, some jurisdictions around the world have created programs that guarantee renewable electricity generators payments per kilowatt-hour (kWh) that are much higher than market prices. This approach of paying a premium to certain generators to…

Published in the Financial Post on October 29, 2010 By Clyde Goodlet The upcoming G20 meeting in Seoul is expected to address the amount of capital that banks – specifically large banks deemed "too big to fail" -- must set aside to support the various risks they manage. The source of this issue is the oversight body called the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, which last month floated…

Can the G20 Survive the Global Financial Crisis?

Published in the Financial Post on June 30, 2010 By Finn Poschmann In 2009's G20 meetings in London and Pittsburgh, participating governments spoke of the urgent need for collective action to restore the global economy's functioning by spending "stimulus" money in record amounts, and to agree on speedy regulatory reforms that would restore stability to the financial marketplace. Last weekend…