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May. 20, 2015 / Gordon Price

Fraser Games: Running government like a household

Remember this next time some politician, aspiring or otherwise, says that government should be run the way people, the voters,…
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May. 01, 2015 / Gordon Price

Sun Editorials: Prescription without Medicine

The Sun lead editorial today: . Transit will be funded regardless of vote results . Gregor Robertson said last week…
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Apr. 29, 2015 / Gordon Price

Active Transportation and healthy habits – or just a coincidence

From The Province: . Study finds transportation preferences correlated with healthy habits . A survey of 28,000 Metro Vancouver residents…
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Apr. 08, 2015 / Gordon Price

Fraser Games – 7: Uberizing Transit

Jeff Nagel picks up on another Fraser Institute report in which to play ‘spot the agenda.’ . by  Jeff Nagel –…
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Mar. 17, 2015 / Gordon Price

Fraser Games – 6: “Research shows …”

A good example of Fraser Institute thinking, and strategy. It’s an op-ed in the Sun – in response to Dahne…
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Mar. 12, 2015 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets: Sun columnists make each other’s points.

Not a good day for the Yes side in the Vancouver Sun: Pete McMartin begins on the front page: … what…
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Feb. 25, 2015 / Gordon Price

Fraser Games – 5: The Larger Agenda

Is there a larger intent behind the referendum the Premier has imposed on the region?  Beyond the obvious discrepancies (why…
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Aug. 14, 2014 / Gordon Price

Fraser Games 4: Repetition Wins

Business in Vancouver ran this story back in June: Vancouver has the world’s second most competitive taxes for business: KPMG…
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Aug. 13, 2014 / Gordon Price

Fraser Games – 3: “So even though that’s not true, why do you think that is?”

That’s one of my favourite lines from the Jon Stewart show.  Some things are so widely believed that, even when…
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Aug. 13, 2014 / Gordon Price

Fraser Games – 2: Infortainment Clickbait for a gullible media

YVRLutyens posts a comment below that deserves a higher profile – namely here – regarding the Fraser Institute’s report on…
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Aug. 12, 2014 / Gordon Price

Fraser Games – 1: Choosing your Stats

A good illustration of power of selective measurement: The headline (from Business in Vancouver): Canadians spend more on taxes than they…

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