Travailleurs sociaux, une profession à risque…
pour les familles

Tels des policiers davantage occupés à verbaliser qu'à coincer les gros trafiquants, les travailleurs sociaux de l'enfance ignorent le cadre restreint de ce que devraient être leurs prérogatives. En conséquence, les bavures se multiplient.

OPINION :: XAVIER COLLET

Canadian Governments Escalate War on Drug Users

The powers that be in this country have struck some recent blows in the so-called War on Drugs. The predictable results are needless suffering and the further erosion of basic human rights.

OPINION :: BRADLEY DOUCET

Relance: le bal des mensonges

Il y aurait, parait-il, une crise. Les plans de relance se succèdent et se ressemblent dans toute l'Europe et c'est vraiment le bal des mensonges. Il y a les mensonges purement factuels et puis il y a les théorèmes mensongers.

OPINION :: MICHEL DE PONCINS

Money, Money, Money: The False Hope of Campaign Finance Laws

A recent poll showed that Quebeckers are “discouraged” or “disgusted” by politicians. They seem to think that money is the problem. But if Quebec has strict campaign finance laws, why are we so disillusioned with money in politics?

OPINION :: ADAM ALLOUBA

Monnaie, or et liberté

La monnaie, telle qu'elle se présente aujourd'hui, sans contrepartie métallique, constitue une fraude incommensurable. Une fraude qui ne pourra se poursuivre bien longtemps sans entraîner de graves conséquences.

LE QL EN RAPPEL NO 146 :: ANDRÉ DORAIS

Why Governments Hate Gold

Most politicians and economists will ignore the long-term damage of Keynesianism in the early stage of a bubble when there is the illusion of prosperity, suggesting that the basic laws of economics had been repealed.

OPINION :: REP. RON PAUL, MD

Freedom, Responsibility, and the BP Oil Spill

The recent catastrophic oil spill on the BP/Transocean drilling rig Deepwater Horizon has inflicted colossal and undeserved harms on life in the Gulf of Mexico. Yet the lessons and implications of this event remain disputed.

THE RATIONAL ARGUMENTATOR :: GENNADY STOLYAROV II

Quebec health reforms: One step backward and potentially a giant leap forward

In his recent budget speech, Mr. Bachand acknowledged that Quebec’s health care system is in serious financial trouble. While this recognition of the problem is encouraging, the proposed new health tax will do nothing to solve the problem.

OPINION :: MARK ROVERE

Libertarians don't support free and unrestricted abortion

Although we are divided on the abortion issue, many of us are deeply unsatisfied with the current situation. Libertarianism is not, as many conservatives tend to believe, a relativistic philosophy of "anything goes."

EDITORIAL :: MARTIN MASSE

Quebec Commerce & Dropping Water Levels in the Great Lakes

The combination of dropping water levels in the Great Lakes and the effect on navigation depth along the Lower St. Lawrence River could create a business case for the ship industry to install various forms of control valves along that river.

THE EMPEROR'S DERRIÈRE :: HARRY VALENTINE

Statism and the Decline of the Roman Empire

Historians have proposed several theories to explain the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Less often raised, though it is the primary cause and the source of all the other ills, is the rise of state tyranny.

BOOK REVIEW :: MARTIN MASSE

La protection élève-t-elle le taux des salaires?

Une nation qui s'isole par le régime prohibitif multiplie le nombre de ses industries, mais elle en diminue l'importance. Elle se donne, pour ainsi parler, un assolement industriel plus compliqué, mais non plus fécond, au contraire.

MOT POUR MOT :: FRÉDÉRIC BASTIAT (1801-1850)

Le socialisme – La politique commerciale étrangère des communautés socialistes

Le libéralisme veut ouvrir au commerce toutes ses portes. La politique libérale n'a rien de commun avec l'impérialisme qui veut conquérir des territoires pour les isoler du commerce mondial.

MOT POUR MOT :: LUDWIG VON MISES (1881-1973)