Notre directeur-adjoint Yaël Ossowski en ondes avec à Radio-Canada Ici Manitoba avec Martine Bordeleau pour parler de l’interdiction de la culture du cannabis au Manitoba et pourquoi les amendes (plus de 2500$) sont cruelles, punitives…
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Eyesore Marijuana Packaging Isn’t Healthy For Canadians Or Competition
Recently proposed restrictions on branding and logos, as well as exhaustive warning requirements, won’t benefit legal cannabis users. By Yaël Ossowski Deputy director at Consumer Choice Center. Last Monday, Health Canada unveiled its proposed guidance on how…
Canada Can Lead The Way On Pot, Vapes and Plain Packs
The world is paying attention to Canada right now. Two very important pieces of legislation on consumer products are being debated, which could provide many lessons for the world. House Bill C-45, the world’s most…
Trudeau Should See NAFTA Renegotiation As His Biggest Priority
By Yaël Ossowski | Huffington Post Trump needs to be shown that protectionism south of the border hurts American and Canadian consumers as much as it helps hand-picked American producers. At this point in the…
Why Fewer Canadians Are Using Tobacco
Despite the millions in proposed new spending for getting Canadians unhooked off tobacco, fewer Canadians are lighting up. Just 17.7 percent of Canadians smoked daily or occasionally in 2015, according to the Canadian Community Health…
Trump Has Given Canada’s Oil Industry A Fighting Chance
Consumed by news from south of the border, Canadians have been fixated on the ascendency of a Trump presidency. But it could spell much more benefit for Canadians than they’re willing to admit. True, president-elect…
Episode 2: The Interviews — Canada
Todor interviews Yaël on what it’s like to live in Canada, what’s attractive about life there, how the systems work, what Canadian bacon is, the state of the healthcare, and why everyone cares so much…
A Glimpse of Ottawa
It’s an oddity that I would only explore the capital city of my birth nation well into my 20s. Then again, it’s a curse which befalls most natives of colossal and reaching lands. One can…
The libertarian-minded Conservative who could give Justin Trudeau a run for his money
Source: YouTube His name is Maxime Bernier and he has all the great qualities of a small-town politician. He makes a point of visiting every part of his constituency while he’s in office. He saves…
David Clement Targets Harper’s Fiscal Underbelly in Libertarian Candidacy
Is Classical Liberalism the Fix for Canada’s Disgruntled Conservatives? By Yaël Ossowski | October 7th, 2015 | PanAm Post How often do you find a Canadian politician willing to criticize both intervention in the Middle…