Crashed ferries and expensive parties: CTF’s 23rd Teddy Waste Awards

 On March 15th, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) held its 23rd annual Teddy Awards. The purpose of the unusual pig-shaped prize? The biggest wastes of taxpayer money from all three levels of government in Canada. “Former governor general Julie Payette blew hundreds of thousands of dollars on her inauguration and

Kazakhstan’s the 2017 New Direction: Taking Global Competitiveness Seriously

 The world community is celebrating the achievements of Kazakhstan regarding economic, political, and social development in its 25 years of independence, as well as its leadership in regards to international security. Kazakhstan is the first among the CIS and Central Asia countries to hold EXPO-2017, an important global event which