Another lawsuit is being launched over the government’s healthcare monopoly and the right of a person to spend their own money on the preservation and the maintenance of their own health.
Year: 2006
New Power Meters Let Users Cash In
A new “smart meter” is being implemented by Horizon Utilities that tracks when electricity is being used not just how much is being used.
Going Public on What is Private
Much of the health care Canadians receive today comes from private sources, yet the most heated debate in Canada revolves around public versus private health care. "Most of us get most of our health care from private sector suppliers," the paper points out. "Doctors,...
Save Water, Kill Cities
Certainly no one should be getting their water for free. It’s a resource like any other and deserves to be priced accordingly.
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Supply Chain Strains Could Cause Shortages and Hoarding
Supply chain problems, both international and domestic, could create shortages and hoarding, and make recent inflationary pressures even worse. Although problems with our ports and railways may beg policy solutions, the short-term response of everyday Canadians should...
New Book: Patients at Risk: Exposing Canada’s Health-care Crisis
CALGARY, AB, December 17, 2021 - The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has just released a new book, Patients at Risk: Exposing Canada’s Health-care Crisis written by Susan Martinuk. Susan is an accomplished, nationally recognized researcher and writer who has...
Will “Sweep” Tactics Reverse Winnipeg’s Declining Police Effectiveness?
The City of Winnipeg’s Police Service, strong on resources and manpower but short on results.
Frequently Asked Questions About Water/Wastewater Privatization
Privatized water and wastewater systems have excellent track records for maintaining environmental and health standards.
Lunch on the Frontier – A Better Way to Run the Country – With Bob Rae
Watch Lunch on the Frontier with Bob Rae here. (59 minutes)
Canada’s Education Secret
Imagine a public-school system where families are encouraged to go shopping for the school of their choice. Imagine that the choice includes a sports school, an arts school, a military academy, a religious school and Mandarin immersion. Imagine a world where all the...
Centralism Masquerading as Federalism
The long history of moving power to Ottawa and away from the provinces has had some unsalutary effects.
Time to Scrap the Maps, Review Water Protection Act
It’s time to scrap the maps. As the act stands now, Zone 4 land could lose over half its value. Farmers estimate value losses of $300-$400 an acre. Cumulative losses could easily be in the hundreds of millions of dollars, and some say could top $1 billion.
How to help Harper do what needs to be done
It's a sign of political success that last week's federal budget has already been forgotten. For so fragile a minority as Stephen Harper's, that's good. He hopes to use this budget as a solid, reassuring political springboard to win a majority, probably next year....
Harper Panders on Trade
In WTO negotiations, federal Conservatives are compromising the interests of the vast majority of farmers to protect a privileged few.
Northern Flood Payments Excessive: Schreyer
Manitoba Hydro may have spent about 10 times more compensating northern Manitoba communities than it really needed to