Winnipeg’s Perimeter Highway is outdated in design, un-safe for drivers plus it could bestagnating the economy. What’s holding the provice back from updating it to freeway standards?
Year: 2006
The Un-built City
A recent article in this newspaper bemoaned Winnipeggers' lack of pride, and our embarrassment about our city as a place to visit. There is a lot about the city which makes it well worth the visit, and we have, for years, enjoyed showing surprised visitors how large,...
Teacher Certification in Canada
Current methods of certifying teachers are not able to meet coming shortages. An alternative certification pioneered in New Jersey offers a way out.
Winnipeg’s Perimeter Highway: Disaster by Design
Executive Summary Winnipeg is the only major urban area in the developed world without freeways. Although they are unpopular with some urban planners, freeways not only reduce congestion and pollution, they make cities more efficient in economic terms. In its current...
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Free to Fly Wants Friendly Skies for Unvaccinated Canadians
Should Canadians be free to fly without a COVID-19 vaccination? Four Canadian pilots thought so and founded Free to Fly at the end of August. By now, the organization has attracted 14,300 members, including 1,900 airline staff. In an interview, Free to Fly co-founder...
More Repression Does Not Save More COVID-19 Sick
The most mentioned reason for lockdowns has been the protection of health systems. The claim is that such protection saves lives. So, it is fair to ask how health systems are performing in their lockdown life-saving duty? There are several points from which one can...
Reforming the Wheat Board Without a Fight
Free-market farmers are saying the Harper government can revoke a harmful monopoly without amending the Wheat Board Act.
A Messy Triumph for Democracy
Canadian elections don’t usually include bribery and intimidation, but the hunt for a new Chief did at the Norway House Cree Nation. Despite that, the people said their votes weren’t for sale.
Phoenix Rising in Calgary?
How Calgary can benefit from emulating Phoenix, Arizona.
Powerpoint Presentations from Water Quality & Bio-Mass Conference
Powerpoint Presentations from Water Quality Management: Nutrient Research & Bio-Mass Production Conference, Feb 13, 2006 in Winnipeg
Winnipeg Think Tank Receives International Award
The Frontier Centre receives the Templeton Freedom Prize for think-tank excellence.
Andrew Coyne, National Affairs columnist, the National Post
Andrew Coyne is best known to Canadians for his writing in the National Post and his panel appearances on CBC-TV’s The National. In this wide-ranging interview, he discusses several principles and the chances for their implementation by Stephen Harper’s government.
Warsaw: Rising Like a Phoenix Out of Planning
Warsaw is going in the right direction, as people and businesses locate where it is less costly, improving the quality of life. On the other hand, many urban areas in the more affluent Western World are determined to contract the planning disease and their citizens are paying the price in excessively high land
prices.
Cities aren’t Creating Canada’s Wealth
The joke about over-urbanized kids who think milk comes from the grocery aisle but not cows should be extended to some in the municipal political class. After Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver voters sent only Liberals, Bloquistes and New Democrats to Parliament last...
Will “Parent Power” Proceed in Britain?
Despite internal Labour party opposition, Tony Blair’s government is pursuing what amounts to a voucher system to improve low-performing public schools.