Another brutal gang murder in Winnipeg underlines a serious problem in our aboriginal community.
Year: 2007
Breaking the iron-triangle
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy is a private think-tank based out of Winnipeg, whose job it is to push the envelope.
Equalization Pays for Manitoba’s Cheap Hydro
Huge equalization transfers allows Manitoba to travel a path of un-green energy policy. FC035
The Global Warming Myth
Am I worried about carbon induced global warming? The answer is no and yes. No because there has been no sign of global warming in New Zealand since 1955, this year snow has fallen in Portugal for the first time in 52 years and 3 US states are united by the fact that...
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Let’s Celebrate Reaching Global Population of Eight Billion
Recently, the United Nations estimated that the population of Planet Earth had reached eight billion souls. Despite the chatter of the highly subsidized climate doomster complex this is quite an achievement - it certainly indicates that the carrying capacity of our...
China’s “Truckers’ Convoy”
Anti-lockdown protests are now taking place across China - the Chinese equivalent of our Truckers’ Convoy. The protests are a reaction to the brutal policies that literally lock people in their apartments, when even one infection is detected. As in Canada, when...
Putting Global Warming in the Dock
A British truck driver is taking the Brown Government to court over a film that he believes is biased and shouldn’t be shown without a balanced counterpoint to children in schools.
Drug Dealers and Global Warming – Parallel Parables?
People respond to incentives – we compare incentives of climate change information providers and the actors in an infamous Mexican parable.
Eliminate MLCC? I’ll Drink to That!
A part time Winnipegger questions the 50 million dollar cost of Manitoba’s liquor monopoly.
Mart Laar, Prime Minister of Estonia (1992-94 and 1999-2002)
Frontier discusses the Baltic Tiger in a conversation with Mart Laar, the former Prime Minister of Estonia.
Hydro-Québec is Worth $130B — So Sell It!
A Quebec commentator sketches out how selling Hydro Quebec would eliminate that province’s debt and allow the province to slash income taxes by 33%.
Is it too Late to Stop the Ethanol Con Job?
Not so long ago, you could feel complacent - smug even - about your little greenish exertions. You traded your SUV for a smaller set of wheels. You bought compact florescent bulbs and dragged the old push mower out of storage. You approved of ethanol and other...
Health Agency Accused of Squandering Millions
An aboriginal health-care agency spent more than $6.4 million in federal funds on expensive trips to Hawaii, New Zealand, Norway and Israel, as well as lavish spa pedicures, facials and massages, a source inside Health Canada said Friday. The details of how...
The Mulroney Factor
In general, Mulroney pushed an often reluctant Canadian public toward smaller government, freer enterprise, and a reduced public sector.
Cracking Egg-Heads at the U of M – PowerPoint
PowerPoint from Breakfast on the Frontier with University of Manitoba Professor Rodney Clifton, September 12, 2007.