Professor Charlebois discusses the past, present and future of supply management in Canada.
Year: 2007
IPCC Wins the Nobel Prize for Peace
So, I have made it at last! There have been two previous occasions in my life when I was close to a Nobel Prize (thereby hangs a tale), now it has arrived. I expect the cheque in the post any time, plus an invitation to the awards ceremony. I am one of the 35,000...
Jan Södergren, Human Rights Lawyer, Sweden & John Mortimer, President, Canadian LabourWatch Association
Two labour law experts discuss the European precedent for banning union due funding of political activities unrelated to bargaining: Frontier Centre: What is wrong with having a portion of union dues go to political causes? Jan Södergren: This goes against important...
Manitoba Natives are Failed Twice Over
The serious problems that plague aboriginals on and off-reserve are well known, as are the shortcomings of Manitoba’s health care. What happens when native Manitobans are caught at the intersection of these two broken systems?
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Fostering a Constructive, Business-Friendly Regime Sustains Innovation, Not Government Money
For standards of living to grow, productivity growth must be strong and continually renewed. That is one notion that nearly all economists can agree on. So, it is not surprising that politicians scramble to discover new or not-so-new ways to boost productivity growth....
Big Tech Influence Can Tip Elections
Behavioural psychologist Robert Epstein believes Google can and does influence voters and that research teams in Canada and elsewhere need to monitor how users are being swayed. Epstein, the former editor-in-chief of Psychology Today and founder of the American...
Sweden Calls on EU to Abolish All Farm Subsidies
Sweden's Agriculture Minister Eskil Erlandsson said the government has submitted a report to the European Commission in Brussels calling for an end to all EU farm subsidies, according to reports from Swedish news agency TT and The Local. The proposal is the centre...
Making Welfare Work
Lasting and meaningful welfare reform will come about only when we reduce incentives to stay on welfare, pare back the chunk taken out of every paycheque in various taxes, and use public funds effectively.
Busybody Politicians, Get Off our Backs
In pursuit of their vision of the perfect world, politicians justify even absurd restrictions on our freedom.
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Alan Duff, Author and Social Activist for Maori advancement
Frontier’s conversation with the author of “Once Were Warriors” author Alan Duff
Timid, Distant and Bland
Offered a choice between a confident incumbent who promised to keep a dysfunctional system, and a largely unknown challenger who offered minuscule changes, Manitoba opted for the status quo.
Manitoba Fine with Status Quo
Doer majority comes despite economic malaise
Fewer Farms in Canada: Moving in the Right Direction
The new economic reality is that Canada has too many farms and the recent census shows that Canadian agriculture is gradually moving in the right direction.
Cheap Rent is Not a Public Right
Why should the government force private property owners to subsidize tenants?
Capitation – An Answer for our GP Shortage?
The healthcare system needs more family physicians. Simple changes to the payment system have a better chance of short-term success, and will on balance make health care more effective and less expensive.