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Year: 2007
Overhauling Manitoba’s Ailing Healthcare System: A Prescription for Progress
PowerPoint slides from the Breafast on the Frontier presentation with Dr. Jon Gerrard, Manitoba Leader of the Liberal Party, on November 7, 2007.
Three Stats You Just Can’t Be Without on a Saturday: The Week in Economics
Canada is awash in reports on the fiscal health of provincial and federal governments, but putting together a full picture of the balance sheets of the country's cities is next to impossible. Now, the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, a Prairie-based think tank, has...
Tough Medicine Tastes Terrible But it Works
A funny thing happened this week while I was at my local paint store. The gentleman serving me seemed anxious to tell me something or ask me a question. Once finished with the paint business he asked, "So, what's new in the world of politics"? Before I could answer he...
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The Man who Saved the Plains Indians
At the time of Confederation, Canada’s Plains Indians were in a desperate situation. The same European-introduced guns and horses that resulted in a briefly glorious golden age for them had also resulted in constant inter-tribal warfare and the rapid disappearance of...
Renewed Talk of Abolishing the Indian Act
Political attacks on the Indian Act are back in the news, and that is a good thing. However, Canadian politicians, including First Nation politicians, need a credible plan about what to do before we pull out the champagne. Attacking the Indian Act is not a big deal...
A Discussion on Manitoba – With Jon Gerrard
Listen to Jon Gerrard speak about the state of Manitoba and healthcare here. (56 minutes)
Dr. Vaughan Glover, President, Canadian Association for People-Centred Health
Bottom up, people centred heath is the wave of the future despite our politicians.
The Denial Machine
Dr. Tim Ball's perspective on The Fifth Estate's "The Denial Machine."
The Best Laid Plans of Govt Planners Usually Screw Up Your Life
It is safe to say economist Randal O'Toole is an expert in many of the things that have caused Pittsburgh and other cities great pain -- government planning, government mass-transit systems and government attempts to shape or contain the redevelopment of cities. A...
To Lower the Cost of Housing, Cut the Red Tape
The ALP's proposed tax concession for first-home buyers who have saved for a deposit may merely offset part of the excessive house prices they face. The proposal is for a concessionary 15 per cent tax rate on salary-sacrificed earnings of up to $5000 per person...
Proliferation of Climate Skepticism in Europe
An interesting overview of the growing backlash against climate change hysteria in various European countries.
Dispelling Myths Key, Speaker Says
By dispelling some myths about the effects of pesticides and genetically modified (GM) foods, Canadians will be able to achieve sustainable agriculture, according to Patrick Moore of Greenspirit Strategies. Moore was one of five speakers at Farm Credit Canada’s...
A Moment of Silence and a Prayer for Aboriginals
Individual band members in Aboriginal communities are the ones who suffer most from the Opposition’s decision to prevent the passage of badly-needed human rights protection for Natives.
Lunch on the Frontier – Future of Healthcare in Canada – With Vaughan Glover
Listen to Vaughn Glover speak on his book Journey to Wellness here. (41 minutes)