In related news, the Frontier Centre For Public Policy released a report by Rodney Clifton, professor of Sociology of Education with the University of Manitoba, which states that teachers’ unions are first and foremost acting in the interest of their members, and not students.
Year: 2008
Stop The War On Poor Families
But radical greens want to reduce access to the fuels that produce 93% of our energy. They want to increase energy costs. They call this “energy conservation”. I call it “economic enslavement” and worse.
Efficient Rental Markets
Conventional economics anticipates that because landlords supply rental housing voluntarily, they will react to government-stipulated standards and compliance by either exiting the market or raising prices.
Arctic Sea Ice
The state of the Arctic sea ice is the topic of voluminous media reports about the effects of climate change but isn’t always well represented.
Featured News
Crown Corporations Can Evade Disaster If They Are Sold Off
The recent unhappy news that Canadian taxpayers will soon be at least partially bailing out the government of Newfoundland and Labrador, the owners of Nalcor, which is completing the massively over-budget and behind-schedule Muskrat Falls power plant, may be the least...
Canada Looks Like Communism to Calgary Pastor
When Artur Pawlowski came to Canada in 1995, he did not think it would turn out as it has. The pastor of Calgary’s Street Church, famous for his confrontations with police, says Canada looks too much like the Communist Poland he grew up in. “I grew up seeing police...
Equalization Payments Equal Unfairness
“Equalization is now largely decoupled from Ontario’s economic performance.” Equalization, in other words, requires that Ontario keeps paying – whether it is rich or poor.
Junk Statistics Backfire in Fight Over Car Insurance
Contrary to political misperceptions, monopolized government automobile insurance is expensive, sometimes in straightforward dollar comparisons (B.C. versus Alberta) and always when one drills down into the actual product.
David Pankratz
Frontier interviews David Pankratz, Director of the Institute for Community Peacebuilding at Canadian Mennonite University, about smarter ways to assist low income Canadians.
The Government of Canada Announces the Appointment of New Members to the National Council of Welfare
The Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, today announced the appointment of Rev. Larry Gregan and Mr. David S. Pankratz of Manitoba, Colonel Glen Shepherd of Quebec and Mr. Calvin D. Helin of British Columbia to the National...
Is Canada’s Economy a Model for America?
Not only is Canada’s path not a model for America, it’s not a viable model for Canada.
First Nations Pathologies Can’t be Solved with More Government Money
The deaths by exposure of two Saskatchewan native girls can be traced to a culture of dependence that was created by decades of government mismanagement.
Smart Housing Options for Alberta
The poor suffer the most and immediately when there’s no new housing built and when public money is used for a few and not the many.
Higher Performing First Nations Separate Business and Politics
First Nations that are prepared to depoliticize their business decisions are able to deliver better economic outcomes than are those with poor administration.
Protectionism Harms Consumers and the Environment
Environmental protectionism under the guise of restricting greenhouse gas emissions is music to the ears of the labor unions and environmentalists that have been calling for such tariffs, but it is bad news for everyone else — especially the poor.