Listen to Mark Milke on taxpayer subsidies for political parties here. (13 minutes)
Year: 2010
Media Release – Frontier Centre Appoints New Research Director
Frontier Centre for Public Policy announces a new Director of Research – Dr. Marco Navarro-Génie.
Stop Giving $36B A Year To The Provinces: Less-centralized systems are more efficient
“Conservative MP Maxime Bernier argued that federal transfers to the provinces — especially in health and education — are inefficient, if not simply unconstitutional. He proposed to replace them with a transfer of tax points, allowing the provinces to occupy the fiscal room thus vacated.”
Freedom Is The Destiny Of Native Canadians: Poll says First Nations desire elected grand chiefs
A poll conducted by Frontier Centre reveals there is a hunger out in Indian Country for more democracy, starting with an elected grand chief in each province.
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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...
Tests Are Good For Kids: Tests are not broccoli
Choosing to forgo summative tests in schools would be similar to providing student drivers with several weeks of driving practice but not requiring them to actually drive a car during a driver’s test.
Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen, Geomorphologist
Left leaning climate change agnostic and editor of the Energy and Environment journal, Dr. Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen was a conference attendee at the Heartland Institute’s 4th International Climate Change Conference held in Chicago May 16-18th, 2010. The Frontier Centre was one of 64 international co-sponsors of this event which profiled the work of 73 scientists, economists and policy experts from 23 countries.
Why Friedrich Hayek Is Making a Comeback: With the failure of Keynesian stimulus, the late Austrian economist’s ideas on state power and crony capitalism are getting a new hearing.
“Now that the stimulus has barely dented the unemployment rate, and with government spending and deficits soaring, it’s natural to turn to Hayek. He championed four important ideas worth thinking about in these troubled times.”
Want Cheap Airfares? See Europe: Why Europe is a low-fare zone
Airlines fares are cheapest in Europe—this thanks to competition.
Climate Change: The IPCC In The Age of Speculation
“It’s astonishing how many facts are believed real when they were only speculation in a media report or in an IPCC Report. Too often it’s a ‘fact’ supporting a false or misleading headline or assumption.”
Leading Experts Rapidly Endorsing ‘Climate Scientist’s Register’: Carbon dioxide NOT causing a climate crisis, say scientists
“The Climate Scientists’ Register, started one month ago by International Climate Science Coalition (ICSC), has just passed its first 100 expert endorsers.”
Sask. First Nations Governed Well: FCPP
“The fourth annual Aboriginal Governance Index by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP) found that several First Nations in Saskatchewan are well-governed.”
Media Release – Canada’s Not-So Friendly Skies: Why Canadian Consumers Pay Sky-High Airfares
Canadian consumers pay sky-high airfares compared to both the U.S. and Europe.
Canada’s Not-So Friendly Skies: Why Canadian Consumers Pay Sky-High Airfares
Canadian consumers pay sky-high airfares compared to both the U.S. and Europe.