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.
Year: 2010
Salary Abuses Do Not End With Disclosure Rules: Accountability lies in good oversight.
While rules for salary disclosure increase visibility and transparency, they do not stop executive salary abuse in some cases. But if such rules do not solve all of the problems of salary abuse, they provide necessary transparency to those who would make executives accountable.
A Tale of Two Legacies; One Positive And Constructive, The Other Negative and Destructive
“As advisor and educator for farmers, foresters and other rural denizens, I found them more environmentally aware and concerned in practical ways than environmentalists. They live in the real world beyond the urban enclaves. They’re more aware and more concerned because it sustains them and their families.”
Private Property Is Nothing To Fear: First Nation should debate property on merits
An economic study of successful First Nations is being held in suspicion through erroneous thinking about the notion of private property.
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Demand Fairness from Ottawa and Edmonton
A few weeks ago, Albertans voted to reduce the inequities in the federal equalization program. The deficit between the dollars that leave to and come back from Ottawa has recently been as high as $27 billion in one year. During times of crisis, it feels like salt in...
Inflation: They Win, You Lose: Politicos, Cronies Fleece Canadians with Monetary Expansion
One of the most widespread economic myths is that inflation—the reduced purchasing power of a currency—is a win for a nation, a sign of a booming economy. For the privileged classes in government and with initial access to monetary expansion, it is a win. For everyone...
What’s Wrong with Our Schools: Whatever happened to common sense in education?
Our schools are fixable but their ills first need to be properly diagnosed.
Teacher Education Programs Are Part of the Problem in Education: Wrong-headed curricula are in no one’s interest
A shift in the design of education curricula has resulted in students not getting to the higher levels of understanding the subjects that are often required in colleges and universities.
Millions Spent on Aboriginal Lobby, Not People: Communities must re-evaluate spending priorities
Five national Aboriginal organizations have received about $239 million in taxpayer money.
The Bad Economics Behind Stimulus Spending
“Economist John Taylor (Stanford University) says government intervention caused the market meltdown of 2008 and that “short-run government spending” has only made matters worse. He dismisses the theory that stimulus spending can jump-start an economy as an “old-fashioned” Keynesian illusion.”
Media Release – Frontier Centre releases 2010 Aboriginal Governance Index: Top scoring First Nations receive recognition
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has released its fourth annual Aboriginal Governance Index; it ranks 78 Prairie First Nation communities on good governance practices.
Aboriginal Governance Index – 2009-2010
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has released its fourth annual Aboriginal Governance Index; it ranks 78 Prairie First Nation communities on good governance practices.
Climate Science and the IPCC Fail Legal Cross Examination
“Legal analysis looks at the evidence, the motive and the modus operandi. Both these examples do this with perception and clarity to expose the extent to which climate science was perverted for political ends. The analysis indicates actions were deliberate and premeditated.”
Throw Cold Water on Bulk-Water Export Opposition
“A recent special report on water in The Economist offered a provocative comment: “The trouble with water is that it’s all politics, no economics.” How else to explain why a pro-free-trade government in one of the world’s most water-endowed countries would seek to ban bulk water exports?”
Prairie Think Tank Identifies Best Governed First Nations: Governance survey leads to on-reserve improvements
As the Frontier Centre releases its fourth annual Aboriginal Governance Index, we are seeing improved governance and an increased willingness on the part of First Nations to see the positives of the survey project.