Randal O’Toole, National Post, October 8, 2013 Monday, Oct. 7, marked the 100th anniversary of the opening of Henry Ford’s moving assembly line for producing the Model T. This innovative production system allowed Ford to double worker pay while cutting the...
Year: 2013
Education Schools Need to Drop the Edu-Babble
Anyone who wishes to become a teacher in Canada must hold a valid teaching certificate. In order to qualify, prospective teachers must complete a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) degree from an accredited faculty of education. Since education schools hold a monopoly over...
The Cost Disease in Manitoba Public Schools
William Baumol, professor emeritus of economics at Princeton University, is the author of The Cost Disease, a book that all policy-makers should study. Building on forty years of research, Professor Baumol argues that the cost of social services, health care,...
Airships a Real Solution for Northern First Nations
First Nations in northern Manitoba are finally seriously considering another solution to deal with their isolation. The next wave of the future for transporting goods to the north still might be in airships and hybrid air vehicles. A group of northern First Nations...
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What Must Be Done to Curb Canada’s Household Debt
Canada is struggling economically. From inflation and deficits to investment and employment, everything that should be up is down, and everything that should be down is up. One striking symptom of economic rot is household debt, which is rising faster than incomes....
Crown Utilities’ Unfair Advantages Reduce Competition, Innovation
Largely unique among state-owned enterprises, ‘SEOs’, worldwide, Canadian Crown corporations have two key advantages over current and future private sector competitors: non-taxable status and access to low-cost public sector borrowing rates. Other implicit edges...
Zombie Democracy
The competitive economic gap that existed between Manitoba and its western neighbours at the time of the last provincial election (2011)has grown further, and, just as worrisome, the democracy gap is growing as well.
A Frontier Conversation with The Hon. Edward Schreyer, Premier of Manitoba, 1969-1977
A Conversation on the Frontier with a former Premier of Manitoba from June 25, 2013.
Are we misreading the Arab Spring?
Property rights and a basic commitment to the rule of law would be a part of extending freedom to these countries.
Do We Need an Alternative to Traditional Post-Secondary Education?
The reality is that while education is important, it isn’t everything. Unfortunately, many students don’t seem to realize this going into post-secondary education. The most successful people I know all sought out other opportunities while in school, and shortly thereafter. Many volunteered with political campaigns and NGOs, others blogged (not just for fun), sought out internships relevant to their academic studies, or held down part time jobs.
Lunch on the Frontier – Manitoba Hydro – With Graham Lane
Listen to Graham Lane speak about Manitoba Hydro at Lunch on the Frontier here. (61 minutes)
Media Release – Think Tank Launches Campaign To Make Sucker Fish Official Manitoba Fish
The Frontier Centre has submitted the Bigmouth Buffalo Sucker as its nominee for the official provincial fish, since the Manitoba government has decided that it would rather hold a fish naming contest than a referendum on the PST increase.
Cox on Urban Sprawl
Creating Satellite Towns to Accommodate Growth Makes Sense.
Urban Policy: A Time for a Paradigm Shift
This policy paper examines current attempts to increase urban densification in Canada’s metropolitan areas, and makes a common-sense but unorthodox argument that cities would be better off embracing urban dispersion.
Media Release – Urban Planners Do Not Always Give Us Greater Sustainability: A Time for a Paradigm Shift
Provincial and municipal governments are attempting to increase density and transit use in most Canadian cities. Rather than increasing affordability and mobility, that approach is doing the opposite. The report argues that cities should embrace, rather than reject, urban dispersion.