Reprinted from Dialogue. Interview by Juanita Julliet Singh On March 9, 2013, Aruna Papp established a record. She became the first Adventist Indo-Canadian woman to represent Canada as a delegate to the United Nations Conference on Global...
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New prostitution laws aren’t just a federal concern
Reactions to the federal government’s introduction of new prostitution laws are mixed, with some praising the Nordic-style ban on buying sex and others saying this approach entails the same risk of harm to sex workers that caused the Supreme Court to strike down the...
Frontier Centre Releases First Canadian Freedom Index
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy is pleased to announce the launch of the Freedom Index a new report on the state of various freedoms across the Canadian provinces. The Index assesses a large number of laws and measures, across fiscal, regulatory and personal...
Fracking Does Not Harm Drinking Water
The debate over fracking continues to be lively, and there's a lot of misinformation out there. Fracking, or 'hydraulic fracturing', is the injection of water, sand and chemicals at high pressure into underground rock formations, to release trapped natural gas....
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COVID-19 Emergency Powers Nearly Limitless
The war against the invisible enemy of COVID-19 has unfortunately made normal rights and freedoms invisible as well. Another example manifested on September 13 when Saskatchewan’s premier renewed emergency orders for his province. The list of powers he claimed were so...
Build the Keystone pipeline
President Obama wants to put America back to work, produce more energy, improve public safety, and open new markets. In his State of the Union address he said “I will act on my own to slash bureaucracy so we can get more construction workers on the job as fast...
Obsolete Regulations Prevent Aboriginals from Accessing Trades
All across Canada, but particularly on the prairies, builders complain about shortages of skilled trades people, but there’s a vast pool of unrealized potential among First Nations youth. Native reserves have a booming young population, and chronically high rates of...
7th Annual Local Government Performance Index
The Local Government Performance Index ranks the top 100 Canadian cities on their financial transparency and performance over the 2012 financial year. Since the first edition in 2007, the comprehensive annual report has pushed municipal governments across Canada to...
Frontier Centre Releases 7th Annual Local Government Performance Index
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has today released the seventh annual edition of its influential Local Government Performance Index. The Index ranks the top 100 Canadian cities on their financial transparency and performance over the 2012 financial year. Since...
‘Do-gooders’ kept payday loans alive
For decades it was a criminal offence to charge more than 60 per cent annual interest on a loan. It still is, unless it is a "payday loan." Following pressure by provincial governments and the NDP, payday loans were made legal in Canada. Payday loans can't exceed...
Obama and the decline of American hegemony
Someone needs to save the Obama Administration from itself when it comes to foreign policy. Since taking office in 2008, Obama has had very few foreign policy successes to brag about, beyond the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Promises have not been kept, red lines have...
Deregulate Taxis To Improve Mobility in Winter Cities
Few urban experiences are less pleasant than waiting for a taxi in the middle of a Canadian winter. When temperatures dip, demand soars. Ordinary citizens begin to hijack other peoples’ taxis to avoid intolerable waits. It’s every man, woman, and child for him, her,...
Wall Street Journal: How Canada Views the Keystone Stall
Frontier Centre for Public Policy vice president Bob Murray appears in the Wall Street Journal's Opinion video series, talking about how the pipeline delay could affect U.S.-Canada relations.
Voluntary Initiatives can Advance First Nation communities
The Idle No More protests were in reaction to Ottawa’s agenda when it comes to Aboriginal policy. But there are a number of initiatives that First Nations can voluntarily opt into and benefit from. The First Nations Land Management Act is federal legislation that...