Teachers play a vital role in providing our children and grandchildren with the knowledge and skills they need to become productive members of society. However, that role is greatly diminished for many teachers these days. They are given little choice but to follow...
Year: 2014
Canada Should Make Temporary Foreign Workers Permanent
The Temporary Foreign Worker program (TFWP) has recently become a hot-button issue as stories of employers abusing the system roll in. The government is scrambling to identify reforms that will satisfy both employers and the broader public. Offering more prospective...
Frontier Centre releases the first annual Entrepreneurial Index
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy is pleased to announce the launch of a new report examining the state of legislation and regulation affecting self-employed individuals in Canada and around the world. Statistics suggest that self-employment may represent up to...
U of M must address equity of student fees
University of Manitoba president David Bernard got off without serious battle wounds when Education Minister James Allum rejected his proposal to increase the graduate student fees by more than 300 per cent. He was fortunate, because the University of Saskatchewan...
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What Exactly Does ‘Climate Justice’ Mean?
It seems like everything is about justice these days. Recently, as I drove home from the store, I saw a sign for the elections here in New York from the local Democratic Party, promising “equity, equality, and justice for all.” Beyond the obvious concerns any sane...
We are Finding the 2800 Missing Children
The “secret graves” and “missing children” narrative had our national flag flying at half-mast for over five months after an obscure indigenous politician made the startling claim that she “knew” that 215 indigenous children had been secretly buried in the “apple...
Endangered species law must respect compensation rights
The federal implementation of the federal Species of Risk Act is being questioned by environmental activist organizations. They are in federal court alleging the government is not doing enough to protect endangered species. The groups allege that Ottawa is delaying...
Urban Planning For People
Originally appeared in newgeography.com The recent publication of the United States Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration's (EIA) 2014 Annual Energy Outlook provides a good backdrop for examining the importance of current information in...
It is Crunch Time for Atlantic Canada
Over fifty years, observers have become inured to troubling reports of Atlantic Canada's economic difficulties. Even the most jaundiced observer would recognize, however, that data for the last two years describes something different. The regional economy is not...
Second-quarter financials alarming
Based on Finance Minister Jennifer Howard's recent update on her government's financial situation, taxpayers should be alarmed. Despite the unexpected tax and fee hikes of the last two years, she not only expects a deficit of close to $500 million for the NDP...
American magazine releases issue on Native empowerment
PERC Reports, a publication of the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) in Montana, has released a new issue that highlights Native American economic empowerment. In particular, the issue looks at the effects of economic growth on indigenous...
Broadcasting Developments in 2014
The year 2014 will see more key developments in broadcasting around the world and in Canada. These developments are all related to the topics we have addressed under InfoComm, from Usage Based Billing (UBB) for Internet access service to rebuilding the Last...
Housing Affordability on the Decline
Personal income has increased more in Saskatchewan than in any other province over the past five years, and it has put tremendous upward pressure on the cost of housing. The number of households in Regina and Saskatoon that qualify for a mortgage has dropped by ...
Losing Canadian Travellers To American Airports
Five million Canadians cross the border each year to fly from U.S. airports and save hundreds of dollars on the cost of a single vacation. Travelling from a Canadian airport costs more in several ways, especially when you add up airport fees and taxes. The U.S. sees...
America leaves Canada in its organic dust
It was bound to happen. After more than ten years and a couple hundred billion dollars in revenues, the American organic food sector will finally begin testing products to ensure they’re genuine and safe. But, there are no plans to do anything like this in Canada....