In mocking response to those wishing to separate, some quip that Alberta would remain landlocked the day after it becomes independent. With a more respectful tone, Alberta’s own premier used similar words in his recent “Fair Deal for Alberta” speech. Those endorsing...
What do feminists want? Is feminism an inclusive movement striving for gender equality and justice for all, or is it a partisan movement seeking advantage and benefits for females at the expense of males?
The City of Winnipeg has experienced a rash of liquor store swarming involving masked individuals who have become increasingly accustomed to experiencing little or no resistance. This has become a trend and one that the Manitoba Liquor Control Commission, store...
Gerard Lucyshyn, VP Research and a Senior Fellow with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, discusses with Danielle Smith Alberta and Saskatchewan's problem of tidewater access. Lucyshyn's Proposal explores a new and viable solution to solving this 115 year public...
At the time of Confederation, Canada’s Plains Indians were in a desperate situation. The same European-introduced guns and horses that resulted in a briefly glorious golden age for them had also resulted in constant inter-tribal warfare and the rapid disappearance of...
Political attacks on the Indian Act are back in the news, and that is a good thing. However, Canadian politicians, including First Nation politicians, need a credible plan about what to do before we pull out the champagne. Attacking the Indian Act is not a big deal...
Frontier Centre for Public Policy is proud to release its second issue of e-Zine: Ideas that change your world our quarterly magazine Ideas that change your world is our premier quarterly magazine delivering to you some of Frontier’s latest thought-provoking,...
If there is one finding of near unanimous consensus among economists, it is that free trade increases productivity and boosts growth. The flip side is that tariffs, quotas, and other trade barriers generally reduce welfare. By how much? A recent study by the...
The full-court press is on for climate chaos disaster and renewable energy salvation. CNN recently hosted a seven-hour climate event for Democrat presidential aspirants. Every day brings more gloom-and-doom stories about absurd, often taxpayer-funded pseudo-scientific...
Society has become obsessed with identity. I am old enough to remember when there was only one channel on the television and just two sexes. Humans came packaged as either male or female and vive la différence! Now I am told that there are many, many “genders”:...
With opinion surveys showing the Liberal and Conservative parties running neck in neck one week before the October 21 federal election, there is plenty of talk about minority government and government coalitions. Prairie Canadians, those in Alberta and Saskatchewan in...
Nearly a month ago, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer called on the RCMP to investigate the Prime Minister’s conduct in the SNC Lavalin case. Ethics Commissioner Dion found that the Prime Minister breached Section 9 of The Conflict of Interest Act, when he repeatedly...
Recently, Andrew Leach, an energy and environmental economist and political scientist at the University of Calgary, observed that there are a number of things that are currently challenging the oil and gas industry in Canada, particularly the oil sands sector, the...
Equalization and many other subsidies provided to Canadian regions are one of the most widely discussed but least understood aspects of our national life. They are widely discussed because the funding devoted to these subsidies is large and their political impact...
BC Hydro is the electric power generating holding company and retail utility supplying the province of British Columbia (BC). As its name implies, it is nearly entirely a hydro-electric generation-based provider. The Peace River Site C project is scheduled to be...