The decision by the Supreme Court of Canada to dismiss the latest challenge by Indigenous groups over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project should not come as a surprise. It was a predictable outcome in a line of successive rulings that Trans Mountain had met...
Earlier this year, after years of resisting the recording of race-based statistics by police, there has been a sudden change of heart.1 Now, advocates and those seeking police reform want race-based data collected by police. In Ontario, the authorities hope that by...
It was revealed this month that Canada’s Prime Minister has brought in economist Mark Carney as an adviser to assist with mapping out the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The CBC reported how Carney left his position as governor of the Bank of England...
Many do not know this, but zinc is an important ingredient in disinfectants, such as soap. So, in a sense, zinc is playing an important role in preventing the spread of COVID-19 as many Canadians use disinfectants containing zinc. After all, the twin pillars of...
The United Nations (UN) was born out of an idea for creating a society of nations, a global community, a brotherhood of nations built on a set of higher ideals. These ideals would give rise to a global village with accountability to each other, including social...
The Alberta premier’s plan to treat the coronavirus as endemic was the way out of the COVID crisis. That he is once again adopting restrictions for the province, for the fourth time, does not negate the endemic approach. But his declaration, paraphrasing President...
Ford v. Ferrari is yesterday’s story. Today, it’s Volkswagen v. Tesla. The two battles are not entirely uncommon. As it was in the 1960’s confrontation, the current competition wants to seize superior engineering to capture a market. But the next winner won’t be...
There are always unintended consequences to every government action, especially those that have been hastily adopted. I predict that one of the unintended consequences of Canada’s Covid-19 policies will be an epidemic of deaths and injuries due to domestic violence...
The Churchill pipeline would revitalize the long-neglected economies of northern Manitoba and northern Saskatchewan, but the ultimate success of this pipeline to Churchill, Manitoba will depend on the involvement and support of Indigenous communities in both Manitoba...
Scruton recognized the problem of enforcing regulations and being watchful for abuse even for conservatives. Human nature was an issue he became interested in as he grew older. He noted, for example, that modern communications, especially social media, has seriously...
Successful Integration: International Examples Could Help Canada’s Indigenous Peoples Opportunities for urbanization of Indigenous communities WINNIPEG, MB, March 20, 2020 - The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has just released Successful Integration Experiences...
March 20, 2020 Dear Friends of the Frontier Centre: There can be plenty of irony when revisiting the oft-used old Chinese saying – “May you live in interesting times”. According to popular belief it is an English expression of a traditional Chinese curse. ...
James Smith Cree Nation in Saskatchewan is set to establish a private medical clinic in Saskatoon offering medical imaging services for patients such as MRI and CT scans. The Indigenous community said they expect the clinic to be open in early 2020. The First Nation...
These are just some of the basic tenets of crisis communications, and our Prime Minister and his Crisis Response Team would do well to take them to heart because, so far, their statements and actions have missed the mark in every way. We are not yet one week into our...
Gold is a strange commodity. While it has some industrial uses, it mostly ends up in jewelry or money-surrogates such as coins and ingots; the latter often in central bank vaults. Unlike other metals, it accumulates and circulates in the economy and society; it is not...