After boastfully declaring that he would enhance Canada’s place on the international scene, the Prime Minister failed in his bid to secure a United Nations Security Council seat. Canada’s place in the word has been effectively eroded under his watch. Foreign policy...
The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a wave of demands to fix every inconvenience of life by government decree. The four-day workweek, an old darling of social engineers, has made a comeback as governments pick up the pieces of locked-down economies. On June 15, the...
The subject of western separatist sentiment has been receiving a lot of attention since the election. Western fossil fuel companies, like Encana, are increasingly decamping to Texas and other points south. But the fossil fuel industry is not the only resource industry...
The Mackenzie Institute interviews Frontier Centre research associate, Anil Anand, a retired police inspector and author of: “Mending Broken Fences Policing.” Anand has worked as a police officer fir thirty years. He has worked on cases ranging from routine...
Carbon taxes at the borders are becoming a popular idea among some countries and world regions. For example, the European Commission, the EU executive institution, is proposing environmental tariffs “on imports from countries with less stringent climate-protection...
In his novel 1984, George Orwell envisioned a future that is arguably unfolding before our eyes where government authority was supreme and truth and freedom were not to be found. Perhaps he should have named his novel 2021 because our times seem more like his novel...
It’s a time of year when we are inclined to revel in consumer excess, feel-good charity, and moral sentimentality. We may even take time to watch an adaptation of Charles Dickens' “A Christmas Carol”. For those of us who are privileged, we may even scoff at Alastair...
The decision by Teck Resources to withdraw its application for the Frontier project could risk future opportunities for Indigenous communities if the decision leads to more resource companies declining to invest in Canadian resource projects. Although Teck stated...
In 1849 the philosopher Henry David Thoreau was angry at his government’s actions in the Mexican-American War and at the continued legality of slavery in the U.S. In response he published an essay entitled “Civil Disobedience” in which he stated that that the evils of...
The Trojan horse of social engineers has crossed the gates. At the latest World Economic Forum in Switzerland, the Davos Manifesto 2020 replaced the original from 1973. The new one lays down a company’s duties towards “stakeholders” rather than shareholders. This...
On January 30th Frontier Centre for Public Policy joined together with more than 145 think tanks, IGOs, NGOs, and civil society organizations around the world to hosted “Why Think Tanks Matter: The Future of Think Tanks and Policy Advice.” Events took place in 85...
Usually, an article about public policy is what some leader or bureaucrat should do. But what happens when the law and the government are misguided? At that point, the “decision-maker” is simply a citizen who decides whether they will stand up or cower, whether they...
The Alberta Premier recently raised the possibility of implementing a provincial police service. "We will invite the panel to explore the feasibility of establishing an Alberta provincial police force by ending the Alberta Police Service Agreement with the Government...
Divesting YVR will benefit B.C. taxpayers Vancouver International Airport WINNIPEG, MB, February 2020 - The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has just released The Raven Still Has Tricks Aplenty: A Valuation & Strategic Appraisal of Vancouver International Airport...
As Temperature Rises, Great White North Must Side with Trump A Vancouver court is the battleground for two different visions of Canada’s future. The United States wants the extradition of Meng Wanzhou, the top Huawei executive, while Beijing wants Canada to let her...