A new book crossed my desk a few weeks ago now and I knew it was coming because there were a series of articles are written over a recent years by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy drilling down on …
Freedomtalk 2019: Gerard Lucyshyn Presents Tide-Water Access
If you know Frontier, then you will know that we generally write in controversial spaces, we write prolifically, we generate ideas, we are non-partisan and we accept no government money. The nice thing about accepting no government money and being …
Canada’s Internal Boundaries | Danielle Smith interviews Gerard Lucyshyn
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 …
Redrawing Provincial Boundaries of Alberta, Saskatchewan | Ezra Levant Interviews Gerard Lucyshyn
Lucyshyn is a Senior Research Fellow at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, and in this clip he discusses the process of re-drawing internal boundaries in Canada and shows off some historic and proposed changes to give Alberta and Saskatchewan …
It’s Time for Canadians to Talk about Health Care
Our health-care system is irretrievably broken. At least five million Canadians are without a family doctor. More than one million Canadians were on waitlists before the pandemic even started. Now, in Ontario alone, it is estimated that 21 million patient …
Are We There Yet? The Precarious Road to Recovery for Tourism
On March 11, 2020 The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic. At that time more than 118,000 people had been infected over 110 countries and the virus was spreading rapidly across the globe. The impact …
Weathervaning Local Business Conditions
Statistics Canada released their weekly Local Business Conditions Index (RTLBCI) covering the week ending April 11, 2022 and it shows that business conditions in Calgary and Edmonton are on the rise. From January 3, 2022 to April 11, 2022, Calgary’s …
Betting on WTI is a Short-term Strings Attached Solution
The Alberta government stopped collecting the fuel tax at the beginning of April in an effort to provide “real relief” to Albertans impacted by rising fuel and inflationary costs. The tax cut saves motorists up to $0.13/L on gasoline and …
In Spite of Disaster and Disease Trade is Roaring Back
In November 2021, B.C. suffered the wrath of a Pineapple Express. Extreme rain from an atmospheric river dumped a month’s worth of rain within a few days causing rivers to overflow, farmlands to flood, and mudslides that wiped out nearly …