PowerPoint slides which accompanied Frontier’s Policy Analyst Joseph Quesnel speech for Tobacco Education Day in Richmond Hill, Ontario on November 30, 2010.
It’s Time To Sequester Green Energy Subsidies, Not Mythical Oil And Gas Tax Breaks
One of the big applause lines in President Obama’s recent Georgetown “climate action plan” pitch declaring an all-out EPA war on coal and it’s fossil cousins said: “And because billions of your tax dollars continue to still subsidize some of the most profitable corporations in the history of the world, my budget once again calls for Congress to end the tax breaks for big oil companies, and invest in the clean-energy companies that will fuel our future.” This is hardly a new strategy theme.
Chief’s ouster raises questions about Native legal processes
Joseph Quesnel argues that a petition to remove a regional First Nation leader ought to be free of personal politics.
Effectiveness of Aboriginal financial institutions questioned
Joseph Quesnel argues that Aboriginal financial institutions need to be thoroughly examined in terms of effectiveness and value for money.
Rating Property Rights
The Frontier Centre has released the first Canadian Property Rights Index. The March 14th report, written by Joseph Quesnel, was fashioned along the same basis as a U.S. property rights index, rating how each of the 13 jurisdictions in Canada handled property rights.
Canadian Property Rights Conference (video)
Last week the Institute for Liberal Studies held their inaugural Canadian Property Rights Conference in Ottawa. Frontier’s Joseph Quesnel was among the speakers.
Analyst Touts Charter Schools As Possible Option For First Nations
A unique type of public school, found only in Alberta, is being held up as a model for other First Nations to follow. Joseph Quesnel, an analyst with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, says Saskatchewan’s western neighbor is the only province in the country to currently allow charter schools.
The Nisga’a Treaty: Over 10 Years Later
PowerPoint slides which accompanied Frontier’s Policy Analyst Joseph Quesnel speech for the release of The Nisga’a Treaty: Over 10 Years Later Policy Series in Vancouver, BC on June 27, 2011.
Evaluating Canada’s Place in International Property Rights Protection
PowerPoint slides which accompanied Frontier’s Policy Analyst Joseph Quesnel speech for the release of the 2011 International Property Rights Index in Lethbridge, Alberta on March 23, 2011.