It is time for a fundamental course change by Atlantic Canadians respecting equalization and other regional subsidies. Earlier this week I made a presentation to independent Senators in Ottawa on this subject, in which I advised them that Canada’s regional subsidies...
Canada's spy agencies want access to your encrypted communication, and they have a ploy to get it without going through Parliament. Australia is where the action is taking place since she has fewer constitutional protections for privacy. The 2018 Assistance and Access...
The US government is pressuring Canada to block telecommunications companies from using equipment provided by Huawei, a Chinese company, when building our 5G cellular network for smartphones. Their logic is along the lines of “we don’t have actual evidence that China...
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” (Martin Luther King, Jr.) That white, female teachers make up the bulk of the K-12 teaching...
A Snapshot of Property Rights Protection in Canada After 10 years
The writ has been dropped and Albertans are off to the polls on May 29. That leaves just four weeks for political leaders and voters to sort out what is arguably the most divisive, yet significant, issue for this election - health care. On Day 2, NDP leader Rachel...
In high school and college, I competed in debate tournaments across the state and country. I clearly remember many occasions when a debate team’s plan would include abolishing some government program. Inevitably, the opponents would ask, “What will you replace it...
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy is an independent, non-profit organization that undertakes research and education in support of economic growth and social outcomes that will enhance the quality of life in our communities. Through a variety of publications and...
The Māori people of New Zealand have always been entrepreneurial to some degree. They have had to adapt to the circumstances they were forced into. In the 2013 New Zealand census, there were approximately 600,000 people in New Zealand identifying as Māori, making up...
Rural crime has received a lot of attention lately. For Douglas Cuthand, an Indigenous Saskatchewan columnist, the phrase ‘rural crime‘ is code for crimes committed by Indigenous thugs. In Saskatchewan, and likely for Alberta and Manitoba as well, an Indigenous man is...
The Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women Inquiry (MMIW) was back in the news recently. They asked the federal government for a two year extension on their mandate, and an additional $50,000,000. They have apparently already burned through the $54,000,000 they had...
Universities in the 20th century were dedicated to the advancement of knowledge. Scholarship and research were pursued, and diverse opinions were exchanged and argued in the “marketplace of ideas.” This is no longer the case. Particularly in the social sciences,...
Many advocates for cultural diversity have a sudden change of heart when the topic turns to Canada's "cultural industries." As they say in Argentina, for money, the monkey will dance. What constitutes Canadian heritage, given her complex milieu, tends to be in the eye...
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP) is an independent Canadian public policy think tank. Our research aims to analyze current affairs and public policies and develop effective and meaningful ideas for good governance and reform. Our research is on a wide...
The Supreme Court of Canada’s Mikisew decision, delivered on October 11, 2018, marks what could be a very significant development in Canadian law -possibly ushering in a more reasonable era, where courts intervene less in matters that properly belong to the people’s...