A video produced by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy's Smart Green Project (www.fcpp.org) in 2008. Updating the message here - according to Nature Canada wind turbines kill approximately 8.2 birds per turbine per year. In 2017 Canada had 6590 installed turbines...
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This Postman May Not Ring Twice, Let Alone Have a Second Chance
Among the most stress-filled possible jobs, undoubtedly there is one new CEO opening that will top most of them – the Chief Mail Delivery Officer for Canada. There are many iconic symbols of Canada, but, if it ever was one, Canada Post certainly has long ceded that...
Debate Planned on Merits of Fracking
They’re aiming for a unique accomplishment in Pugwash on Thursday night. A group of citizens will try to host a constructive, rational debate on the merits of fracking. And then, perhaps even more ambitiously, they’re going to try for a discussion where everyone...
Indigenous Entrepreneurship in the United States of America
Native American entrepreneurship has been growing in leaps and bounds over the last few decades. As in Canada among First Nations, tribal government has often taken the lead in building and cultivating tribe-owned businesses. At first, this tended to be in gaming,...
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Frontier Centre for Public Policy!
COVID-19 Emergency Powers Nearly Limitless
The war against the invisible enemy of COVID-19 has unfortunately made normal rights and freedoms invisible as well. Another example manifested on September 13 when Saskatchewan’s premier renewed emergency orders for his province. The list of powers he claimed were so...
Is Indigenous Traditional Knowledge Science?
Bill C-69, the new proposed federal legislation deals with environmental assessment changes. It requires that “traditional knowledge of the Indigenous peoples of Canada” must be considered when assessing projects. In effect, this legislation will place “traditional...
A Pipeline Only Government Could Screw Up
The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project only superficially appears to have been “saved.” The federal government’s nationalization “solution” was birthed by its earlier botching of energy and environmental regulation and policy. Federal and provincial permit...
The Environment: A True Story Part 16 – Here Comes Chaos Theory
Part 16 of John Robson's documentary comparing climate change alarmism with widely accepted facts about the past state and present condition of the Earth.
Canadian Superheroes Abound
Much has been made lately of the arrival of a new Canadian superhero. Welcome please, Amka Aliyak, alias Snowguard, a shape-shifting Inuit lass from Pangnirtung, in Nunavut who will soon be appearing on the pages of a Marvel comic book. With the assistance of her...
Are White Men Personae Non-Gratae?
In contemporary British and Canadian television programs, women dominate the police forces. Any men officers are often men of colour. In older police dramas, the police were predominantly men.[1] Even in a few current programs, there are more male police, although the...
First Nations populations and on-reserve businesses are growing faster than the Canadian average. This growth should be welcomed by the rest of the Canadian family, save for one problem: unjustified tax exemptions for on-reserve commerce and individuals. The Indian...
A Valuation of Export Development Canada
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has just released Extreme Dearth of Cash Flow: A Valuation of Export Development Canada by Ian Madsen, a senior policy analyst with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. The paper conducts an in depth valuation of the alternative...
Pipeline Drama: Great Politics and Dubious Policy
Canada’s latest political drama has come from the current state of jeopardy of the Trans Mountain pipeline. The B.C. government is asking the courts if it can block the pipeline, creating bipartisan agreement by Alberta politicians for some radical policies. The...
Some Good News about Race
We are often told that Canada and the U.S.A. are racist societies. Minority activists denounce white society and demand compensatory measures. Black Lives Matter in Canada declares that “Black Power Matters.” In the United States, Black Lives Matter campaign against...