Many Crown corporations that were created by governments from long ago are beginning to show signs that they are no longer appropriate for life in evolving competitive markets. Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI), may be one of those corporations that has outlived...
Five Calls to Action in the Truth and Reconciliation Report concerns child welfare. Basically these calls focus on increasing funding for Indigenous welfare, establishing national standards for the various agencies, keeping Indigenous children in culturally-relevant...
Within the traditionally-sacred walls of our homes we felt secure that we were hidden from the prying eyes of peeping Toms. Once your curtains were drawn and the door shut, you feel a sense of quiet and a feeling that you were now in your own space, saying and doing...
You do not have to be an anthropologist to understand that multiculturalism as the cohabitation of multiple distinct cultures is a non-starter. If “culture” is understood in its simplest meaning, as a distinct way of life, then the idea of many distinct and mutually...
At the time of Confederation, Canada’s Plains Indians were in a desperate situation. The same European-introduced guns and horses that resulted in a briefly glorious golden age for them had also resulted in constant inter-tribal warfare and the rapid disappearance of...
Political attacks on the Indian Act are back in the news, and that is a good thing. However, Canadian politicians, including First Nation politicians, need a credible plan about what to do before we pull out the champagne. Attacking the Indian Act is not a big deal...
Part 24 of John Robson's documentary comparing climate change alarmism with widely accepted facts about the past state and present condition of the Earth.
You’ve heard of stage diving and you’ve heard of photo bombing…but Faith Goldy just pulled a new one: stage storming. “Good morning, sorry to interrupt, I must have missed my invitation in the mail,” she said, having taken a debate stage to which she was not invited....
Feminism has been around for quite sometime, however, is feminism becoming more extreme in our society? The anti-male element has become stronger in the 20th century from the 1960's. "Only when manhood is dead and it will perish when ravaged femininity sustains it...
Nineteen years ago, ex-general Hugo Chavez came into power in Venezuela, vowing that a “Bolivarian Revolution” based on communist principles would improve the lives of his people. Today millions of Venezuelans are fleeing their homes looking for food, medicine, or...
WINNIPEG, MB, October 1, 2018 - The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has just released Public Choice Alternative: Canada Post Corporation by Ian Madsen, a senior policy analyst with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. This paper conducts an in depth valuation of...
Although originally created in 1753, Canada Post Corporation simply known as Canada Post is a Crown Corporation established in 1981 through the Canada Post Corporation Act. Prior to 1981, Canada Post operated as a federal department. The Act aimed at setting a new...
Lee Timutimu, 43, is leading the ideal life of an Indigenous entrepreneur by combining his love for Māori storytelling with his experience in information technology (IT) into a successful business. Timutimu is the founder and CEO of Arataki Cultural Trails, an IT firm...
TV personality Phil Donahue once said, “Kinsey was to sexuality what Freud was to psychiatry, what Madame Curie was to radiation, what Einstein was to physics.”[1] Alfred Kinsey was the primary person to turn western society from one that adhered to Christian sexual...
The City of Winnipeg did not choose the lowest bid cost for garbage pickup in 2017. The extra cost to Winnipeg taxpayers will be $16 million or approximately an extra 3 to 4 % on the average homeowner property tax bills. Explained in this new short video from...