According to the National Post, the Federal Liberal government is engaged in a “radical” redesign of the Canadian passport that is likely to leave it looking very different, including replacing the Royal Coat of Arms on the cover and substituting pictures of the...
On April 27th, the Senate passed Bill C-11 which gives the federal government the power to censor and regulate Canadian internet users. However, Canada internet users can bypass federal censorship for a nominal monthly fee (0 to $20) by subscribing to a virtual...
This week the federal civil service went on strike. Since 2015 the number of federal employees has ballooned 30.7 percent, growing from 257,000 to 336,000. Total compensation for federal civil servants has grown 52% from $38 billion to $58 billion. On a broader...
Poll Question: April 12, 2023 to April 18, 2023 On April 5, 2023 Federal Justice Minister federal Justice Minister and Attorney General David Lametti, speaking to the Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly in Ottawa, hinted that the federal...
Earlier this year, a group called Equity Matters asked the province to establish an education equity secretariat. They want this office to oversee equity officers working in Manitoba schools. Equity Matters wants to ensure that all Manitoba students are reflected in...
Frances Widdowson probably isn't someone most Canadians recognize. I'm here to tell you why they should. In terms of Canada's intellectual culture, Frances Widdowson matters because she is a classic and prolific academic. In a time when demagoguery easily flourishes,...
By: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) Patients at risk: Exposing Canada’s health-care crisis By Susan D. Martinuk. Winnipeg: Frontier Centre for Public Policy, 2021. ISBN: 978-1-7776577-4-1. Paperback, 264 pages. Susan Martinuk is a Vancouver-based journalist and research...
In this episode Constitutional Lawyer and Frontier Senior Fellow Leighton Grey and Chris Scott of the Whistle Stop Café have a conversation about the battle many business owners in Alberta have been facing, how Chris has taken a stand against the Government's...
Before a NDP government and it’s politically appointed Manitoba Hydro board faded out after the Pallister Conservatives won in 2016, it was generally accepted by all political parties, and the media, that Hydro’s then ultra-low electricity rates were “Manitoba’s...
The war in Ukraine is now a month old. It is not over, nor does it show serious signs of ending anytime soon, despite attempts at peace talks. We, as a nation, have had a month to determine our response. Even if the shooting stops, Russia’s oil and gas exports must be...
From the website of Students Against Mandates: “We are a community of proud critical thinkers and support decision making backed by data. We oppose divisive vaccine mandates, discriminatory vaccine passports, and the tyranny that makes these unjust things possible. We...
It’s come to my attention that I’m having the same conversation over and over again, and only recently have I figured out why. In almost every conversation of consequence I’ve taken part in recently seems to have a common thread. My wife and her co-worker were talking...
Patients at Risk: Exposing Canada’s Healthcare Crisis - Sometimes health care hurts the very people it is supposed to heal. This has long been the situation in Canada, where waitlists, rationed services and a fragmented system are harming more and more patients....
Prospective teachers learn a lot about individualized instruction in faculties of education. That’s because teachers are encouraged to personalize learning, for each student, as much as possible. To a certain degree, this makes good sense. An inflexible cookie-cutter...
In this first episode of the Grey Matter Podcast! Constitutional Lawyer (and Frontier senior fellow) Leighton Grey and Professor at the Stanford School of Medicine Dr. Jay Bhattacharya have a conversation about the controversial handling of the Pandemic and how the...