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Health Services Choice
Canada’s healthcare system faces long wait times, staff shortages, and rising costs. Some argue that introducing private options alongside public care could improve access and efficiency, while others fear it may undermine universal access. ...
Frontier Centre For Public Policy Welcomes Retired Lieutenant-General J.O. Michel Maisonneuve As Senior Fellow.
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Waste and Poverty
By March 2024, food banks across Canada recorded over 2 million visits in a single month, doubling the usage compared to a decade earlier. Meanwhile, Canadian dairy farms dumped an estimated 1 billion litres of milk (representing 10 percent of production) due...
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Canadian Property Rights Index 2023
A Snapshot of Property Rights Protection in Canada After 10 years
Alberta Politics and Empty Promises of Health-care Solutions
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...
Frontier Centre for Public Policy Welcomes Pierre Gilbert as Senior Fellow
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May 29, 2025
Housing Availability Relief
In 2023, Canada hosted over 1 million international students, a 29% increase from the previous year. This surge intensified pressures on housing and public services, prompting the federal government to implement caps on study permits. Click...
Frontier Centre for Public Policy Welcomes Maureen McCall as Fellow
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Frontier Centre for Public Policy Welcomes Collin May as Senior Fellow
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Tariff Retaliations
Despite the aggressive rhetoric leading up to and during the recent election campaign, Prime Minister Mark Carney quietly abandoned retaliatory tariffs to defend Canadian economic interests against American tariffs. Click below to view the...
Frontier Releases Canadian Housing Affordability Crisis Deepens, Driven By Land-Use Policies: Global Report
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Housing Affordability
Frontier's Demographia 2025 report finds that urban containment strategies such as greenbelts and growth boundaries primarily drive Canada’s housing affordability crisis. By artificially limiting land available for housing, these policies have contributed to...
Trump Meets Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington this week to address growing trade and diplomatic tensions. The talks were described as constructive. Carney rejected overtures for closer integration and emphasized the need to...
What could $25.6 billion buy?
Canada exports most of its oil and natural gas to the United States at discounted prices—approximately $20 less per barrel of oil and $2 less per gigajoule of gas—due to limited pipeline capacity. This infrastructure shortfall forces Canadian producers to accept...