Vice President of Research and Policy
Vice President of Research and Policy
Marco Navarro-Génie, BA (Concordia University), MA, PhD (University of Calgary), is Frontier’s Vice President of Research and Policy.
Dr. Navarro-Génie was born in Nicaragua and grew up as an adolescent in Montreal, where he fled the communist regime that strangles his native country to this day. In search of broader horizons, he moved to Alberta in 1990. After two decades in academe, he joined the free-market public policy world.
Dr. Navarro-Génie was Frontier’s Research VP (2010-2013) and the fourth Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) president based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is the co-founder and director of Nurses for Sustainable Care (NFSC) and the founder of the Haultain Research Institute. He is a former director of the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (Rights and Democracy), served on the board of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedom (2012-2018), and was a board member, vice president and president of CIVITAS (2013-2019). He is the recipient of a King Charles III Coronation Medal for exemplary public service.
Dr. Navarro-Génie’s academic work focuses on radical revolutionary movements and cultural and political identity. He regularly comments on government, politics, and public policy issues in local, national, and international media. He is the author of hundreds of articles, several policy reports, and three books. His latest book, co-written with Barry Cooper, is Canada’s COVID: The Story of a Pandemic Moral Panic (2023).
Research VP Marco Navarro-Genie warns that Canada’s future hinges on building energy infrastructure, not just expanding pipelines but forging a true North American energy alliance. With global demand rising and authoritarian regimes weaponizing energy, Ottawa’s dithering costs Canada $70 million daily. Sovereignty isn’t secured by speeches but by infrastructure. Until Canada sheds its regulatory paralysis, it will remain a discount supplier in a high stakes geopolitical game. Time to build.
Big Topics & Big Ideas
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s scripted tax-cut spectacles are misleading and sidestep Canada’s constitutional rules. Carney chips away at the core of our parliamentary system by staging solo announcements that mimic President Trump. Canada isn’t a republic, and the prime minister isn’t a president. These theatrics bypass oversight and erode public trust.
Big Topics & Big Ideas
The CBC helped fuel a national reckoning in 2021 with unverified claims of children’s remains at Kamloops—and still hasn’t owned up, argues Marco Navarro Genie. The public broadcaster’s credibility is on the line, from misleading headlines to ombudsman complaints and backstage media access. If truth matters in reconciliation, Navarro-Genie says, CBC must fess up or risk further eroding trust in Canada’s institutions.