Peter Holle

Peter Holle is the founding President of the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, an award-winning western Canadian-based public policy think tank. Since its founding in 1997, Frontier has brought a distinctive and influential Prairie voice to regional and national debates over public policy in areas such as core public sector reform, housing, poverty, aboriginals, consumer-focused health care performance, equalization, rural policy and much more. Of the nearly 100 recognized think tanks in Canada, Frontier is one of only 5 to make the 2008 global “Go-To Think Tanks” list published by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program of the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia.

Mr. Holle has worked extensively with public sector reform and has provided advisory services to various governments across Canada and the United States. His publications have appeared in various newspapers and journals including dozens of newspapers, the National Post and the Wall Street Journal. He has a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He is a member of various organizations including the Mont Pelerin Society, an international organization of classical liberals.

Research by Peter Holle

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Chattering Classes Need to Change Their Anti-Energy Tune

Chattering Classes Need to Change Their Anti-Energy Tune

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Question Period not Answer Period on WEF

Question Period not Answer Period on WEF

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Unacceptable Views

Unacceptable Views

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Why Men and Women Are the Way They Are

Why Men and Women Are the Way They Are

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When an Emergency is Not an Emergency

When an Emergency is Not an Emergency

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Trudeau Commits Brand Suicide

Trudeau Commits Brand Suicide

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