The Frontier Centre released the 7th Annual Local Government Performance Index last week, and it's had a great reception across the country. Unlike in the past, where we released one press release for the whole country, this year we released a separate press release...
Peter McCaffrey
Budget reflects triumph of politics over ideas
Jim Flaherty’s 10th federal budget represents the dominance of expediency and opportunism over ideas and values in modern politics. The 2014 federal budget increases spending on infrastructure and dishes out a few small goodies to interest groups but holds the line on...
Frontier Centre Releases 7th Annual Local Government Performance Index
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has today released the seventh annual edition of its influential Local Government Performance Index. The Index ranks the top 100 Canadian cities on their financial transparency and performance over the 2012 financial year. Since...
Project put big numbers in context
The StarPhoenix editorial Think tank lacks thought (SP, Jan. 27) about the Frontier Centre's Responsible Budgeting project explained that trying to compare the amount of money that a provincial government spends on health care or housing to the amount spent by the...
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Weaponizing the Law
The indictment of former U.S. president Donald Trump for crimes invented by his political opponents is the most egregious example yet seen of the weaponizing of the law. The United States is now full of examples. However, in Canada, we also see the law being...
“Looking At” Seizing Control Over Western Canada’s Natural Resources
OTTAWA, REGINA - Last week, two things happened that could have profound impacts on natural resources development in Saskatchewan. One is a hint the federal government might want to take control of natural resources away from the provinces, and the other is the...
Media Release – Think Tank Launches Campaign To Make Sucker Fish Official Manitoba Fish
The Frontier Centre has submitted the Bigmouth Buffalo Sucker as its nominee for the official provincial fish, since the Manitoba government has decided that it would rather hold a fish naming contest than a referendum on the PST increase.
5 Reasons Price Gouging Should Be Legal (Especially During Disasters)
As flooding in Alberta continues to wreak havoc on people's lives, property and well-being, the media's initial dramatic disaster coverage has started to move on to more human interest type stories. Thankfully it's been mostly good news: survival stories, loved ones...
Bjorn Lomborg On Obama’s Berlin Speech
Bjorn Lomborg reminds us, via his Facebook page, about the giant difference between Obama's rhetoric and record on yet another issue. Obama said in his recent speech in Berlin: "In the United States, we have recently doubled our renewable energy from clean sources...
Promoting Health Through Less Regulation
Yesterday I had a very interesting meeting with a couple of staff members from the Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region. We covered what each of our organisations do, and shared how we operate and work towards improving the lives of Reginans and Canadians. In particular I...
Behind The Scenes
As our blog is a little more casual than our regular publications, I think it provides a good opportunity to give you all a bit of a behind-the-scenes look at what we do here at the Frontier. Given how spread out we are across the country, we usually conduct our...
Former Shell CEO on Keystone XL
Former Shell Oil President John Hofmeister says the Obama administration will eventually approve the Keystone XL pipeline but politics has held up a decision.
BBC Charts Conundrum
The BBC are currently trying to decide whether to play “Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead”.
Margaret Thatcher
Manning Networking Conference 2013
Last month the Frontier Centre attended the annual Manning Networking Conference in Ottawa As well as getting to listen to some great speakers and panels during the conference sessions, we also had a booth of our own out in the foyer. It was a great opportunity to...