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...
Peter McCaffrey
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.
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Our Health Ministers Need to Take a Lesson from Hockey Coaches
Those of you who are tired of my rants about the demise of our once great health system will be pleased to know that this is my last editorial. I am retiring from the BCMJ Editorial Board; currently, I am the longest-serving member (more than 20 years). I have been a...
Zinchuk: Oilpatch Only Spending Half What It Spent in 2014
Back in the lofty, pre-Justin Trudeau government days of 2014, back when oil was booming, pipelines were planned to east and west coasts, and Alberta and Saskatchewan were swimming in money, around $81 billion was spent in capital expenditures (CAPEX) in the Canadian...
Private Smoking Bans
Indoor public smoking bans are now common place, but health advocates continue to push for further and further restrictions on outdoor public areas, like playgrounds, parks, outdoor dining areas, etc, and have had some success in some cities.
Video Preview
One of the projects I’m working on here at the Frontier Centre at the moment is a series of short videos for YouTube on education.
School Lunches Update
Following my post on Tuesday about school lunches in New Zealand, the TV show who did the initial clip have done a follow up video on how easy it is to make a cheap and healthy lunch for kids.
School Lunches
Even though I’m living here in Canada now, I still keep an eye on political news from back home in New Zealand.
The Celtic Tiger
This morning the Frontier Centre held a breakfast in Regina with Linda West as a guest speaker.
Co-operation Over Devolution
Wildrose leader Danielle Smith made headlines yesterday after suggesting on CTV’s question period that Alberta could work collaboratively with the newly elected Parti Québécois government in Quebec.
Honduras Goes Private
Forget charter schools; 2013 will be the year of charter cities.
Quebec Election
Polls close at 8pm ET in the Quebec election today and while the Parti Québécois are still the favourites, the polls are close and it would not be a big upset if either the Liberals or Coalition Avenir Québec managed to eke out a victory in the end.
Quebec Tuition Fee Dispute – The Stats
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