Ottawa is 2900 square kilometres and the expansion, if it is approved, the expansion of the urban boundary is 1650 hectares (~16.5 square kilometres), causing great debate among the city council, we are going to focus on intensification, urban expansion, and housing...
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Tension among Canadian provinces is rising, with activists in Alberta and Saskatchewan even calling for independence. Marco Navarro-Genie, a senior fellow with Frontier Centre for Public Policy and president of the Haultain Research Institute, explains federal...
Canada’s Internal Boundaries | Danielle Smith interviews Gerard Lucyshyn
Gerard Lucyshyn, VP Research and a Senior Fellow with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, discusses with Danielle Smith Alberta and Saskatchewan's problem of tidewater access. Lucyshyn's Proposal explores a new and viable solution to solving this 115 year public...
Canada is in trouble, half of the population believes we are in a climate crisis that believes shutting down the oil and gas industry is needed, while the other half recognizes that Canada’s oil and gas industry is vital. These competing opinions run roughly along an...
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A Year of LNG Royalties/Taxes from a Single Pipeline Could Pay for …
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Medical Martial Law – Never Again
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Administrators Should Give Teachers More Freedom
Teachers play a vital role in providing our children and grandchildren with the knowledge and skills they need to become productive members of society. However, that role is greatly diminished for many teachers these days. They are given little choice but to follow...
Courts Discriminate Against Dads
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Local, Smaller Governments More Financially Stable
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Buying Local is Not for Everyone
The idea of “buying local” is becoming increasingly popular among Canadians. Purchasing food from a local farmer or a product from a small business is often more gratifying than lining up at a large franchise. Sometimes local products are preferred to imports,...
Distracted Driving Laws Are Not Effective
All Canadian provinces have laws in place that punish people for texting or talking on cellphones while driving. But the rising number of tickets indicates people are just not listening. Jurisdictions with distracted driving laws have actually seen an increase in...
Custom elections challenge charter rights
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Cold Lake First Nations Employment Initiatives
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Unconditional Cash Transfers Better Than Ineffective Welfare Programs
Politicians are fond of championing the middle class, but a recent study by Statistics Canada shows that middle income Canadians are doing relatively well compared with those who fall below the poverty line and younger Canadians are falling behind older cohorts....
Civil Forfeiture Laws Victimize Citizens
More and more Canadians are being victimized by laws that allow authorities to seize assets that are suspected of being the proceeds of crime. In several provinces, property and other assets can be seized even without formal charges being laid, let alone a conviction...