It must be clear to all serious political leaders in Canada today that the Emergencies Act has not worked. The main reason for that, I submit, is that it was poorly constructed in the first place. Parliament made a grave error when it allowed the Government of the day...
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Peckford: Canada-No Bargain at All-Canada’s Health Deal
Canada-No Bargain at All-Canada’s Health Deal —The Federal Government Out Manoeuvred the Provinces — What Happened to Provincial Rights —That’s When the Rubber Hits the Road! Walk in the park —the Feds never worked up a sweat! Forgone conclusion! As I keep saying—-how...
Fernando: An Attempt to Create Controversy Where None Exists
Frontier reposts a recent comment by independent media analyst Spencer Fernando below about the coordinated attack on the Frontier Centre by heavily government subsidized major media outlets after the most recent Lunch on the Frontier event in Winnipeg on January 13th...
Brian Peckford: On Jordan Peterson
What is this country coming to? A man who is a household name across the Globe. A person who stands for common sense and writes books detailing that. Oh! And he was raised in a democratic country where expressing your views, exercising free speech, was a given. And...
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How to Turn Free Citizens Into Compliant Serfs
Free citizens have minds of their own and want to pursue their lives as they see fit. This is inconvenient for the elites, who wish to be in charge of everyone’s lives so that they can show their superiority and gain benefit for themselves and their friends. So the...
Demographia International Housing Affordability – 2023 Edition Released
Demographia International Housing Affordability rates middle-income housing affordability in 94 major housing markets in eight nations: Australia, Canada, China, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. This edition covers the third...
Is Quebec’s electricity business model broken?
This report on Quebec Hydro is one in a long series of reports of 'troubles in Canada's utility land' brought about by the shale gas revolution, new technologies (solar, wind), larger investments in energy efficiency measures and slowing per capita demand, all taking...
Stephen Moore on how the energy boom is saving manufacturing in America
An animated version of Stephen Moore's talk - America's Energy Boom: How It Will Save U.S. Manufacturing and Recharge The U.S. Economy.
Mark Steyn at Manning Networking Conference 2014
Last month I attended the Manning Networking Conference in Ottawa. It's the largest annual gathering of conservative and libertarians in Canada, with a noticeable generational split between those two philosophies. The keynote speaker on the final day of the conference...
Spectrum auction delivers more wireless competition, mostly in Alberta and BC
What does the federal government’s policy to enhance wireless competition look like the morning after the 700 MHz spectrum auction results were announced? We have another player, Videotron, in BC and Alberta. Videotron, Quebec’s largest cable company, has...
LGPI 2014 Media Coverage
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...
Federal budget announces $305 million for rural and northern broadband
The federal budget provides for $305 million for rural and northern broadband access. There are no details yet on the structure of the program. How this is structured and delivered will be key to its success. There are a wide range of options of what...
Build the Keystone pipeline
President Obama wants to put America back to work, produce more energy, improve public safety, and open new markets. In his State of the Union address he said “I will act on my own to slash bureaucracy so we can get more construction workers on the job as fast...
Canada, what happened to We Stand On Guard For Thee?
Our firm Geophysical Service Incorporated creates seismic data which is our intellectual property. In Alberta and Saskatchewan you pay for a permit, follow all the rules, and work with surface landowners for access and you can invest in data. These governments do not...
Net Neutrality Under Threat – U.S. Court Rules Against FCC
This week a U.S. court decided against the FCC’s net neutrality rules raising big concerns about the future of the Internet. Basically, the net neutrality rules prevent telecom carriers and ISP’s from discriminating in favour or against different kinds of traffic or...