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Divesting YXE will Benefit Taxpayers

Divesting YXE will benefit taxpayers Saskatoon International Airport  WINNIPEG, MB, March 6, 2021 - The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has just released Debt-Free, Few Capex Demands, Well Positioned to Soar: A Valuation & Strategic Appraisal of the Saskatoon...

RIP Social Licence to Operate

For several decades, Canada was the focus of a global attack on its natural resource economy, with its oilsands deposits (the world’s third-largest oil reserve) ranked as “public enemy number one.” Though only a tiny contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions...

No-Fault Insurance in Alberta?

No-Fault Insurance in Alberta?

In these times when everyone’s attention seems to be riveted on COVID-19, it is important to remember that there are still bad policy ideas that have some chance of becoming legislation in the not too distant future.  The Alberta government recently convened an expert...

The Unholy Crusade Against Gas Appliances

The Unholy Crusade Against Gas Appliances

When Berkeley, California became the first U.S. city to ban the installation of natural gas lines to new homes last year, Mayor Jesse Arreguín proudly stated, “We are committed to the Paris Agreement and must take immediate action in order to reach our climate action...

Reform Spending or Devalue our Living Standards?

Reform Spending or Devalue our Living Standards?

In looking forward towards a post-pandemic recovery for Canada, an important player is the bond market.  Over the last 20 years, Canadian provinces have borrowed heavily.  Total provincial bonds now exceed federal government bonds - $650 billion outstanding for the...

Prioritizing Climate over Pandemics

Prioritizing Climate over Pandemics

As of May 20, the United States had more than 1.5 million confirmed cases of the Wuhan Coronavirus. US deaths related or attributed to the virus topped 92,000 (though many were really due to old age and related co-morbidities). Because of COVID-19, much of the US...

A Modest Proposal

A Modest Proposal

If you want to think poorly about your fellow man, you have only to read the comments section under any online article. In such a forum are seldom found restrained and the judicious observers; rather, this is where that part of the population which walks on its...

Imposing an Oil Pipeline on Quebec

Imposing an Oil Pipeline on Quebec

During the recent French and English language debates for the Conservative leadership, one of the two candidates accused the other of wanting to impose an oil pipeline on Quebec without its consent.  In this case, the Conservative MP for Durham was accused – after he...