We remember the colourful people first, bottom-up, grass roots left-wing activist and friend of Frontier Nick Ternette, who passed away 11 years ago on March 3, 2013. We suspect he would be appalled by the identity politics obsessed woke left that dominates policy...
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Move Forward on an All-Season Road to Northern First Nations
Manitobans – including First Nations in some of our most remote communities – deserve much improved access to public infrastructure and opportunity. First Nation leaders in Northern Manitoba have a point about expanding all-season road access to some of the most...
Pharmacare: What Happens when Healthcare is Reduced to Politics
A national Pharmacare deal has been reached and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is proclaiming it to be a huge win for his party. But amidst the Gatorade celebrations and public self-congratulatory statements, Mr. Singh and his MPs appear to be blind to the possibility that...
The Forgetting Is Mandatory
Brownstone Institute
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Sustaining a Pariah State: Pakistan’s Ignominious Alliance in Afghanistan
The United Nations (UN) was born out of an idea for creating a society of nations, a global community, a brotherhood of nations built on a set of higher ideals. These ideals would give rise to a global village with accountability to each other, including social...
The Endemic Path is the Way Out
The Alberta premier’s plan to treat the coronavirus as endemic was the way out of the COVID crisis. That he is once again adopting restrictions for the province, for the fourth time, does not negate the endemic approach. But his declaration, paraphrasing President...
Why Do People Want To Believe The Worst?
“Societies appear to be subject, every now and then, to periods of moral panic. A condition, episode, person or group of persons emerges to become defined as a threat to societal values and interests; its nature is presented in a stylized and stereotypical fashion by...
Is Your Church Going Woke? And Why it Matters.
The “woke” phenomenon seems to be everywhere these days. Universities, businesses and government agencies annually spend millions of dollars to promote wokeness, which, in those settings goes under the well-known DEI acronym: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Like the...
Can Country Music Help Renew The Spirit Of America?
The intersection of music and politics has been one of the most striking features of modern culture. Almost all of the nation-building movements that swept through the West after the American and French revolutions owe some of their energy to the emotional appeal of...
Tennessee Takes Lead To Protect Cross-Border Energy Projects
State legislature passed a law limiting the power of local governments to regulate energy infrastructure
Review: Waiting to Die: Canada’s Health Care Crisis
So, how bad is Canadian healthcare?
Manitoba: Join Western Front Against Net Zero Nonsense
Despite Manitoba’s historic reliance on cheap and clean hydroelectric power, it should be standing shoulder to shoulder with the energy provinces Alberta and Saskatchewan in opposing the federal government’s unprecedented power grab to reconfigure electricity...
Canada is in a Serious State of Decline
Canadian economy now more primitive than that of Bulgaria, Serbia or Panama
Stefanson’s Right To Pledge A Parent-Affirming Education Policy
A free society puts parents above the state and educators. Thankfully, that’s what Manitoba premier Heather Stefanson wants to do. While on the mid-August campaign trail, the Progressive Conservative premier proposed four new parental rights for the Public Schools...
A Time For Radicalism
The word radicalism scares people, but the etymology is quite plain. It means getting back to the root—from the Latin radix. It carries no necessary ideological connotation. It merely means to wipe away the fluff, cruft, and baloney and speak about what matters. It...