Frontier Conversation with the author of Fearful Symmetry – the Fall and Rise of Canada’s Founding Values and what the future holds for Canada’s labour market.
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Dr. Madhav Khandekar, Retired Environment Canada Scientist
Former Environment Canada scientist says climate variability is within natural range.
Dr. Kenneth P. Green, Environmental Scientist
Frontier talks to Dr. Kenneth Green about the Canada’s environmental record over the past 30 years.
Livio di Matteo, Professor of Economics at Lakehead University
Frontier talks to Livio di Matteo about growing a Heartlandia economic region.
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The Man who Saved the Plains Indians
At the time of Confederation, Canada’s Plains Indians were in a desperate situation. The same European-introduced guns and horses that resulted in a briefly glorious golden age for them had also resulted in constant inter-tribal warfare and the rapid disappearance of...
Renewed Talk of Abolishing the Indian Act
Political attacks on the Indian Act are back in the news, and that is a good thing. However, Canadian politicians, including First Nation politicians, need a credible plan about what to do before we pull out the champagne. Attacking the Indian Act is not a big deal...
Peter Miller, Professor of Philosophy, University of Winnipeg
When Manitoba Hydro subsidizes domestic electricity consumption, it means “the biggest piggies get the most slop.” That’s one of many reasons for letting prices rise to market levels.
J. R. Shackleton, Dean, University of Westminster Business School
Margaret Thatcher and John Major in turn radically reshaped labour market regulation in Britain but, when Tony Blair and “New Labour” came into power in 1997, they left the reforms intact. Britain’s economy has been all the stronger for the effort.
Vaclav Smil, Distinguished Professor of the Environment, University of Manitoba
The University of Manitoba’s widely published yet arguably most unknown Professor discusses energy, conservation, alternative fuels, Kyoto and more.
Scott Brison, MP and Liberal Party leadership candidate
Liberal MP and Leadership Candidate Scott Brison discusses policy reforms to build a 21st century economy.
Dr. Al Loyns, Agricultural Economist
A pioneer in the fight for marketing freedom for farmers, Al Loyns lays out the case for removing the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly and explains why the agency is likely to survive the transition.
Richard Vedder, Ohio University, on the optimal size of government
The size of government in Western democracies has outgrown the point at which they offer the most optimal results for citizens. That has generally reduced standards of living and levels of efficiency in the public sector.
Richard Vedder, Ohio University, on post-secondary education
In many respects, universities are failing in their primary mission. Students pay more and more for a diminished product, a function of perverse incentives that allow universities to dodge normal measures of efficiency and effectiveness.
Markus Buchart, Former Leader, Green Party of Manitoba
The Province of Manitoba’s policy of “power at cost” is harmful to the people of Manitoba, to Manitoba Hydro and to the environment.
William D. Eggers, Senior Fellow, the Manhattan Institute
One of the world’s most accomplished scholars in the fields of re-inventing government, privatizations and e-government discusses these and related issues.