When treaties were signed they were agreements to share Canada's growing prosperity with the original people of this land. It was a $4- to $5-annual payment for every man, woman and child back then. Today, it remains a $4 to $5 payment, depending on what treaty area...
Media Appearances
Re-direct money from Indigenous affairs departments and into the pockets of status Indians: researcher
An average family of five people who have status cards could be more than $25,000 richer each year if treaty annuity payments were based on today’s land values. Currently, treaty people with status cards get $5 a year based on land values from the 1800s – that’s $25...
In this interview with Sandra Gagnon of Radio-Canada Alberta Marco Navarro-Génie commented on the strengths and weaknesses of Alberta's United Conservative Party heading into the 2019 election of April 16. Dans cette entrevue avec Sandra Gagnin à Radio-Canada Alberta,...
Radio interview with David Mackinnon (580 CFRA)
Frontier Senior Fellow David Mackinnon discusses the problems with Canada’s antiquated equalization system and how it suppresses growth in recipient provinces. On 580 CFRA News Talk Radio on December 11, 2018 with Rob Snow. Listen here.
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Weaponizing the Law
The indictment of former U.S. president Donald Trump for crimes invented by his political opponents is the most egregious example yet seen of the weaponizing of the law. The United States is now full of examples. However, in Canada, we also see the law being...
“Looking At” Seizing Control Over Western Canada’s Natural Resources
OTTAWA, REGINA - Last week, two things happened that could have profound impacts on natural resources development in Saskatchewan. One is a hint the federal government might want to take control of natural resources away from the provinces, and the other is the...
The Swedish Response to Covid-19 versus Canada
In a recent New York Times article, David Wallace Wells asked, “How did No-Mandate Sweden End up with such an average pandemic”. Let’s be clear. This admission from the New York Times, who tried to destroy the response to Covid-19, starting in April 2020 and...
Ian Madsen joins Geoff Currier to explain the common negative effects that are nearly inevitable, and more.
Bridge City News interview: Political Correctness and Progressive Stacking
Many Canadians are beginning to speak out against what seems to be an excess amount of political correctness, especially in the political and academic realms. Dr. Philip Salzman, Senior Fellow with Frontier Centre for Public Policy speaks with Bridge City news on...
Ian Madsen, Senior Policy Analyst at FCPP, discusses how the inherent flaws in Crown corporations make it nearly inevitable that a debacle like Manitoba Hydro's Keeyask-Bipole III fiasco will happen, and how to resolve it - first by getting past denial. (~18 minutes)
Frontier Senior Fellow and retired judge Brian Giesbrecht explodes the myth that we are all living on “treaty land” as per fashionable pronouncements prior to hockey games and assorted public events. With Geoff Currier on Winnipeg’s CJOB. (~18 minutes)
Should those running traditional businesses being edged out by sharing economy stalwarts like AirBNB and Uber be getting more consideration for their positions by politicians? Gerard Lucyshyn, Vice-President of Research at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy joins...
Wendell Cox joins Global News to discuss the advantages, or disadvantages to implementing a High Speed Train from Vancouver to Portland. (~10 minutes)
Graham Lane, retired Chair of the Manitoba Public Utilities Board and expert advisory panel member of the Frontier Centre discusses the mass resignation of the Board of Directors of Manitoba Hydro. He is the author of the 2013 Frontier Centre paper Dam Nation –...
Patrik Schumacher, managing partner of Zaha Hadid Architects, and consultant Wendell Cox are both controversial figures in the urbanist world. They joined Aaron M. Renn in conversation to talk about their beliefs and what it's like to challenge the urbanist...