Many school boards and bureaucrats have decided that it’s best to never give a ‘zero’ grade -regardless of whether kids even hands in assignments.
Media Appearances
Climate Poll Asked Wrong Questions
Queen’s University Prof. John Smol is right to say that it’s “discouraging how slowly the science seems to have been translated into public policy and public opinion.” If science was driving climate policy, then we would have no carbon dioxide regulations at all since the global warming scare is so weak scientifically.
Energy analyst warns of Muskrat, Manitoba parallels: Tom Adams says Wuskwatim project costs jumped 85 per cent over initial estimates
An Ontario-based energy industry analyst is warning about similarities between the Muskrat Falls hydro plan and a Manitoba project whose costs have spiralled well above budget.
Drivers Falling into Old Cellphone Habits
A little more than a year after New Brunswick brought in its distracted driving law, police say motorists are slipping back into their old habits of texting, talking and fiddling with electronic devices while on the road.
Featured News
Preston Manning: Report of the COVID Commission
Introductory Comment Brian Giesbrecht, Retired Judge, Frontier Centre Senior Fellow: The Frontier Centre for Public Policy is honoured to present Mr. Manning’s latest offering, in what he calls a fictionalized story. It is about everything that has happened to this...
Canada: Returning to the Original Vision
Many Canadians are aware of stories of how immigrants were originally attracted to Canada through the promise of free land. The then Minister responsible for immigration, Clifford Sifton, had his staff spread out across central and eastern Europe promising free land...
Divorce Granted, Justice Denied
Frontier Centre in the media from the National Post.
Chiefs Don’t Offer Protection: Poll
Frontier Centre in the media from the Winnipeg Free Press.
The Rights Thing
Frontier Centre in the media from the Winnipeg Free Press.
European-style bailouts in Canada?: Quebec and Ontario’s debts add up to trouble for nation
Frontier Centre in the media from the Calgary Herald.
Mayor Responds to Tax Report: Farbridge asks staff to review report that Guelph residents pay some of the highest property taxes
“Council is entering the 2011 budget planning process. This presents a great opportunity to review the findings of the report and ensure we provide good information in advance of budget setting to Council and the community.”
Government Pressured To Put Health Care Higher On Agenda
The calls for a nationwide discussion on the future of health care and various proposals on how to reform the system are piling up this week.
Remedial Education: ‘Edu-babble’ and ‘child-centred learning’ are what ail schools, teacher says
The most significant hurdle facing students, Mr. Zwaagstra argues, is a pervasive anti-knowledge bias that resists the teaching of specific, common content. The “child-centred learning” philosophy expects teachers to tailor instruction to the individual needs of each student while making the experience “fun,” instead of teaching facts–the building blocks he believes should be in place before higher-level concepts can be taught.
New Website Measures Local Gov’t Transparency
A Canadian think tank has embarked on an effort to satisfy the public’s growing thirst for information in a digital age where people demand instant information at their finger tips – and want a say in how they access it to boot.
Kevin Libin: Why a backward approach makes city taxes go higher
Municipal tax hikes happen all the time. In most cities, denizens have come to accept them as an annual tradition, as arduous and inevitable as Lent or Yom Kippur. Still the question is: why do we accept them so apathetically? Canadians give no other level of government such easy licence.