A study carried out by the Winnipeg-based Frontier Centre for Public Policy reveals that, while aboriginal self-government is not all it’s cracked up to be, the Nisga’a are fairly happy with the aftermath of their treaty.
Media Appearances
Privatization Fears Just Fallacy
From Brandon Sun, Tuesday, July 5, 2011. In advance of this October's provincial election, the NDP's pocket fear-mongering division is working overtime to try and paint the Progressive Conservatives as a pack of liars. It's the same old story that the NDP keep...
Nisga’a Split Over Benefits of 1998 Treaty
Thirteen years after the Nisga’a Treaty granted unprecedented rights to a First Nations community in British Columbia, a new study shows the Nisga’a are divided about how their community is faring.
Self-Government Has Been a Mixed Blessing: A study has found the Nisga’a have problems with nepotism, but deliver services better
A study carried out by the Winnipeg-based Frontier Centre for Public Policy reveals that, while aboriginal self-government is not all it’s cracked up to be, the Nisga’a are fairly happy with the aftermath of their treaty.
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Canada’s Healthcare Lags Far Behind Europe: Study
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How Much Longer Can We Go Without Leadership on Water?
Risk of losing our water due to negligence more likely than risk of losing it through bulk exports
An Inconvenient Education
“The worst thing you could do in the educational system is not have a balanced approach. That’s our job as educators: to make our kids thinkers.”
Standardized testing fails to make the grade
In related news, the Frontier Centre For Public Policy released a report by Rodney Clifton, professor of Sociology of Education with the University of Manitoba, which states that teachers’ unions are first and foremost acting in the interest of their members, and not students.
Native Reality Check
“Usually the public hears from native leaders about what’s wrong. The Winnipeg-based Frontier Centre for Public Policy, however, decided to go straight to grassroots natives to hear their concerns. For three years, the think tank has been soliciting the opinions of ordinary aboriginals on how their reserves are governed.”
Canadian Interests Divided at Global Trade Talks
Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud told reporters last week he’s concerned that Canada’s refusal to make concessions on supply management could hurt western Canadian interests.
Health Split Seen as Cure for System
Splitting Alberta Health and Wellness into two separate bodies and selling hospitals to the private sector is the best way to improve the province’s health-care system, says a new think-tank report.
Lawrence Solomon: What I told the Petroleum Club
On a tour earlier this week for his new book on global warming, The Deniers, Lawrence Solomon made a presentation at the Petroleum Club in Calgary. His remarks, adapted, appear below.
Lawrence Solomon: Airing The Dubious Science Of Global Warming
The executive director of Toronto’s Energy Probe shows that the scientific “consensus” behind that theory has been engineered in part by hardball political tactics. The veteran environmentalist’s latest book names individuals whose grants evaporated when their research got out of line, and he describes pressure on scientists from climate bureaucrats at the United Nations. “This media-inflated issue is diverting scarce resources away from environmental and economic problems that are much more urgent,” the writer told a breakfast meeting in Calgary last week.