The Frontier Centre for Public Policy released today Tapping Into Our Potential: Occupational Freedom and Aboriginal Workers. In this policy study, Frontier policy analyst Joseph Quesnel argues that Canada’s Aboriginal peoples represent vast unrealized potential...
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Frontier Centre Releases 1st Annual Responsible Budgeting Report
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy is pleased to announce the launch of a new report in to the state of provincial government finances across the country. Called Responsible Budgeting, the report, and accompanying interactive website, analyse the 2013 budgets for...
How Voluntary Outside Accreditation can Advance First Nation Communities
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy is pleased to release a new study by Frontier’s policy analyst Joseph Quesnel. The study, entitled Finding Strength from Within: How Voluntary Outside Accreditation can Advance First Nation Communities, demonstrates various means...
Frontier Centre Releases 10th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey
Today the Frontier Centre released the 10th Annual Demographia Housing Affordability Survey. The survey covers 360 metropolitan housing markets in Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, The United Kingdom, and the United States, including 35 Canadian markets....
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Let’s Celebrate Reaching Global Population of Eight Billion
Recently, the United Nations estimated that the population of Planet Earth had reached eight billion souls. Despite the chatter of the highly subsidized climate doomster complex this is quite an achievement - it certainly indicates that the carrying capacity of our...
China’s “Truckers’ Convoy”
Anti-lockdown protests are now taking place across China - the Chinese equivalent of our Truckers’ Convoy. The protests are a reaction to the brutal policies that literally lock people in their apartments, when even one infection is detected. As in Canada, when...
Media Release – A Return to Classical Federalism?: The Significance of the Securities Reference Decision
Last December the Supreme Court of Canada stopped Ottawa’s efforts to impose a national securities regulator on the provinces, and in so doing the court returned to constitutional principles that may have far-reaching political implications for the Canadian federation in the future.
Media Release – The Moral Dilemma in Biofuel Production: Green Movement can sometimes hurt the poor
The continuous use of food crops for biofuel production can contribute to undesirable increases in the price of food, with serious consequences for the poor in developed states and masses of people in developing countries.
Media Release – Canadian Housing Affordability Continues Gradual Decline: Restrictive Urban Planning to Blame
Frontier Centre Media Release – Canadian Housing Affordability Continues Gradual Decline: Restrictive Urban Planning to Blame.
Media Release – What Would $3 Billion Buy for Albertans?: A Valuation Analysis of ATB Financial
This study provides a ground-breaking valuation of the monetary worth of Alberta government-owned ATB Financial.
Media Release – Canada Health Consumer Index 2011
The fourth annual Canada Health Consumer Index evaluates healthcare-system performance in the ten provinces from the perspective of the consumer. Ontario finishes in first place in this year’s report, with British Columbia and New Brunswick finishing in a tie for second.
Media Release – Suicide Among Young Women of South Asian Origin: A policy roadmap for solutions
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy released today Suicide Among Young Women of South Asian Origin. The study is authored by Aruna Papp. Prompted by her frontline work as a counselor, Papp’s discussion draws attention to the general reality and hardship of...
Media Release – International Climate Science Coalition Supports Canada’s Decision to Formally Withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol: Other Nations should follow Canada’s lead and withdraw from flawed treaty before the end of 2011
The Canadian Government’s decision to formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol is an important victory for common sense and one we hope all Canadians will applaud,” said Tom Harris, executive director of ICSC which is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.
Media Release – Successful Disaster Recovery Hinges on Community Participation: Frontier Centre study argues centralized planning creates “yellow tape” for first responders
When it comes to disaster relief, the evidence shows that organically organized, decentralized groups of communities and individuals are best able to prepare for and rebuild after natural disasters occur.
Media Release – The Myth of North American Carbon Reduction Laggards
This policy study demonstrates that population and economic growth are important determinants of greenhouse gas emissions trajectories in affluent countries.