The Frontier Centre has submitted the Bigmouth Buffalo Sucker as its nominee for the official provincial fish, since the Manitoba government has decided that it would rather hold a fish naming contest than a referendum on the PST increase.
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Media Release – Urban Planners Do Not Always Give Us Greater Sustainability: A Time for a Paradigm Shift
Provincial and municipal governments are attempting to increase density and transit use in most Canadian cities. Rather than increasing affordability and mobility, that approach is doing the opposite. The report argues that cities should embrace, rather than reject, urban dispersion.
Media Release – How Much Value is Locked in SaskTel?
In this policy study, Madsen examines a variety of indicators to ascertain the value of the Saskatchewan government owned SaskTel. Madsen follows well-established practices and methodologies that include two different approaches in order to gain an insight into the monetary worth of the Saskatchewan Crown Corporation.
Media Release – The Pipeline Gap
A lack of pipeline capacity in North America is costing the Canadian economy billions of dollars each year. In order to draw attention to the significant loss of economic opportunity in the prairies, the Frontier Centre for Public Policy is launching a digital counter on its website to add up the lost dollars.
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Coal – Not Wind – is Keeping Saskatchewan’s Lights On
While it’s not the same minute-by-minute data provided by the Alberta Electric System Operator for their grid, SaskPower has begun breaking down where its power is coming from on a daily basis. And the data from Oct. 3 and 4 showed wind generated an average of just...
57 Policy Proposals for Future Leaders to Help Make the Canadian Economy Soar
Executive Summary The various federal political parties are all promoting the policy agendas they believe will foster a sustainably high quality of life for all Canadians. It remains to be seen whether they will attain the success that they aim to achieve. In some...
Media Release – Green Jobs: The European Experience
Dr. Kenneth Green and Ben Eisen review European efforts to create “green jobs” and find that these policies have done more harm than good, leading to net job losses, higher energy prices and widespread corruption.
Media Release – The Role of Alberta Treasury Branches in the Alberta Financial Market
The Alberta Treasury Branches were established to provide financial services to Albertans at a time and in places that such services were often inaccessible and not provided by chartered banks. Now, ATB competes with private sector financial institutions while enjoying may unfair advantages.
Media Release – Ngâi Tahu: A Model For Indigenous Success?: Group demonstrates good tribal stewardship
New Zealand’s treaty settlement process has been surrounded in controversy and bad racial relations, but the Ngâi Tahu stands out as a successful model.
Media Release – The 30th Anniversary of the C-Train: A Critical Analysis of Calgary’s Light Rail Transit System
The costs of LRT are understated while its benefits are overstated. LRT is often thought of as a happy medium between buses and trains. In reality, it combines their disadvantages. Light rail transit is slow, inflexible, and expensive
Media Release – Evaluating Canada’s Place in International Property Rights Protection: Frontier Centre contributes landmark indigenous property rights case study
The Frontier Centre is the Canadian think tank partner in the release of the 2011 International Property Rights Index – which measures property rights protection globally. Canada scores 9 of 129 countries measured, significantly ahead of the USA which scored 18 of 129.
Media Release – Harper’s Boutique: Rethinking Tax Expenditures in a Time of Deficit
This backgrounder scrutinizes two specific federal government tax expenditures (the Public Transit Tax Credit and the Children’s Fitness Tax Credit), and finds that at a combined cost of $164 million they are not meeting their targets, and calls for their elimination.
Media Release: 1st Annual Report Card on Western Canadian High Schools: A short summary with links to key Report Card documents.
Media release for the 1st Annual Report Card on Western Canadian High Schools
Media Release – The Folly of Saskatchewan’s “Free” Public Wireless Internet: The free wireless Internet network “Saskatchewan! Connected” in major Saskatchewan downtowns and tertiary campuses is a frustratingly silly policy that should be reformed.
A media release summarising the key points of the Frontier Backgrounder Saskatchewan! Connected?
Media Release – Toronto: 3 Cities in More Than One Way
Since the 1998 municipal amalgamation of the Megacity of Toronto there has developed a culture war: The culture war between the suburbs and the core is an acknowledgement of the zero sum game created by the Megacity.