This paper cautions the Manitoba government about its reckless plans to invest tens of billions of borrowed capital in order to build more hydro generating capacity into foreign markets that need electricity less and less. Such indiscriminate course of action could lead Manitoba to bankruptcy in a not-too-distant future.
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Media Release – Competition can give Saskatchewan inter-city bus riders more for less
Saskatchewan’s inter-city bus ridership levels have declined significantly over the last several decades, while subsidy levels have climbed to $10.5 million in 2012. Saskatchewan should follow states such as Washington, which has de-regulated fares and scheduling, while providing subsidies for unprofitable routes that are socially desirable through a least-cost system awarding routes to carriers willing to do so for the lowest subsidy level possible.
Media Release – What’s Next in the Air Industry?: The Canadian Air Industry and the Case of Porter Airlines
Today, the Frontier Centre for Public Policy issued The Canadian Air Industry and the Case of Porter Airlines, authored by Mary-Jane Bennett. There have been big changes in the Canadian aviation sector. Porter Airlines announced an ambitious expansion last month. WestJet, built on the low-cost model and now in the international market, announced the launch of subsidiary, Encore, to debut this summer. Legacy carrier Air Canada intends to launch its new subsidiary, rouge, this summer as well.
Media Release -Frontier Chair Awarded Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree: University of Manitoba recognizes Wayne Anderson contribution to community
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy wishes proudly to congratulate Wayne Anderson, the Centre’s long-time Chair of the Board on the occasion of receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Manitoba yesterday.
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Media Release – Public Administration Wage Growth: Comparing rates of wage growth in industries across the Canadian economy (1998-2009)
Between 1998 and 2009, wage growth for federal government public administration workers grew by 59%. This compares to an average rate of wage growth of just 30% across the rest of the economy.
Media Release – Getting Society off the Climate Change Bandwagon: It is only through “expanding the tent” of those who take a realistic perspective of climate change that we have a chance to bring the climate wars to a sensible conclusion.
Tom Harris reviews the current state of research in the field of climate science. He finds that there is no consensus in the area, and that many qualified experts dispute predictions of an impending climate crisis.
Media Release – The Muddle of Multiculturalism: A Liberal critique
Although it started as a harmless ploy to attract votes to Pierre Trudeau’s government, the official policy of multiculturalism in Canada is now weakening basic principles of our democratic traditions and is being used as an instrument to promote radical ideologies.
Media Release: 7th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey
Media Release for the 7th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey.
Media Release – New Web Site Graphically Presents the Finances of 130 Municipalities: Find your municipality’s financial statistics and how they compare at www.lgpi.ca
As of December 3, 2010, the Frontier Centre’s living database of municipal financial statistics contains graphically presented data and comparisons of municipal finances.
Media Release – Stealth Equalization: How Federal Government Employment Acts as a Regional Subsidy in Canada
Federal government employment is distributed unevenly across Canada. These jobs are found in high concentration in four out of the five major recipients of equalization – Manitoba, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Such uneven distribution amounts to a hidden form of wealth transfer worth more than $2 billion.
Media Release – Having it Three Ways: The competing interest of the investor, customer and employee in Saskatchewan’s Crown Corporations
The people of Saskatchewan play three competing roles in the Crowns; they are simultaneously the investor, the customer, and often the employee of the same companies. Too often, benefits for one role are promoted without considering what it means for the same people’s interests in the other two roles.
Media Release – Abusing Canada’s Generosity and Ignoring Genuine Refugees:: An Analysis of Current and Still-needed Reforms to Canada’s Refugee and Immigration System
The asylum system in Canada is broken. It is unable to distinguish readily between migrants and genuine refugees. Canada spends more on refugee claimants than the budget of UN agency responsible for caring for 43.3 million refugees and others in camps around the world. A powerful lobby of special interests has blocked most reforms to fix it, and Canada now lags behind most asylum-granting countries in their legislation.
Media Release – Frontier Centre Appoints New Research Director
Frontier Centre for Public Policy announces a new Director of Research – Dr. Marco Navarro-Génie.