Consistent with the evidence from US states, the new Manitoba distracted driving laws appear to have made the roads slightly more dangerous, rather than less. The unintended consequence of these laws is that people find dangerous ways to hide their activities, rather than complying with the law.
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Media Release – Local Government Performance Index: Comparative Canadian Municipal Statistics
The Local Government Performance Index affords users the ability to compare financial data among Canadian municipalities.
Media Release – Scores for every High School in Manitoba and Saskatchewan: Second Annual Western High School Report Card (2012)
The Manitoba government is still unwilling to cooperate in the assessment of school performance leading to improving the quality of the province’s high school education.
Media Release – Improving the Quality of Aboriginal Education in Canada: A Workable Voucher System for Aboriginal Students
Aboriginal education in Canada could improve significantly if Indian bands and parents took a greater role in the education of the children in their communities, insuring prompt remedial literacy and numeracy.
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COVID-19 Emergency Powers Nearly Limitless
The war against the invisible enemy of COVID-19 has unfortunately made normal rights and freedoms invisible as well. Another example manifested on September 13 when Saskatchewan’s premier renewed emergency orders for his province. The list of powers he claimed were so...
Media Release: Short-term Costs for Long-term Finality
First Nations and Canadian taxpayers need a new expedited approach that prioritizes specific land claims and moves towards a final filing deadline.
Media Release – What Saved the Bloc Quebecois in the 2008 Election: Public Money
Winnipeg/Calgary: The Frontier Centre today released its analysis of public financing for Canada’s federal political parties between 2000 and 2008. The backgrounder was based on Elections Canada data and also estimates for public financing as it applies to election reimbursements for the 2008 election.
Media Release – Canadian Health Consumer Index Rates Each Province’s Healthcare System
Ontario came in first in the Frontier Centre for Public Policy’s first annual Canada Health Consumer Index which was released today. The Index - published by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy together with its European partner the Health Consumer Powerhouse (HCP)...
How Would You Spend $1 billion?
The Frontier Centre releases an “alternate choices” list for the cost of burying Saskatchewan’s carbon emissions
Would You “Bury” $2 billion – or Spend It?
The Frontier Centre’s interactive calculator allows Albertans to choose from a wide array of spending and tax options; they can quite literally design their own $2 billion budget, and see what other uses are available for the billions now set aside for burying carbon.
Frontier Centre for Public Policy Report Highlights the Seven ‘Habits’ of Successful Governments
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy releases a report outlining seven ‘habits’ the Alberta government should implement to increase its effectiveness in supplying services to Albertans.
Frontier Centre Expands into Alberta
Frontier Centre begins “on the ground” presence in Alberta with appointment of author and analyst Mark Milke as Alberta Senior Fellow.
Tories Draft Brian Crowley to Advise on Finance Policy
A prominent, but controversial, free-market economist from Atlantic Canada, who has publicly criticized government pay-equity programs and argued that employment insurance, equalization and regional development programs have retarded growth in the economically...
Winnipeg, Edmonton Score Well on Housing Affordability
A major new study of housing affordability ranks Winnipeg and Edmonton as among the most affordable markets in the world.