In a paper published by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, Frontier Centre Senior Fellow David MacKinnon examines the flaws and unintended consequences of Canada’s equalization program. MacKinnon shows that Canada’s current approach to equalization is damaging to all of the provinces, including those that receive large equalization payments.
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Behind The Classroom Door: A Guide To The High School Report Card
AIMS and the Frontier Centre release an Interim High School Report Card for Western Canada.
Flunking Global Warming 101
How does global warming contribute to spring flooding on the prairies? Answer: It doesn’t. Extra snows has caused massive flooding but once again, the climate change crowd is blaming human activity.
$11.2 billion in 2009
Whether one uses 1996 or 2001 as the baseline from which to measure Alberta’s program spending, the result is that Alberta has consistently spent far more than inflation and population growth would justify.
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There’s Nothing Fair About Canadian Health Care
For the past 14 years, Vancouver surgeon Dr. Brian Day has led the charge for health-care reform, pushing for the right of patients to pay for private care if their health and well-being are threatened as a result of waiting in a stagnant and overburdened public...
Transformers: More than Meets the Eye
The path to net zero, based on the much disputed belief that carbon dioxide is a pollution, is more steep and impractical than most people realize. Replacing fossil fuels with clean electricity will require much more power generation and a greatly upgraded grid to...
For Aboriginals, Life Is Better In The City – Report
The 2006 census data confirms what many people suspect, that life is often better for Aboriginals in the cities than on reserves.
Dan Mitchell – Audio Interview Clips
Dan Mitchell, Tax Expert and Cato Institute Senior Fellow was interviewed by Frontier Centre’s David Seymour at the Mont Pelerin Society meeting in Tokyo, September 2008.
Government Investment in Private Enterprises – Report
The public policy purpose of government ownership of a commercial natural monopoly in the early stages of a jurisdiction?s economic development is to ensure that safe, reliable, cost-effective economic infrastructure services are made available to all citizens and businesses. Once the infrastructure is in place, and the original public policy purpose is presumably achieved, then citizens can and should determine whether government ownership continues to serve a continuing public purpose.
Immense Public Frustration with Politicians Over the Global Warming and Climate Change Debate
An overwhelming majority of the public nonetheless does not believe that the causes of climate change have been fully identified or that the debate has been settled. By a more than 4:1 margin, the public calls upon the media to provide more multi-sided reporting on the issue.
An Exclusive Interview with Czech President Vaclav Klaus
It is no surprise then that Klaus views global warming quotas and promises by politicians as a means of inflicting untested ideas “in the form of market controls” on the international economic engine. This, Klaus says, “gives new life to top down government and controls over people’s lives.”
2008 Winning Hayek Essay Contest Entry
Frontier Senior Policy Analyst David Seymour, winner of the Hayek Essay Contest.
Arctic Sea Ice
The state of the Arctic sea ice is the topic of voluminous media reports about the effects of climate change but isn’t always well represented.
Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate
The Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) was set up to examine the same climate data used by the United Nations-sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Questioning the Global Warming Science
This annotated bibliography of selected peer-reviewed papers questions the current state of Global Warming science.