The 2006 census data confirms what many people suspect, that life is often better for Aboriginals in the cities than on reserves.
Publication
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.
Featured News
The Swedish Response to Covid-19 versus Canada
In a recent New York Times article, David Wallace Wells asked, “How did No-Mandate Sweden End up with such an average pandemic”. Let’s be clear. This admission from the New York Times, who tried to destroy the response to Covid-19, starting in April 2020 and...
Draconian, Anti-Science Measures During the Pandemic Has Led to Loss of Trust in Our Institutions
Candida Auris is a fungus that, unlike most fungi, can survive in a human body. It is capable of spreading within the body, resulting in an agonizing death. For unknown reasons the fungus is spreading at a rather alarming rate. So far, cases have been confined to long...
MPI Responds to Frontier Study; Mark Milke Rebuts MPI
Manitoba Public Insurance insists it offers consumers a better deal on car insurance, but in a different way than it previously argued. Despite the calumnies tossed his way by MPI, Mark Milke sticks to the facts.
Are Choices Lacking for Parents in Publicly Funded Schools?
In all provinces except Alberta, school choice is the exception rather than the rule, and the results show that Alberta’s on the right track.
The Alberta Teachers’ Association responds to our work on Edmonton’s public schools
Alberta’s largest teachers’ union didn’t like what the Frontier Centre had to say about the Edmonton Public School Board.
Manitoba’s School Board Amalgamations—Before and After
Forced amalgamations of school divisions have not lived up to their billing. Instead of saving money, they raised costs substantially.
An Unnecessary Burden on Our Teachers
The government should cancel its plans to implement subjective assessments at the middle level and instead reinstate objective year-end examinations in core subject areas.
More Private Healthcare in Canada?
A new book puts Canada’s Medicare system in context by describing the private healthcare sector in other countries with universal access
Garden Chemicals and Intellectual Honesty
The Frontier Centre’s “farmer boy” locks horns with a Ph.D in ad hominems.
The Importance of the WTO Negotiations
Ottawa’s full attention to trade issues is crucial the Prairie economy.