Speech to the We Unify Conference In Victoria, BC, June 23, 2024 Because of time constraints at the conference this complete address was not given. But here it is! History and Application of Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms—The Charter —My Magna Carta —Our...
Acknowledgements Good morning. Can I start by acknowledging Simon and the team at the Chamber. Thanks for the invitation to be here today. Introduction In October last year New Zealanders voted for change. The Coalition government was elected with a clear mandate to...
Is Net Zero compatible with mass prosperity?
The following is a condensed version of a speech given by Preston Manning at a Frontier Centre for Public Policy event in Winnipeg on Sept. 22, 2022. Watch the video here. What are Canada’s strengths? We don’t have the largest population. We don’t have the largest...
A Snapshot of Property Rights Protection in Canada After 10 years
The writ has been dropped and Albertans are off to the polls on May 29. That leaves just four weeks for political leaders and voters to sort out what is arguably the most divisive, yet significant, issue for this election - health care. On Day 2, NDP leader Rachel...
Speech by the Honourable A. Brian Peckford on the Occasion Of The George Jonas Award Being Presented To Tamara Lich By The Justice Centre For Constitutional Freedoms, Burnaby, BC — July 13, 2022. Background It is a real honour to be asked to speak to you on this very...
I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpation. -James Madison
Talking Points Treaty Annuities The talking points on modernizing treaty annuities are intended to provide an accessible means of conveying the key points to a general audience, with later translations into French and Cree (the largest Indigenous language group in...
Points de discussion _ la modernisation des annuités_ (Talking Points-FRENCH) Les points de discussion sur la modernisation des annuités visent à fournir un moyen de transmettre les points clés à un public général, plus tard avec les traductions en français et en crie...
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Talking Points: Modernizing Treaty Annuities [CREE both in roman orthography and cree syllabic] mâmiskôcikewin: anohch ekwa tipahamâtowi-sôniyâw ka ohtinamakehk wehcihôpayiw mâmiskôcikewin ayeseyenowak ka penâtohtahkwaw asici nêhiyawascikêwin ekwa itwêstamâkêwin...
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada released its report in 2015 saying that that Canada and the Churches that managed the majority of Indian Residential Schools treated Indigenous people as if they were sub-human. If this is true, then why did many...
Elliot Sims speech and Q&A at a Frontier Centre for Public Policy Breakfast entitled: Red Tape: Canada's Hidden Tax. View the Power Point Presentation here: http://archive.fcpp.org/posts/red-tape-canadas-hidden-tax-powerpoint-slides
Will Tishinski speech and Q&A at a Frontier Centre for Public Policy Breakfast entitled: Manitoba Hydro's Financial Quagmire. View the Power Point Presentation here: http://archive.fcpp.org/posts/manitoba-hydros-financial-quagmire
David Vardy, former Chair of the Newfoundland and Labrador Public Utilities Board, spoke on April 30th, 2014 at a Frontier Centre for Public Policy luncheon concerning the alarming parallels between over-ambitious and risky hydro projects in Manitoba and Newfoundland...