Canada’s federal travel mandates are so oppressive, even apolitical international agencies have stepped up to condemn them. The International Air Transport Association has added its voice to the Official Opposition, citizens, airline staff fired for their vaccination...
Crown Corporations
Via Rail, a Business That Would Not Be Created Today
A question investment managers and individual investors often (or should) ask themselves: “If I didn’t already own this stock, would I buy it today?” By any criteria, Via Rail, a Crown corporation owned by the federal government, is not a good investment - even under...
Manitoba’s PC Government Half Billion Annual Hydro Heist
Before a NDP government and it’s politically appointed Manitoba Hydro board faded out after the Pallister Conservatives won in 2016, it was generally accepted by all political parties, and the media, that Hydro’s then ultra-low electricity rates were “Manitoba’s...
The Case for Selling Crown Corporations
This is far from the best time for most Manitobans. Covid-19 has poisoned the prairie province’s economy, the finances of the government, education, healthcare, small businesses and more. The reining party is on the ropes in a difficult environment that favours an...
Featured News
Canadians on the Move, to Smaller Communities
The Canadian Dream is increasingly being realized in smaller areas For decades, Canadians moved to the larger cities (census metropolitan areas, or CMAs) with their economic opportunities. The latest estimates indicate that CMAs have 72 per cent of the nation’s...
Leadership Needed in Canadian Healthcare; Apply Within
When the Premiers were first called to a sit-down lunch to talk about healthcare with Prime Minister Trudeau, there was plenty of talk about the potential for systemic change, innovation and accountability. It seemed that Canadians and their leaders were finally on...
A Valuation of Prince Edward Island Liquor Control Commission
Prince Edward Island Liquor Control Commission (PEILCC) is the monopoly Crown corporation which controls and retails all beverage alcohol in Canada’s smallest province, Prince Edward Island. Using an intrinsic value method, and discounting to the present, PEILCC’s...
A Valuation of Canada Lands Corporation Limited
Canada Lands Corporation Limited, or CLCL, is the Crown corporation which sells surplus federal land and buildings and also develops various parcels across the country. Using an intrinsic value method, and discounting to the present CLCL’s projected future free cash...
eZine: Ideas that change your world (Quarterly) Issue 1
Frontier Centre for Public Policy is proud to release its new premier quarterly magazine Ideas that change your world is our premier quarterly magazine delivering to you some of Frontier's latest thought-provoking, eye-opening, and captivating content from the past 90...
A Valuation of the Royal Canadian Mint
The Royal Canadian Mint, or ‘RCM’, is the federal Crown corporation which produces the coin currency, one and two dollar and smaller coins, used in circulation for consumer financial transactions in Canada. Using an intrinsic value method, and discounting to the...
Churchill Falls Defeat Is Not the End
The citizens and taxpayers of Newfoundland and Labrador received important news late in 2018: an autopsy of a horrific historic financial debacle (Churchill Falls) and the beginning of an inquiry into the questionable new Muskrat Falls hydro-electric project. The long...
A Valuation of Prince Edward Island Energy
Prince Edward Island Energy, or PEI Energy, is a Crown-owned electric merchant power provider (but not a utility) for Canada’s smallest province by area or population. As it is spending heavily on expanding its generation capacity, it has negative free cash flow....
A Valuation of Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries
Using an intrinsic value method, and discounting to the present, ML&L’s projected future free cash flows, as the company is today, but taxed at statutory rates, the range of estimates is $12.13B to $84.91B, with a tighter range of a median (midpoint of the array...
Blue Nose or Red Nose, the Profits Still Mightily Flow: A Valuation of Nova Scotia Liquor Control Commission
Nova Scotia Liquor Control Commission, or ‘NSLC’, is the monopoly Crown corporation which controls and retails all beverage alcohol in that province. Using an intrinsic value method, and discounting to the present, NSLC’s projected future free cash flows, as the...
A Valuation of New Brunswick Liquor Corporation
New Brunswick Liquor Corporation (NBL) is the monopoly Crown corporation which controls and retails all beverage alcohol in the province of New Brunswick. Using an intrinsic value method, and discounting to the present, NBL’s projected future free cash flows, as the...