Since the 1900s, the coming together of workers in a powerful way in order to demand greater rights has been seen as a positive thing by ‘the Left.’ This includes the right to work, as reflected in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms “to pursue the gaining of...
Culture Wars
Environmental Fakery Makes the ‘E’ in ESG Standards Total Nonsense
The adoption of Environmental, Social and Governance, ‘ESG’, standards by institutional investors is meant to cajole, if not compel, investible companies to adhere to rigid rules and criteria established by investors or outside entities, such as consultants to satisfy...
MEDIA RELEASE – New Frontier Centre Book Calls on Universities to be Dangerous
A Collection of Sharp and Insightful Challenges to Higher Education in Canada WINNIPEG, August 4, 2022 – The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has just published In Praise of Dangerous Universities and Other Essays, by philosophy professor Mark Mercer. Universities...
Against the Scarborough Charter
Over 50 colleges and universities in Canada have now signed the Scarborough Charter on Anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion. This is unfortunate, as the Charter is a profoundly anti-academic document. That so many institutions signed it does not bode well for higher...
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Interest Rates do not Merely Parallel Inflation Upward—the Inflation Risk Premium can Escalate too
It is not entirely clear whether the Canadian and the global economies are heading for a new inflationary era. It may turn out that inflation is not only elevated from recent negligible levels, but escalates, steadily at first, and then dramatically, as it did in the...
CUSMA the New NAFTA: Boon or Bane For Canada?
In 1994, the United States, Mexico and Canada created a free-trade region with the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Considering the fact that the USA is the largest economy in the world (from 1994 to present), NAFTA was a true asset for the Canadian...
How to Bring Peace to Palestine
The Canadian Government is sending $25,000,000 of taxpayers’ money[i] to UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which is uniquely dedicated to supporting Palestine refugees.[ii] Some observers[iii] say that UNRWA actively supports Hamas, the Muslim...
Is a Kiss Just a Kiss?
In Casablanca, the greatest movie ever made, Dooley Wilson sings: “You must remember this/ A kiss is just a kiss/ A sigh is just a sigh”. But, Sarah Hall of North Shields, England, would disagree. For her, a kiss, such as that bestowed by the handsome prince on...
Gun Control Offers Simplistic Non-Solutions
In the wake of nearly every mass killing (except, perhaps, those involving bombs, knives, or motor vehicles), a call comes from the virtue-signalling weepy social engineers for more restrictive laws on guns. In the United States, where the recent horrific mass...
The Rise of Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century
At one of Canada’s elite universities, McGill University in Montreal, a series of disturbing anti-Semitic incidents have drawn wide attention and unsettled Jewish students and faculty members. There have been repeated campaigns to “Boycott, Divest, and Sanction”(BDS)...
A Social Justice Vision for Sports
The foundational principle of social justice is that people in each and every societal category and class should be treated equally, and have equal benefit and respect in every social context. This means that every group and every unit of society, including sports...
Branding the Culture Wars
Once they were big. Really big. Kings of Hollywood, producers of movies that were nominated for over 300 Oscars. But when their founder was outed as the captain of the American free-style groping team, the Weinstein Company’s name became toxic: board members resigned,...
Dr. Gerry Bowler, senior fellow at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, joined the Danielle Smith show to talk about the "Halloween costume conundrum."
Islam and Freedom of Religion
Islam is difficult for Westerners to understand because we view it through our own cultural categories. Our categories have been formed by the post-Enlightenment and post-industrial revolution in the West. Modern Western society has been organized on the basis of...
Offensive Hallowe’en Costumes
Hallowe’en is fast approaching, and it is time for parents to ask themselves an important question: “How offensive do I want my child’s costume to be?” As tots prepare to take to the streets to beg for obesity-producing and tooth-decaying treats, they should also be...