Immigration

Falling Immigration, a Troubling Signal

Falling Immigration, a Troubling Signal

Manitoba shows no sign that its policies will be able to maintain the working population, while, over time, returning to annual balanced budgets and cutting taxes to keep the private sector that is here now. This dismal prediction is partially drawn by observing the...

Immigration and Reverse Immigration

Immigration and Reverse Immigration

Border controls over immigration and views about who has a right to cross national frontiers and settle as an immigrant have evoked impassioned debate and conflicting politics. Such issues raise basic questions about the nation-state, the control over the state’s...

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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...

Population Growth Leads to Challenges

Population Growth Leads to Challenges

For the first time in decades, Manitoba’s unemployment rate has risen above the national average.  With the provincial economy growing (briskly for Manitoba) around 2% a year, we might have expected ‘some’ declining unemployment rates and labour shortages.  But, it’s...

The Notwithstanding Clause

The Notwithstanding Clause

Section 33 of The Charter of Rights and Freedoms allows Parliament and provincial legislatures to override certain Charter rights. Despite criticism from some politicians, academics and the media, the clause is constitutionally-sound and useful. Section 33 has a...

Economic Migrants

Economic Migrants

Europe is tearing itself apart over the issue of immigration. The essence of the problem is that there are just too many applicants for too few spots. Many of the people seeking to come to Europe are from war-torn countries like Syria, or from failed states in Africa,...

Settlers

Settlers

The border between Gaza and Israel is a battle zone. Hamas, the party that governs Gaza, is dedicated to the destruction of Israel, and has tried everything from firing rockets over the border and encouraging Gazans to attempt suicidal border breaches, to their latest...

Day 22 – Frontier’s Advent Calendar

Day 22 – Frontier’s Advent Calendar

Day 22 - Advent is the season of preparing for Christmas. Here at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy we want to tell you about some of the things we would like to see under our tree.   On day 22 we would like Immigration to Canada to be in the Canadian...

Aruna Papp Interview

Reprinted from Dialogue. Interview by Juanita Julliet Singh On March 9, 2013, Aruna Papp established a record. She became the first Adventist Indo-Canadian woman to represent Canada as a delegate to the United Nations Conference on Global...