The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) Report was published a decade ago. Since then, surprisingly few people have provided a critical but fair assessment of this 3,500-page, 7-volume mammoth. Most academics and journalists—those we expect to...
“Sugarcane” is a new documentary that is in Canadian cinemas, and it is sure to cause more churches to be desecrated or fire-bombed. It is distributed by National Geographic, a respected brand name. “Sugarcane” is a story of alleged nefarious deeds that took place at...
Some First Nations in Manitoba are leading the way on economic development. They are seeking out ways to find value-added opportunities and collaborate with private third parties and other governments. These communities are not waiting around for opportunities to...
In its July Restoule decision the Supreme Court of Canada, with the support of the Trudeau Liberal government (“Canada”) and the Province of Ontario (“Ontario”), continued its relentless attack on the sovereignty of our elected governments, our social unity and legal...
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...
Canada’s growing protest culture is a sign of a broken system. On The Cory Morgan Show, Cory talks with Frontier Centre for Public Policy Senior Fellow and retired judge Brian Giesbrecht about how protests have been growing as citizens feel hopeless. (47 minutes)...
It’s taken years to get here, but there’s a new trend in Canada’s pipeline industry, and it couldn’t come soon enough. That’s because the path we’ve been on until now has been one to ruin. On July 30, TC Energy announced it was in the process of selling 5.34 per cent...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Frontier Centre for Public Policy report refutes genocide claims Let us now commit to a future where truth and reconciliation are built on solid foundations of evidence and mutual respect WINNIPEG, July 23, 2024 – A groundbreaking report by the...
Manitoba’s First Nations should reflect on the AFN’s direction as they consider negative reactions to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre at a recent Assembly of First Nations (AFN) meeting in Montreal. Poilievre, who in the past has boldly said we need to end the...
All societies need to make use of force, both to preserve internal order and to protect themselves from external enemies. A liberal society does this by creating a powerful state, but then constraining that power under a rule of law. The state’s power is based on a...
Most Canadians are unaware that a campaign to remake Canada is underway. The conception of that most Canadians have of their country - that it is, one nation, in which citizens of different ethnic, religious and racial groups are all treated equally, under one set of...
The Canadian House of Commons designated June as National Aboriginal History Month in 2009. The name was changed to National Indigenous History Month in 2017. The theme of the first week of this year’s effort to “honour the stories, achievements and resilience of...