Hon. Pierre Poilievre at Lunch on the Frontier, Winnipeg, January 13, 2023. (45 minutes)
Aboriginal Futures
Fernando: An Attempt to Create Controversy Where None Exists
Frontier reposts a recent comment by independent media analyst Spencer Fernando below about the coordinated attack on the Frontier Centre by heavily government subsidized major media outlets after the most recent Lunch on the Frontier event in Winnipeg on January 13th...
Canada’s National Hysteria in the 21st Century
Mass hysteria is the spontaneous manifestation of a particular behaviour by many people. There are numerous historical examples: Middle Age nuns at a convent in France spontaneously began to meow like cats; at another convent, nuns began biting one another. In...
Woke Governance
What do burning churches and bullets fired at synagogues have in common? Both are happening because we are governed by people who are committed to a worldview in which there are “oppressors” or “oppressed”. Indigenous and Palestinians are “oppressed” and those who go...
Featured News
Demand Fairness from Ottawa and Edmonton
A few weeks ago, Albertans voted to reduce the inequities in the federal equalization program. The deficit between the dollars that leave to and come back from Ottawa has recently been as high as $27 billion in one year. During times of crisis, it feels like salt in...
Inflation: They Win, You Lose: Politicos, Cronies Fleece Canadians with Monetary Expansion
One of the most widespread economic myths is that inflation—the reduced purchasing power of a currency—is a win for a nation, a sign of a booming economy. For the privileged classes in government and with initial access to monetary expansion, it is a win. For everyone...
Points de discussion : la modernisation des annuités
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...
mâmiskôcikewin: anohch ekwa tipahamâtowi-sôniyâw [ᒫᒥᐢᑰᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ: ᐊᓄᐦᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑎᐸᐦᐊᒫᑐᐃᐧ ᓲᓂᔮᐤ]
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...
Learning From the Nordic Sami Model
Northern B.C. Should Leverage the Buffalo Declaration
Talks about Western separation and the release of the well-timed Buffalo Declaration should be leveraged by marginalized northern regions in the West to place their issues front and centre in the national conversation. Within the wider discourse of Western alienation...
Indigenous Communities Are a Perfect Storm for This Kind of Outbreak
The federal government has a mixed record on helping Indigenous communities deal with pandemics and other outbreaks. In the case of COVID-19, Ottawa must ensure it gets it right. For many reasons, Indigenous communities are a perfect storm for this kind of outbreak. ...
Revitalize the Long-Neglected Economies of Northern Manitoba and Northern Saskatchewan
The Churchill pipeline would revitalize the long-neglected economies of northern Manitoba and northern Saskatchewan, but the ultimate success of this pipeline to Churchill, Manitoba will depend on the involvement and support of Indigenous communities in both Manitoba...
Successful Integration Experiences From Around the World
Successful Integration: International Examples Could Help Canada’s Indigenous Peoples Opportunities for urbanization of Indigenous communities WINNIPEG, MB, March 20, 2020 - The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has just released Successful Integration Experiences...
Activists’ Hypocritical Rhetoric Harms First Nation and Metis Communities
The decision by Teck Resources to withdraw its application for the Frontier project could risk future opportunities for Indigenous communities if the decision leads to more resource companies declining to invest in Canadian resource projects. Although Teck stated...
An Uprising in Canada
Ten years ago, Douglas Bland, a retired lieutenant-colonel from the Canadian Forces and the Chair of Defense Studies at Queen’s University, wrote Uprising: A Novel. In this 500-page work of “fiction,” Bland outlines how militant Indigenous warriors and their allies...