Executive Summary Since 2015 Manitoba has restrained the growth in provincial government administration to a relatively modest 7.9 percent, which is slightly below the growth in the population. Restraint at the provincial level has allowed Manitoba to do slightly...
Executive Summary The various federal political parties are all promoting the policy agendas they believe will foster a sustainably high quality of life for all Canadians. It remains to be seen whether they will attain the success that they aim to achieve. In some...
Why work for yourself when taxpayers can pay you instead? In the past seven years, more Manitobans than ever have chosen the job security and benefits of federal employment, while the self-employed have begun to vanish. Statistics Canada snapshots show the most...
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister might best be remembered as the Grinch who stole the 2020 Christmas, forbidding citizens from in-person shopping and gathering for the holiday. However, he has another legacy, more like the Canadian Tire Christmas commercials that...
The indictment of former U.S. president Donald Trump for crimes invented by his political opponents is the most egregious example yet seen of the weaponizing of the law. The United States is now full of examples. However, in Canada, we also see the law being...
OTTAWA, REGINA - Last week, two things happened that could have profound impacts on natural resources development in Saskatchewan. One is a hint the federal government might want to take control of natural resources away from the provinces, and the other is the...
In a recent New York Times article, David Wallace Wells asked, “How did No-Mandate Sweden End up with such an average pandemic”. Let’s be clear. This admission from the New York Times, who tried to destroy the response to Covid-19, starting in April 2020 and...
Here is an interesting trivia question: Who is the greatest champion in Indianapolis history? Most would say Peyton Manning, the superstar quarterback who led the Colts to victory in Superbowl 41. Hockey buffs might offer Wayne Gretzky, who played his first 8 games of...
John Diefenbaker once said, “We must vigilantly stand on guard within our own borders for human rights and fundamental freedoms which are our proud heritage.”. “We cannot take for granted the continuance and maintenance of those rights and freedoms.” Experts and...
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has just released a new research paper, Municipalities and Performance/Outcome Based Contracting. This paper is authored by Randy Patrick, a research associate with the Frontier Centre. The paper conducts an in depth analysis of...
In the span of 40 years, Canadian society has gone from paper files in cabinets, to electronic storage of everything from medical records, to what you had in your coffee at Starbucks this morning. Our lives have become itemized and catalogued into easily accessed...
WINNIPEG, MB, December 14, 2017 - The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has just released a new research paper Regulatory Institutionalism in Canada. This research paper is authored by Brogan Powlesland, a research associate with Frontier Centre for Public Policy. The...
WINNIPEG, MB, December 13, 2017 - The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has just released a new research paper Procurement and Entrepreneurship. This research paper is authored by Joshua Morry, a research associate with Frontier Centre for Public Policy. The paper...
Antony Fisher never knew his father. He was killed by a sniper’s bullet in Gaza during World War One when Antony was two years old. Antony and his brother Basil served as pilots in the Royal Air Force in World War Two. They were part of the few in Winston Churchill’s...
The City of Winnipeg “austerity” budget predictably nickels and dimes ratepayers, with rate increases and service cuts in response to lower than expected provincial transfers. But, Council has fumbled the ball big time by throwing away tens of millions of dollars in...