Nalcor chief financial officer Derrick Sturge told the Muskrat Falls Inquiry the business case to recover costs from the project was “rock solid.” The reality is much more disconcerting as Muskrat Falls promises to saddle the province with growing debt. The vital...
Crown Corporations
Ceiling Unlimited: A Valuation & Strategic Appraisal of Edmonton International Airport (YEG)
A VALUATION & STRATEGIC APPRAISAL OF EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (YEG) Edmonton International Airport (EIA), symbol YEG, is the airport serving metropolitan Edmonton, domestically and internationally. Its market area is far larger, comprising central and...
Searching for a Silver Bullet
Let there be no doubt that our province is facing a tough fiscal challenge and solutions are hard to come by. Proposals are emerging. Some of them come from think tanks, whose role is to divine public policy options and to chart a course through troubled waters. Some...
e-Zine: Ideas that change your world (Quarterly) Issue 2
Frontier Centre for Public Policy is proud to release its second issue of e-Zine: Ideas that change your world our quarterly magazine Ideas that change your world is our premier quarterly magazine delivering to you some of Frontier’s latest thought-provoking,...
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Coal – Not Wind – is Keeping Saskatchewan’s Lights On
While it’s not the same minute-by-minute data provided by the Alberta Electric System Operator for their grid, SaskPower has begun breaking down where its power is coming from on a daily basis. And the data from Oct. 3 and 4 showed wind generated an average of just...
57 Policy Proposals for Future Leaders to Help Make the Canadian Economy Soar
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...
To Sell Off or Not To Sell Off CMHC?
Canadians are unaware of the increasing risk posed by Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). It is a dangerous business for the government to be involved in a corporation that monopolizes a significant part of Canada’s economy. Canadians are exposed to a...
Puerto Rico Utility Sale Could be First of Many
Power utilities from BC to Newfoundland have expanded enormously, adding copious debt to provinces. This has burdened consumers and businesses with increasingly higher power bills and will eventually lower their standards of living. With unsustainable debts, the...
Valuation: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has just released Public Choice Alternative: Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation by Ian Madsen, a senior policy analyst with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. The paper conducts an in depth valuation of the alternative...
Privatization of Crown Corporations in Saskatchewan
Crown corporations have had a long history in Saskatchewan. The creation of these corporations began by the Territorial Government in 1901 when hail insurance was sold to farmers. In 1944, Saskatchewan elected Tommy Douglas, leader of the CCF, as premier. A great wave...
Day 8 – Frontier’s Advent Calendar
Day 8 - 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 8 we wish to end the vast exposure to more debt and higher energy...
Public Choice Alternatives: A Valuation of ATB Financial
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has just released Public Choice Alternatives: A Valuation of ATB Financial. This is the second paper in the Public Choice Alternatives series authored by Ian Madsen, a senior research analyst with Frontier Centre for Public...
Balancing Elephants: Calculating Saskatchewan’s Return on Investment – Meadow Lake Pulp Mill
People in modern societies generally view unfair lending practices with considerable disdain, in fact, recently there has been intensified efforts in regulatory control to prevent this type of behaviour. For example the government of Saskatchewan has recently...
No Pig Deal
Taxpayer handouts to private corporations are always thorny. They inevitably mean that another business' tax dollars go straight to the pockets of their competition. This distortion also means that dollars better spent elsewhere by taxpayers, or even by governments,...
Public Choice Alternatives: A Valuation of The Columbia Power Unit of British Columbia Hydro
British Columbia’s quandary: To keep Columbia Power, or add 15,000 teachers, nurses, or paramedics? There are two generally accepted methods for valuing a company: its intrinsic value as a cash-generating enterprise, and its standard market value in comparison with...