Western Canadian bus riders got an early Halloween scare. As from October 31, 2018, Greyhound passengers won’t travel west of Ontario. For the company, it means 415 fewer employees and two million fewer passenger rides each year. For bus riders in remote areas, a...
Currently, Export Development Corporation (EDC) is unable to convert its reported profits into cash, posing an increasing risk to Canadian taxpayers. Moreover, EDC has been funding ventures that are normally considered too risky for commercial banks to handle. EDC is...
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has just released Extreme Dearth of Cash Flow: A Valuation of Export Development Canada by Ian Madsen, a senior policy analyst with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. The paper conducts an in depth valuation of the alternative...
Ian Madsen, Senior Policy Analyst at FCPP, discusses how the inherent flaws in Crown corporations make it nearly inevitable that a debacle like Manitoba Hydro's Keeyask-Bipole III fiasco will happen, and how to resolve it - first by getting past denial. (~18 minutes)
As we enter the year 2022, most Canadians will have lived their entire lives under the shibboleth that says we have the best health-care system in the world. Our beloved medicare is universal in scope, free of charge and offers equal access to all. What country could...
Calgary has sworn in its first female mayor. A week earlier, less than 24 hours after winning the mayoral race, she gave her first post-election talk-radio interview to Ryan Jespersen, mostly involving a series of softball questions. He asked her the obligatory woke...
Canadians have discovered a cheaper way to fly to the United States: Drive there first. Rising flight taxes and a strengthening Canadian dollar are pushing Canadians to begin their U.S.-bound trips on U.S. soil. Now airlines are rushing to meet the demand, adding service at small outposts along the border.
Ontario Northlands has provided inter-city bus service in Northern Ontario at a staggering loss. The Ontario government has now decided to divest of the struggling service. Bur rather than simply selling it off, the government should look to a new model that can introduce competition to Northern inter-city busing.
A newly released study for the Frontier Centre for Public Policy looks at the history of railway and freight regulation in Canada to argue that while grain protection policy was seen as progressive at the time, the economic fall-out throughout the industry has often been detrimental.
While many urban politicians and interest groups have argued for a national transit strategy, the real solution to excessive commute times is to empower municipalities.
Gridlock costs Canadian cities billions of dollars in productivity. It also costs commuters both time and money. Many transit advocates believe that a national transit strategy will help increase mobility, and reduce gridlock. But Cox argues that rather than increasing mobility, a national transit strategy could make things worse.
Centrally-determined national transportation policies are misguided and wasteful. They do not solve the choking traffic problems that plague large urban centers but often make matters worse, undermining the competitiveness of metropolitan areas.
Maybe this is one time where rural trends could drive urban ones.
Air Canada shareholders must wish they could swap to Qantas shares. Airline industry analysis suggests that Air Canada is more likely to collapse than survive. Qantas continues to post profits. Air Canada has run big losses for the last two years. On the surface...
Is this state institution really able to operate in this new world?