Many of the world’s leading automotive manufacturers such as: Tesla, Uber, Honda, Toyota, Hyundai, Volvo, BMW, Volkswagen, Mercedes, Nissan, GM, and Ford along with some other less-common brands are working on and planning to release driverless cars or driverless...
Crown Corporations
Finally a Ticket to Ride
“She's got a ticket to ride and she don't care,” says the old Beatles song. And when it comes to Uber, most riders would sing it. If consumer demand was the only issue, the ride-sharing service would probably be operating across Canada by now, just like it does in...
Graham Lane, former Chair of PUB, Chair of Manitoba Forward and member of Frontier's Expert Advisory Panel, discusses the rate hikes facing Manitobans through Manitoba Hydro. Interviewed by Hal Anderson on 680 CJOB Winnipeg.
The Case for Selling Crown Corporations
Successful private companies benefit from having effective boards of directors. They protect the interests of shareholders - the company’s owners - by hiring and supervising top management, establishing performance standards, and setting management pay. Boards also...
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How the Prairie Provinces Can Benefit from an Improved Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Trans-Pacific Partnership was one of the world’s most ambitious trade deals. The agreement between Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam and the United States was signed on February 4, 2016. Its goal was...
Social Conflict Abridged: From Unperceived Injuries to Claiming—What is Conflict?
Societies today are in a state of flux influenced by myriad factors—globalization versus nationalism, liberalization versus traditional values, and immigration versus closed borders. Some people perceive that an injustice has been committed against them while others...
Study Calls For Canada To Open Skies To Competition; Affordable Flying;: Review finds airfares higher han U.S., Europe
“Consumers pay more for air travel in Canada than in the U.S. or Europe, says a new study that calls on Ottawa to open the market to more competition.”
Want Cheap Airfares? See Europe: Why Europe is a low-fare zone
Airlines fares are cheapest in Europe—this thanks to competition.
Canada’s Not-So Friendly Skies: Why Canadian Consumers Pay Sky-High Airfares
Canadian consumers pay sky-high airfares compared to both the U.S. and Europe.
Media Release – Canada’s Not-So Friendly Skies: Why Canadian Consumers Pay Sky-High Airfares
Canadian consumers pay sky-high airfares compared to both the U.S. and Europe.
Schwartz Concerned
“The Saskatchewan Party government’s move to strip 100 per cent of the profits from all but one of the Crowns is “not sustainable” and not good business practice, says a former senior government official.”
Saskatchewan’s Commercial Crown Corporation Dividend Policy: Change Isn’t Always Progress
A former Vice-President of Finance for Crown Investments Corporation critiques the Saskatchewan government’s decision to take 100% of the 2010 profits of commercial Crowns other than SaskPower.
Media Release – Saskatchewan’s Commercial Crown Corporation Dividend Policy: Change isn’t always Progress
A former Vice-President of Finance for Crown Investments Corporation critiques the Saskatchewan government’s decision to take 100% of the 2010 profits of commercial Crowns other than SaskPower.
Toward Greater Transparency in Water and Sewer Services in Winnipeg: It’s time to separate infrastructure from politics
Frontier’s new report shows how the public-private partnership being considered by Winnipeg City Council on sewer services and infrastructure is an effective model.
Media Release – Toward Greater Transparency in Water: It’s time to separate infrastructure from politics
Media Release for Frontier’s new report that shows how the public-private partnership being considered by Winnipeg City Council on sewer services and infrastructure is an effective model.