Canadians tend to please themselves by feeling superior to the Americans: Americans are violent; we are peaceful. Americans demand anarchical freedom; Canadians want “peace, order, and good government.” Americans go to extremes, e.g., by electing the awful President...
Culture Wars
A Lamentable Tale of Two Colonies
During the whole of recorded history, the empire has been the most constant and common form of political organization. A basic, self-evident feature of all empire-building has been the successful occupation of the lands of the local, Indigenous inhabitants by outside...
Will A Real War End the Culture Wars?
Sometimes, the significance of a cataclysmic event is not immediately apparent. The bombing of Pearl Harbour was an event that shocked the world. Many realized - even as it was happening - that it would bring America into a war it didn’t want to be in. But few...
Citizens’ Hearing on Canada’s Covid Response – Videos & Written Summaries
Canadians are asking questions: Were the measures taken by governments in Canada appropriate to the threat? Were they based on sufficient clinical and statistical evidence? Were they suitably focused? How effective were they? Were there conflicts of interest at play?...
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COVID Crisis Management: Which Lessons?
The pandemic has taken the countries, the governments and the people by surprise. Most of them were not prepared to face this crisis. After all, initially, most Western countries refused to panic and wanted to manage the situation like other illnesses like the flu....
Throwing Good Money After Bad?
One of the eternal questions of public policy is: should governments get into bed with private businesses? Whether it is called a Public-Private Partnership, buying a controlling interest for taxpayers, investing in the technologies of tomorrow or just, avoiding a...
If Sask. was a typical family …
Joe Couture, The StarPhoenix, January 23, 2014 A new report from the Frontier Centre for Public Policy tries to make government budget numbers easier to understand by scaling them down to the size of an average household’s finances. “People have a very tough time...
International Students for Liberty Conference 2013
This weekend I have been in Washington DC at the 2013 International Students for Liberty Conference.
Aruna Papp, MA, ADR, MEd.
Frontier Centre: I would like you to tell us a little bit about what is ‘Honour-based violence’? Aruna Papp: Honour based violence is a crime committed in the name of protecting or defending family honour. It is usually committed by family members who believe that...
A Policy Roadmap for Solutions to Suicide Among Young Women of South Asian Origin
Recently, I attended a memorial service for a 21-year-old South Asian woman who had committed suicide. A note addressed to her parents said, “I am unable to please you and be the kind of daughter you want me to be.” I left the memorial service determined to examine...
Hate is Evil
It is not Islam that led to 9-11, it was evil people and they come from all religions and secular society.
Respecting Privacy and Commmon Sense
There is a serious policy vacuumn in the handling of files during transitions from one exiting MP to one entering office.
Why The West Is Different: Nature and immigration shaped the West
The West isn’t anything like central Canada—and there are understandable reasons as to why.
What Islamists, Greens and Oil Exploration Have in Common: Natural Limits: Life is about accepting imperfection
Humanity’s ability to create perfect world has limits.
A Day in the Intellectual Glare of Hitchens
Contrarian opines on religion to his crowd of followers