David Vardy, former Chair of the Newfoundland and Labrador Public Utilities Board, spoke on April 30th, 2014 at a Frontier Centre for Public Policy luncheon concerning the alarming parallels between over-ambitious and risky hydro projects in Manitoba and Newfoundland...
Energy
Keystone XL, Obama, and the Politics of Indecision
Days before a self-imposed deadline, the Obama Administration again delayed its decision on the future of the Keystone XL pipeline last week. It was a delay like previous delays, with the now-routine explanations that more study was needed and that others (a Nebraska...
How Canada adds value to its resources
Writing in the Globe and Mail, MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley explains that while Canada is blessed with resource wealth, that alone is not what makes it such a wealthy country. Many jurisdictions that have abundant natural resources are poor or troubled,...
Is Quebec’s electricity business model broken?
This report on Quebec Hydro is one in a long series of reports of 'troubles in Canada's utility land' brought about by the shale gas revolution, new technologies (solar, wind), larger investments in energy efficiency measures and slowing per capita demand, all taking...
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Alberta Government Ignores, Expensively, the Axiom That Government Should Stay Out of Business
The conservative or free market foundational principle that government should stay out of business was ignored by the United Conservative Party of Alberta and the premier of the provincial government. Their regime ‘invested’ what has come to be revealed as $1.3...
What Is A University Student?
As a result of government and university policies in both the U.S. and Canada, university students are not seen as individuals with records of educational achievement and the potential for both success in higher education and for contributions beyond in the wider...
The Grass Station
Up in Manitoba, Canada, where they care deeply about staying warm, they’re experimenting with stoves that burn pellets of switch grass.
Canada’s Biomass Potential – Roger Samson Powerpoint
The powerpoint slides from Roger Samson’s presentations in Portage La Prairie and Winnipeg, Frontier Centre for Public Policy on the potential for pelletized biofuels in Manitoba, Canada and North America.
Energy Farming—Manitoba’s Biofuels Future
The Prairies are ideally situated for an exciting new industry that makes ecological and economic sense.
The Potential for Grass Biofuel Pellets
A crop that grows naturally on the North American prairies could help solve our energy problems while providing farmers with an important new source of revenue.
Russia’s Godfather Saga
A Russian reformer, who spoke to the Frontier Centre in 2000, pulls the pin on President Putin . . .
Subsidizing Natural Gas is Retrograde Measure
PREMIER Gary Doer worries about "the senior citizen in West Kildonan (who) will not be able to turn around on a dime and invest in a geothermal heating system" (Province defends plan to subsidize natural gas, Free Press, Nov. 19). To help her, he is willing to...
Managing and Protecting Alberta’s Petro-wealth
Oil riches can quickly evaporate unless they’re protected from internal and external looting.
The Black Rod’s Power Failure
Frontier is accused of power socialism in Manitoba. The Centre responds.
Natural Gas Price Relief Ridiculed by Schreyer
FORMER NDP premier Ed Schreyer blasted the current NDP government yesterday for its plan to force Manitoba Hydro to use its electricity exports to keep its natural gas rates unnaturally low. Energy Minister Dave Chomiak, who yesterday said Schreyer is his best friend,...