Offshore oil exploration has been banned in British Columbia since the early 1970s. To this day, despite talk of making Canada an “energy superpower”, the federal government and provincial government have failed to lift the moratorium, treating the issue as a...
Energy
Obama and the decline of American hegemony
Someone needs to save the Obama Administration from itself when it comes to foreign policy. Since taking office in 2008, Obama has had very few foreign policy successes to brag about, beyond the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Promises have not been kept, red lines have...
Wall Street Journal: How Canada Views the Keystone Stall
Frontier Centre for Public Policy vice president Bob Murray appears in the Wall Street Journal's Opinion video series, talking about how the pipeline delay could affect U.S.-Canada relations.
Canada, what happened to We Stand On Guard For Thee?
Our firm Geophysical Service Incorporated creates seismic data which is our intellectual property. In Alberta and Saskatchewan you pay for a permit, follow all the rules, and work with surface landowners for access and you can invest in data. These governments do not...
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Decoupling and Reshoring From China will be Hard: China Holds Most of the Cards
Several factors have merged to induce Western governments and the firms they preside over, to find substitute supply chains for China-dominant ones that they now depend on. These factors include growing public revulsion at the repressive and persecutory policies the...
Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
In 1970 Milton Friedman, a Nobel Laureate, in his article to the New York Times (The Social Responsibility of Business Is To Increase Its Profits) proposed that an enterprise’s primary and sole responsibility was to the shareholder through the maximization of profits....
Michael Bennaroch, Professor and Chair of Economics, University of Winnipeg
Are Manitoba Hydro’s prices too low? A perspective from the head of the University of Winnipeg’s economics department.
Manitoba Debt-Free?
The Province of Alberta is out of debt. With the right policy mix, Manitoba could be, too.
Smart Meters: an Electrifying Idea
Peak load pricing to happen in Ontario
Ontario Power Rates to Vary
Ontario moves to peak load pricing for electricity to conserve power.
France Ending Support for State Power Monopoly
French Finance Minister Francis Mer has written to the European Commission pledging to end state guarantees for the state-owned EDF power utility by the end of next year. EDF, the former state monopoly, is being prepared for extension of competition in France.
Subsidizing Costly Power
More evidence in favour of peak load pricing in energy markets..
A Future for Pelletized Biofuels
Pelletized biofuels, made from natural prairie grasses, could become a major source of clean, efficient energy.
Pelletized Biofuels – A Manitoba Opportunity
A discussion of pelletized biofuels using natural grasses suggests a great opportunity for Manitoba, which is the lowest cost producer in North America.
Tom Adams, Executive Director, Energy Probe
Frontier discusses energy policy with Energy Probe’s Executive Director, Tom Adams . . .