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Government
Vote Machines Don’t Deserve the Blind Trust we Give Them
For generations, we allowed representatives of candidates to scrutinize electoral votes to avoid error or malice from an election official. Neither bribery, nor favouritism, nor incompetence would have any effect. Vote machines have the same vulnerabilities....
Key Policy Ideas for the BC Election
An election in British Columbia presents opportunities to discuss critical policies for the province's future. Here are a few key ideas we hope British Columbians will consider for adoption by their next government, regardless of the political label of that...
How the 1327 Coup Against Edward II Contributed to English Constitutional Development
It is always difficult to be the heir of a successful king, particularly when you lack the virtues that your eminent father had possessed. Edward II was not the successful military leader that his father Edward I (a.k.a. “Longshanks” and “Hammer of the Scots”) had...
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Canadian Property Rights Index 2023
A Snapshot of Property Rights Protection in Canada After 10 years
Alberta Politics and Empty Promises of Health-care Solutions
The writ has been dropped and Albertans are off to the polls on May 29. That leaves just four weeks for political leaders and voters to sort out what is arguably the most divisive, yet significant, issue for this election - health care. On Day 2, NDP leader Rachel...
Federal Government’s Bloated Bureaucracy Needs an Immediate Overhaul
Preston Manning: "Competence and ability, not ideology, should be the core criteria for hiring civil servants" I recently had the pleasure of speaking with the Honourable Preston Manning about the ever-growing size of Canada’s federal bureaucracy. Manning, a seasoned...
Political Assassinations: Behind the Killing of British PM Spencer Perceval
One of the greatest difficulties in maintaining a stable democracy is keeping one’s political leaders from being murdered. In the more excitable Latin American and Caribbean nations, presidents and would-be reformers are killed with depressing regularity, the most...
Is the Deep State Really Awesome?
For years, corporate media made fun of people (like me) who wrote about the existence of the deep state. This is just wild paranoia, they said. There is no such thing! Oh really? Yep, that’s what they said. And when Donald Trump said he would drain the swamp,...
Radio – Canada as a Nation – With William Brooks
Listen to Senior Fellow William Brooks speak about nation-hood and a post national state with Richard Syrett on SAUGA 960 in Toronto from April 26, 2024. (20 minutes)
The Land of the Long White Cloud Set for Major Battle Over Identity Politics
Victim theory, which has so badly infected much of the Western world, has been exposed with a sensible and ever so refreshing approach by NZ’s ACT party.
Twelve Years Of Labour In Alberta: A Tale Of Three Political Eras
Backgrounder
What Government Reaction to Church Fires?
Brian Giesbrecht, retired judge and Senior Fellow at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy discusses the 90 church arson fires (over the last thirty months) across Canada and the Canadian Government lacklustre response to these deliberate acts with SAUGA960...
When Did Governments Become so Ridiculous?
World media this morning is breathlessly reporting on what they say is huge and important news. Two hundred people who claim to speak for billions of others, because they happen to have a title associated with a government post and are involved with the United...
Louise MacDonald Breaks Down The Misleading Government Data
National Citizens Inquiry