A Regina economist is cautioning that recent calls for rent control legislation is not the best way to deal with the availability of affordable rental units.
Housing Affordability
Report Calling Sask. Unaffordable Got it All Wrong
Frontier Senior Fellow Wendell Cox explains how the article “Report Calling Sask. Unaffordable Got it All Wrong” from the Saskatoon StarPhoenix confuses statistics to reach a mistaken conclusion.
CBRM Sinks Lower in Think-Tank Survey
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy on Monday released the sixth annual edition of its local government performance index, which the CBRM has been a part of since the index’s first year in 2008.
New Report Propels Regina to Third Place
The City of Regina, by comparison, climbed nine spots over last year to tie for third with Maple Ridge, B.C., in the Frontier Centre for Public Policy’s annual Local Government Performance Index released Monday.
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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...
2002 Canada Property Tax Comparison
2002 comparison of effective residential property tax levels in major Canadian cities
On Inner City Public Policy
Although the inner city is intimately involved with the public sector, this fact may inhibit the ability of its residents to lead dynamic, self-directed lives.
Rent Control In Winnipeg
This short report discusses the damage caused by rent control in Winnipeg and suggests approaches to ease out of them
Rent Control Part of Winnipeg’s Poor House Prices
Rent control reduces the value of apartments, increasing property taxes for home owners.
A Tale from the Public Policy Crypt
Although it’s a lovely place, Manitoba’s virtues do not include being on the cutting edge of public policy. But that has a bright side: tourist dollars from archaeologists who come to dig into our crypt of old, ineffective public policy ideas.
Manitoba’s Rent Control Folly
Well-meaning attempts by government to regulate prices usually fail. Manitoba’s highly regulated apartment market is no exception.