Mining is one of the most important industries to the Canadian economy, and despite COVID-19’s impact on the sector, mining will play a significant role in the post-pandemic economic recovery. Moreover, the mining industry is one of the largest private sector...
In recent years, we have seen the children of former strong Canadian leaders enter politics. They don’t have to start at the bottom because of the reputations their fathers forged through the hot steel of heady Canadian issues, such as separatism and free trade. They...
"Canada should keep first past the post voting system" This is a Frontier Centre for Public Policy recording, all Frontier Centre for Public Policy recordings are in the public domain. For more information visit www.fcpp.org. "Canada should keep first past the post...
Day 12 - Advent is the season of preparing for Christmas. Here at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy we want to tell you about some of the things we would like to see under our tree. On Day 12 we wish that Canadian government would bring in spending limit...
At the time of Confederation, Canada’s Plains Indians were in a desperate situation. The same European-introduced guns and horses that resulted in a briefly glorious golden age for them had also resulted in constant inter-tribal warfare and the rapid disappearance of...
Political attacks on the Indian Act are back in the news, and that is a good thing. However, Canadian politicians, including First Nation politicians, need a credible plan about what to do before we pull out the champagne. Attacking the Indian Act is not a big deal...
The Atlantic has an interesting article on the subject of citizen involvement in democratic processes. quote: "You're not stuck in traffic," it said. You aretraffic." We aren't stuck in sclerotic government and extractive politics. We are these things.
It was supposed to be a boring affair. At one stage earlier this year, the Progressive Conservative party were polling 54% while the Wildrose were only at 16%. The PCs would extend their 41 year reign and be re-elected again for a 12th term, breaking the record for...
Budget season is just about over, and the earth really didn't move very much in Canada. Saskatchewan is the only province with a balanced budget, but Brad Wall and company made life miserable for quite a few people, for reasons that just don't yet make sense. In...
While many western nations are debating the merits of keeping troops in Afghanistan after 10 years, there is a much older war effort that needs to be discussed as well. The United States seems to have noted this war-weariness. During a visit to Mexico and Honduras...
So before you ask, where is conservatism going, perhaps it would be better to ask: where has it gone?
Last December the Supreme Court of Canada stopped Ottawa’s efforts to impose a national securities regulator on the provinces, and in so doing the court returned to constitutional principles that may have far-reaching political implications for the Canadian federation in the future.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In a (surprisingly) unanimous decision just prior to Christmas 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the proposal by the federal government as found in the Securities Act to regulate securities in Canada was unconstitutional. The Court ruling...
Prime Minister Stephen Harper came to Ottawa with a checklist of Western grievances he had committed to relieving. At the time it seemed like a long one. Turns out it wasn’t: After little more than five years in power, what early priorities he hasn’t scuttled — such as the Reform party’s one-time tendencies toward social conservative policy and populist democratic reforms — he’s nearly finished.
State subsidy to federal political parties is soon coming to an end. The multiple benefits of its demise may include healthier politics.