The Stelmach government has raided Alberta savings once more in their new budget. The so-called Sustainability Fund is near depletion, while the government justifies its pillaging on the basis of rosy assumptions for the future. These assumptions only succeed in drawing more attention to what can only be identified as the government’s lack of connection to economic realities.
Poverty
Helping The Obese Help Themselves: Shuttle service helps people access healthy food
An innovative shuttle service program in Winnipeg shows how we can help people access healthy food without limiting freedom.
Preying On Hope: The case of fraudulent grooms
Tens of thousands of South Asian young females and their families are being duped by criminally-organized, fraudulent marriage suitors from Canada.
“The Muddle of Multiculturalism”
What started as innocent politicking in search of votes has unfolded into dangerous attitudes and practices against the fabric of Canadian liberal democracy. The multiculturalism policy is undermining basic Canadian beliefs such as individual rights and freedom of expression
Featured News
Leon Fontaine – A Passionate Canadian Thought Leader – RIP
This past weekend, we learned of the tragic and unexpected passing of Pastor Leon Fontaine at 59 years of age. Leon was a gifted leader playing many roles both nationally and internationally. He was, with his wife Sally, the senior Pastors at Springs Church with...
Public Inquiries and Public Trust
Testimony before the Public Order Emergency Commission reveals the case for government invoking the Emergencies Act is either weak or very weak. The Prime Minister was, in fact, opposed to members of his cabinet or senior public health officials meeting with protest...
Prairie Spending Patterns Show No Evidence of Child-Care Crisis
People spend more on their house pets than on daycare.
Spare Us the Climate Change Hysteria
Energy starved Africans should be aghast at LIVE EARTH’s bizarre message.
Social Assistance That Really Helps
The latest changes to social assistance in Manitoba emphasize work as the key to moving from welfare to independence. But does this plan recognize the real obstacles faced by the poor and those who advocate for them?
Africans to Bono: ‘For God’s Sake Please Stop!’
It’s time to let Africa imagine its own future.
Climate Change in Disarray – An African Perspective
A Professor Emeritus from Pretoria, South Africa attributes changes in weather to variations in solar activity not man-made CO2 emissions.
Making Welfare Work
Lasting and meaningful welfare reform will come about only when we reduce incentives to stay on welfare, pare back the chunk taken out of every paycheque in various taxes, and use public funds effectively.
Maoris Bring Perspectives on Youth Issues, Gangs
Here is coverage of event sponsored by the Frontier Centre - unfortunately the paper ommitted who the sponsor was. Online reviews of novelist and newspaper columnist Alan Duff’s work point out that his “somewhat simplistic message has proved highly controversial.”...
It’s Getting Better All the Time
American economist Indur Goklany has collected in one volume the long-term trends in the most significant indicators of human and environmental well-being.
The Wal-Mart Revolution
Our review of Richard Vedder and Wendell Cox’s book, The Walmart Revolution.