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Who Really Owns The United States?
Nowadays, it is common, when introducing an event, to say something along the lines of: “We are grateful to the XYZ Indian Tribe for allowing us to hold this gathering on what is really their land.” Universities, bastions of the left, have been particularly intent...
A Citizen-Led Movement Key To Protecting Property Rights In Canada
Without property rights safeguarded, governments can literally seize the land beneath your feet
Strengthening Property Rights Part Of The Answer To Canada’s Housing Crunch
Inadequate safeguards for property rights affecting housing affordability
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There’s Nothing Fair About Canadian Health Care
For the past 14 years, Vancouver surgeon Dr. Brian Day has led the charge for health-care reform, pushing for the right of patients to pay for private care if their health and well-being are threatened as a result of waiting in a stagnant and overburdened public...
Transformers: More than Meets the Eye
The path to net zero, based on the much disputed belief that carbon dioxide is a pollution, is more steep and impractical than most people realize. Replacing fossil fuels with clean electricity will require much more power generation and a greatly upgraded grid to...
Canadian Property Rights Index 2023
A Snapshot of Property Rights Protection in Canada After 10 years
Supreme Court’s Annapolis Ruling A Win For Property Owners
But the fight for fair compensation over property rights continues
Property Rights Are A Pillar Of Our Prosperity And Living Standards. Canadians Can No Longer Ignore Their Erosion
Canadians need to understand how fundamental secure property rights are to our standard of living and continued prosperity. We need to ensure that our provincial and territorial governments are taking them seriously and protecting them. Often, it isn’t until we lose...
To Finally Kill Colonialism, Give Property Rights to First Nations Individuals
Canada needs to end colonialism and grant the country’s 630 First Nations title to their reserve lands fully and unconditionally. Doing so should no longer be controversial and should transcend partisanship. But once that’s done individual First Nations have to...
2020 International Property Rights Index
2020 International Property Rights Index Released The global index ranks property rights protections in 129 countries, covering 98% of world GDP and 94% of world population. Washington DC– Property Rights Alliance, in cooperation with 122 think tanks across the world,...
International Property Rights Index 2019
Canada is in the top 20 quintile, and its IPRI (International Property Rights Index) score is 8,264, a decrease from 2018 by 0.029. Canada's Global ranking is 11. The International Property Rights Index (IPRI), developed by the Alliance for Property Rights, has shown...
The Speech Jacinda Ardern Should Have Given on IhumāTao
E ngā mana, en ngā reo, e ngā karangatanga maha. Tēnā kotou. Greetings. It’s my special privilege to address this nation today about Ihumātao because it’s an issue that goes to the heart of who we are as a country. This Government believes in shared prosperity, and I...
Day 20 – Frontier’s Advent Calendar
Day 20 - 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 20 we wish for a policy that places reserve land and resources with...
2017 International Property Rights Index
The International Property Rights Index (IPRI) is the flagship publication of Property Rights Alliance (PRA), an organization based in Washington, D.C., dedicated to the promotion of property rights around the world. In 2007, PRA instituted the Hernando de Soto...