Reactions to the federal government’s introduction of new prostitution laws are mixed, with some praising the Nordic-style ban on buying sex and others saying this approach entails the same risk of harm to sex workers that caused the Supreme Court to strike down the...
Regulation
Prostitution Bill A Step Backwards Into The Dark
Prostitution has never been a crime in Canada, though successive governments have regulated related activities in an attempt to exert some measure of control over the industry. But the effectiveness and safety of those regulations - many of which went unenforced - has...
Ken Phillips discusses the First Annual Entrepreneurial Index
New Brunswick has ranked high in the first ever Entrepreneurial Index released by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy and Ken Phillips. He discusses the results on McLean in the Morning.
Frontier Centre releases the first annual Entrepreneurial Index
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy is pleased to announce the launch of a new report examining the state of legislation and regulation affecting self-employed individuals in Canada and around the world. Statistics suggest that self-employment may represent up to...
Featured News
Cities Have to Expand for House Prices to Fall
The cost of actually building a house does not vary that much across Canada The Ford government’s plan to expand the land supply available for housing has evoked the usual dog whistles about “urban sprawl” by interests apparently unaware of the strong...
How We Teach Reading Really Does Matter
Reading is the most important skill taught in school. If students don’t learn how to read, not much else that happens there is going to matter. That’s because being able to read is important in virtually every job. Without the ability to read, life itself will be a...
The Other Name For “Profiling”: Smart Detective Work: Let’s get real about airport security
Canada should get real about airport security—and that doesn’t include three-hour waits, getting naked, and ignoring profiling.
$44 per Day: An Early Christmas for Winnipeg Taxi License Holders: Increases in taxi fares have been capitalized into license values at a staggering rate over ten years
When taxi shield holders ask for taxi fares to be raised, decision makers should consider the immense values already capitalised into market value of the licences, now approaching $400,000 in Winnipeg.
Can’t We All Drink From The Same Cow?
Canada is a dairy industry production backwater. Over the past 10 years, the value of Canadian exports of dairy products has dropped by 30% to $255-million. Last year, Canada had a dairy product trade deficit of $422-million.
Remove Web Barriers: Tech Guru
O’Reilly said Internet service providers should not be allowed to “traffic shape” web service, and cellphone companies should not be able to ban applications or services on their devices, because that hinders the ability of other firms to innovate.
Free Market Parking From Canada
“In Canada, at least, there is such a thing as a free market think tank with a free market perspective on parking policy.”
Booze Prohibition — 80 Years On
Contrary to myth about Saskatchewan’s approach to alcohol sales at the retail and wholesale level, a new Frontier study finds that alcohol sold at private outlets is not more expensive, doesn’t result in higher consumption and that public monopolies do not prevent alcohol-related crime or social harm.
Bringing Taxi Regulation out of the Dark (Ages)
Taxi regulation is almost unique in Canada because it controls the price and quantity supplied to market, rather than just the quality or safety. This approach creates quasi-monopolies at the expense of the public and of drivers.
Who Owns Taxi Licences?
Taxi regulation is almost unique in Canada because it controls the price and quantity supplied to market, rather than just the quality or safety. This approach creates a number of primary and secondary economic effects that are difficult for voters to understand. Because governments should act with the informed consent of their people, the onus should be on municipalities to report the effects of their regulatory activities on taxis and consumers. But most city websites show that such disclosure is abysmal and often absent.
How U.S. Protectionism is Killing Canada’s Livestock Producers
Canada’s livestock producers are being hurt badly by U.S. country of origin labeling regulations (COOL). Canada must continue to fight these regulations at the WTO.