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Residential Schools
Frontier Centre for Public Policy Report Refutes Genocide Claims
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Frontier Centre for Public Policy report refutes genocide claims Let us now commit to a future where truth and reconciliation are built on solid foundations of evidence and mutual respect WINNIPEG, July 23, 2024 – A groundbreaking report by the...
Sites of Truth, Sites of Conscience: the Special Interlocutor’s Historical Report
The Office of the Special Interlocutor (OSI) has released its historical report (Sites of Truth, Sites of Conscience: Unmarked Burials and Mass Graves of Missing and Disappeared Indigenous Children in Canada). While OSI states that “the primary purpose of this Report...
Nowhere Near The Truth
This new book of memoirs promotes serial falsehoods
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Canadian Property Rights Index 2023
A Snapshot of Property Rights Protection in Canada After 10 years
Alberta Politics and Empty Promises of Health-care Solutions
The writ has been dropped and Albertans are off to the polls on May 29. That leaves just four weeks for political leaders and voters to sort out what is arguably the most divisive, yet significant, issue for this election - health care. On Day 2, NDP leader Rachel...
Radio – Soil Anomalies Were Found Not Human Remains – With Brian Giesbrecht (SAUGA 960AM)
Frontier Senior Fellow Brian Giesbrecht on the Richard Syrett radio show on July 2, 2024. Giesbrecht questions why Prime Minister Minister Trudeau continues to claim that unmarked graves were found on the grounds of Kamloops Indian Residential School after the...
In Powell River, What’s In A Name?
Powell River is flowing toward a name change. Juliet in Shakespeare’s famous play Romeo and Juliet says “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet” – just not to the good people of Powell River where the prospect of a new name is stirring up a hornet’s nest. The...
Media Release: Call for Public Inquiry into the “Kamloops Graves Hoax”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Canada Needs a Public Inquiry into the “Kamloops Graves Hoax” Call for a public inquiry is a step towards uncovering the truth and ensuring such a national scandal never happens again WINNIPEG, June 28, 2024 – The Frontier Centre for Public...
Why Is Trudeau Sticking To The Unmarked Graves Falsehood?
The claim made by Chief Rosanne Casimir on May 27th, 2021, that the remains of 215 children, former students of the Kamloops Indian Residential School (KIRS) had been found in unmarked graves on the school grounds, was false. Only soil anomalies were detected by a...
‘The Knowing’ Has The Feel Of Propaganda
Canadian journalist Tanya Talaga has a new book coming out this summer called “The Knowing.” In this CBC report about it, Talaga is quoted as saying: “We have all heard of someone who didn't come home — this is The Knowing. It is Canada's shame. If every Indigenous...
What Needs to be Celebrated on National Indigenous Peoples Day?
National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21, is annually marked by many activities across the country showcasing the richness and diversity of Canada’s Indigenous people. As well as celebrating this richness and diversity, there is good reason to celebrate this June 21....
Canada’s Elites Suppress Freedom of Speech on Indigenous Matters
Under section 2 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Canadians are guaranteed freedom of thought, belief, and expression. These freedoms are fundamental in our democratic society. In fact, an official government commentary on the Charter states: “In a democracy,...
The End of Nuance
George W. Bush said famously to Congress after the 9-11 terrorist attack, “Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.” Similarly, George Orwell said in 1942 that “in practice, ‘he that is not with...
They Spent $8,000,000 Without Putting One Shovel In The Ground
That’s how much money the Kamloops Band spent on…..exactly what we have no idea. If you remember, that indigenous band claimed that the people running the local residential school had, for unexplained reasons, secretly buried 215 of the students under their care. They...