The economic crisis presents Ottawa and the provincial governments with an opportunity to embrace a more radical phase of reform. In doing so, they can create a more agile and resilient public sector and help Canada become more competitive to meet future challenges.
Role of Government
Breakfast on the Frontier -Treasury Board – With Reg Alcock
Listen to Reg Alcock speak at Lunch on the Frontier about the Treasury Board and Canada's Economy here. (64 minutes)
Why Culture Matters More than Money
Long after the current economic and financial crisis has righted itself; its real legacy will be the effect on cultural attitudes to open markets, and the link between achievement and reward.
Like Throwing Petrol On Fire
It is now widely considered that Government policy mistakes caused the banking collapses of the 1930s, protectionism aggravated the decline and New Deal spending was largely ineffective. But many Governments, under populist pressures to “do something”, seem to have forgotten those lessons.
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To Infinity and Beyond
Space exploration is fraught with a wide variety of hazards; solar storms could irradiate astronauts, collisions with small, unseen objects could cause instant death, and the acts of both leaving Earth and coming back are high risk maneuvers that involve high speeds...
Global Minimum Tax Is Cartel Scam with Loopholes
Rhetoric is one thing; reality is another. As is becoming increasingly clear, the OECD’s July 1 proposal for a 15 per cent global minimum for corporate taxation is nothing of the sort. Although the awaited initiative slated for 2023 will not and cannot achieve a level...
Canada Polishes Financial Picture
Canada’s debt-GDP has continued to fall faster than that of most other G7 countries.
Planning Is a Tool, Not a Goal
Urban planning should be responsive, not prescriptive. It should respond to the needs and desires of people, not seek to impose standards of behavior on them.
PFRA – An Old Idea That Still Works
The Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration is a good example of government that works, and should be the model for other programs.
Mike Harris, Ontario Premier 1995-2002
Frontier discusses public policy with former Ontario Premier Mike Harris..
Canada: Number One Spot for Business-Study
Economist Intelligent Unit favors Canada as place for investment and business
Illarionov Waves Invisible Hand
Andrei Illarionov, the man behind Putin’s challenge to the government to double the economy within a decade, unveiled on Wednesday what he says is the first step to achieving that lofty goal — slash public spending.
Frozen Taps
More evidence from the United Kingdom that state ownership of water utilities is costly and inefficient.
Australia’s Beautiful Numbers
Australia prospers through structural reform and holding government spending below economy’s growth rate
Three Million Manitobans
The year is 2036. Manitoba’s population is exploding. It all had to do with a policy shift in 2006 that shifted the policy focus from redistribution and subsidies to growth..