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Court Ruling On Indigenous Title Threatens Private Property Rights

Court Ruling On Indigenous Title Threatens Private Property Rights

Joseph Quesnel examines the growing conflict between Indigenous rights and private property ownership. Using the 2024 dispute between the Chippewas of Saugeen First Nation and the Town of South Bruce Peninsula as a case study, he warns that governments and Indigenous groups must collaborate before court cases escalate. Quesnel calls for universal rules on land ownership to prevent confusion and proposes constitutionalizing property rights to secure fair resolution. Click to read more on how this legal battle could reshape Canada’s property landscape.

The Proof Is In, Housing Is More Unaffordable Than Ever

The Proof Is In, Housing Is More Unaffordable Than Ever

Canada’s housing crisis isn’t just bad policy—it’s deliberate planning. In a hard-hitting analysis, Lee Harding unpacks new global data showing how restrictive land-use rules are driving up home prices and shutting out the middle class. Politicians say they’re fixing housing. The numbers say otherwise. Click here to read the full commentary.

Tariffs Get The Blame But It’s Non-Tariff Barriers That Kill Free Trade

Tariffs Get The Blame But It’s Non-Tariff Barriers That Kill Free Trade

Tariffs get all the headlines, but Ian Madsen reveals it’s non-tariff barriers, quietly imposed rules, subsidies, and restrictions that truly stifle free trade. From telecom ownership limits to convoluted regulations, these hidden obstacles drive up prices, choke innovation, and shield domestic industries from global competition. Canada ranks among the worst offenders. If Ottawa is serious about free trade, it’s time to tackle the red tape, not just the tariffs.

Housing Affordability

Housing Affordability

  Frontier's Demographia 2025 report finds that urban containment strategies such as greenbelts and growth boundaries primarily drive Canada’s housing affordability crisis. By artificially limiting land available for housing, these policies have contributed to...

CBC Helped Drive The Kamloops Narrative, And Still Won’t Come Clean

CBC Helped Drive The Kamloops Narrative, And Still Won’t Come Clean

The CBC helped fuel a national reckoning in 2021 with unverified claims of children’s remains at Kamloops—and still hasn’t owned up, argues Marco Navarro Genie. The public broadcaster’s credibility is on the line, from misleading headlines to ombudsman complaints and backstage media access. If truth matters in reconciliation, Navarro-Genie says, CBC must fess up or risk further eroding trust in Canada’s institutions.