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Keep or Can the New Canada Water Agency?
In May, the federal government announced it was creating a new organization called the Canada Water Agency. It will have a 5-year budget of $85 million, staff of 215, half of which will be located at a new headquarters in Winnipeg. This is part of a broader effort...
Public Policy Reporter Fined During COVID Rally
Civil Liberties, COVID-19, Video, Policing, Media
National Citizens Inquiry
A Coup Without Firing a Shot
Civil Liberties, Commentary, COVID-19, Think Tanks
The last few years can be tracked at two levels: the physical reality around us and the realm of the intellectual, mental, and psychological. The first level has presented a chaotic narrative of the previously unthinkable. A killer virus that turned out to be what...
Let’s Get The Facts On The Graves, With A Public Enquiry
Aboriginal Futures, Commentary, Culture Wars
Canada needs a public inquiry into what has become known as “The Kamloops Graves Hoax”. The May 27, 2021 claim of the Kamloops Indian band was that “human remains” were found in the apple orchard area of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, resulting in...
Transmountain Pipeline Expansion Project a Success?
Commentary, Economy, Energy, Trade
The Transmountain Mountain Pipeline expansion project (TMEP) was completed on May 01, 2024. Its startup the following month ended an eleven-year saga of tectonic federal energy policy initiatives, climate change requirements, federal regulatory restructuring, and...
Frontier Live on X – New Pipeline Gives Canada Hope – with Chris Bloomer
Audio, Climate, Podcast, Energy, Environment, Video, Leaders on the Frontier, Frontier Live On X
Big Topics and Big Ideas
Canada’s Constitutional Mistake: How the Rule of Law Gave Way to the Managerial State
Most Canadians surely believe their society is governed by the rule of law. We all have rights and freedoms, safeguarded by the courts, that protect us from the tyranny of the state. All of that is mirage, argues Bruce Pardy. In this provocative essay, Pardy describes...
Demographia International Housing Affordability – 2024 Edition
Research Papers, Housing Affordability
This annual report assesses housing affordability in 94 major markets across eight nations (Australia, Canada, China, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom and the, United States). The 2024 edition focuses on data from the third quarter of 2023. KEY POINTS...
Media Release – Demographia International Housing Affordability Report – 2024 Edition
Media Release, Housing Affordability
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2024 Demographia International Housing Affordability Report Highlights Global Housing WINNIPEG, June 3 2024: The latest Demographia International Housing Affordability Report has been released, providing a comprehensive assessment of housing...
Despite Benefits, Urban Reserves Still Perpetuate Colonial Reserve System
Aboriginal Futures, Commentary, Property Rights
Manitoba’s Treaty One First Nations proudly announced work has started on the former Kapyong Barracks in south end Winnipeg. The site will house commercial activity and is touted as Canada’s largest urban reserve. An urban reserve is land acquired by a First Nation...
When Emotion Trumps Data and Analysis
Commentary, Culture Wars, Manitoba
Recently, we saw the passage of Bill 208, which recognizes March 31 as Two-Spirit and Transgender Day of Visibility in Manitoba. This was brought forward by the NDP MLA for Kirkfield Park, Logan Oxenham. Government (NDP) members all voted in favour of the bill along...
Political Assassinations: Behind the Killing of British PM Spencer Perceval
Commentary, Government, Politics, Crime
One of the greatest difficulties in maintaining a stable democracy is keeping one’s political leaders from being murdered. In the more excitable Latin American and Caribbean nations, presidents and would-be reformers are killed with depressing regularity, the most...