Media Release for the 7th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey.
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Birth of a Boom: Saskatchewan’s Dawning Golden Age
Throughout history, no factor has impacted the quality of the lives people live more than the quality of their public policies.
New Website Measures Local Gov’t Transparency
A Canadian think tank has embarked on an effort to satisfy the public’s growing thirst for information in a digital age where people demand instant information at their finger tips – and want a say in how they access it to boot.
Media Release – New Web Site Graphically Presents the Finances of 130 Municipalities: Find your municipality’s financial statistics and how they compare at www.lgpi.ca
As of December 3, 2010, the Frontier Centre’s living database of municipal financial statistics contains graphically presented data and comparisons of municipal finances.
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Canada in 2073—Will There Be One?
“Ahead, Thar Be Dragons.” The world of 2023 is a scary place. One major war is raging, with others probably on the way. The Pax Americana that has given us freedom of the seas and allowed global trade to flourish might be breaking down. International piracy,...
World Cries out for Canadian LNG, “No Business Case” Feds have Totally Failed Us
Today, Canada’s natural gas sector is seeing its decade of darkness due to federal policy. And it’s not because the opportunity wasn’t there. It was because our government allowed its ideology, and that of its anti-oil and gas friends (also known as protestors) to...
Regina Cozying Up to Business
Still, it’s clear Premier Wall is trying to carefully inch his province away from the reflex to nationalize everything under the Living Skies. In the old days, Saskatchewanians would take for granted that new power facilities would naturally get built by Sask-Power, says David Seymour, the Frontier Centre for Public Policy’s Saskatchewan analyst.
Richard Epstein
One of the world’s most high-powered thinkers, University of Chicago Law Professor Richard Epstein, interviewed by the Frontier Centre.
Overseas Recruiting Important
With Saskatchewan’s strong economy and aging population, hiring workers from overseas is a good way for employers to mitigate the effects of the labour shortage.
That was the message delivered by Linda West, one of the presenters at a meeting organized by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy on Tuesday.
Prairie Provinces Need a Fiscal Constitution to Control Spending
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy today released a report calling for a new arrangement - a Fiscal Constitution - between governments and their citizens that would change the rules of politics toward politicians emphasizing value for money instead of expenditure...
Sask. First Nations Do Well
Results from a survey on aboriginal governance were released on Monday with some surprising results. "First Nations, which do well in terms of transparency and administration, tend to do better at the economy and the overall governance score," said David Seymour,...
Winnipeg’s Housing Affordability Ranking Drops 20 Places
Winnipeg has dropped 20 notches in an international ranking of the world's most affordable housing markets, thanks in part to its strong economic performance in recent years, according to a new study released Monday. The Frontier Centre for Public Policy's fourth...
Study Really Hits Home
Keeping company with the likes of Los Angeles, Belfast, Northern Ireland, and Sydney, Australia, Kelowna has shown up on a list of “severely unaffordable” housing markets. “This year, we expanded our survey to include more Canadian cities, so Kelowna debuted as the...
City Spends Too Much on ‘Niceties’
Toronto’s property taxes are 53% higher than the national average, in part because the city spends too much money on unnecessary “niceties,” according to a new report the Mayor dismissed as “very illinformed.” The study, conducted by the Winnipeg-based Frontier Centre...
Disclosure by Municipalities ‘Unsatisfactory’
Canadian municipalities - particularly in Quebec - should adopt the practices of New Zealand municipalities when it comes to financial openness with the public, a small group of policymakers agreed yesterday. "The level of disclosure (by Canadian local governments) is...