State-run child care advocates saw opportunity in the COVID-19 crisis. Working moms returned home to care for their children, some able to continue paid work from home, and others not. As a result, calls for universal child care grew louder than they had for 15 years....
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An Energy Boost for the Canadian Economy: the Time is now to Encourage Production, not Dissuade It
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the short-sightedness of neglecting economic growth. Rather than harnessing the power of Canadian industries, the progressive elite has for years stoked fears and left the economy less prepared for crises. Canada’s energy sector is...
Populism – The Orphan Child of Democracy
Modern democracy is the crucible in which conflicts, grievances, rights, privileges, and power have been melded to produce a period of unprecedented peace following World War II, a period that gave rise to capitalism, to globalization, and to the vision of a global...
Shocking Information About Racist Killings By U.S. Police
The May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd under the knee of police officer Derek Chauvin reignited public conversation about racially motivated killings by police. The incident was disturbing, and it begs the question, how disproportionate are the number of African...
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The Sweet Spot for Incubating Alberta’s Tech
Technology companies have emerged as clear winners during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jurisdictions like Alberta without a traditional tech imprint have funnelled funds to facilitate startups, which is a good diversification strategy, but they should be careful not to veer...
Canada’s Aboriginal Policies Constitute the Rejection of our Enlightenment Heritage
Richard Gwyn, author of Nation Maker—Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times, a biography of Canada’s first prime minister, reported that in the 1950s—the decade I grew up in—was a time “…when Canadians came to realize and believe that a ‘new nationality’ could be...
Media Release – New Frontier Centre Backgrounder Shows How 21,000 More Manitobans Could Get Affordable Housing
21,000 more low-income Manitobans could be helped if the provincial government sold the province’s residential real estate portfolio, this according to a new study from the Frontier Centre for Public Policy
The American Strategy of Rewarding Irresponsibility
As the economic watering hole dries up, the creatures that depend on it are beginning to look at one another differently. But for the greedy, the incompetent, and the outright stupid, it’s a new morning. A shot of redemption is at hand, courtesy of everybody else.
It’s Time to Wake Up from Equalization Nightmare
The dream of comparable services for all Canadians has turned into the nightmare of entrenched disparity and dependence. Canada is not made fairer by a system that rewards bad and irresponsible behaviour.
Media Release: Restoring Peter Lougheed’s Original Vision
The Alberta government needs to make regular deposits into the Heritage Fund says the Frontier Centre’s Director of Research, Mark Milke. Since Alberta became debt-free, the province has taken in over $47-billion in resource revenues while depositing only $3.9 billion into the Heritage Fund.
Ethanol Producers’ Unworthy Heyday Finally Over
The good news is that no amount of subsidies can disguise the fact ethanol is the wrong fuel at the wrong time. There may be good biofuels; corn-based ethanol is not one of them. Some clean fuels and technologies are worthy of taxpayer funding, but not the one that raises food prices and has no proven environmental advantage.
Advice from Canada: An Energy Strategy for America
The USA has two daunting problems, the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression and President-Elect Obama’s energy policies, which will severely deepen the economic crisis.
Canada’s Own Financial Bubbles: Have-Not Provinces
Our regional subsidy system is not transparent, it is not sustainable and it is driven by excess. It is almost by any definition a bubble.
How Immigration Could Save America
Suppose that one million new immigrants responded to this opportunity. Unlike most foreign investors, these are people who would be making the ultimate commitment to America, choosing to live there and ultimately becoming citizens. These one million new investors would put $200-billion into the housing market immediately, soaking up excess supply without drawing on the strained balance sheets of financial institutions.
Dan Mitchell, Flat Tax Advocate
There are now 18 former communist countries that have flat taxes. There are 25 countries overall that have flat taxes and a lot of this is being driven by three things. One, it’s being driven by tax competition. Globalization means it’s easier for tax payers saving and investment and labour to cross national borders and that means that if adopt a good system like a flat tax as a country you are going to attract a lot of productive economic activity into your borders so countries are figuring out this is a route to economic prosperity.