Manitoba should not allow an IPCC report to scare our political leaders into alarmist behaviour. Recently, some of Winnipeg’s chattering classes did just that by promoting the preposterous idea that the Pallister government should change zoning rules to prohibit...
How can we achieve Indigenous economic reconciliation when the legal system perpetuates endless legal grievances and challenges? Case in point is a recent court ruling in British Columbia that could have serious negative effects on developments in provinces that...
There is some good news for mining in Manitoba, but the province needs to reform its mining policies for the sector to thrive. Despite some progress over the years, this province still has a hostile climate for investment and this needs to change. Vale recently...
Canada needs to finally have a conversation about Senate reform before politicians and interest groups transform the institution without the participation of average citizens. The federal government has introduced a bill in the Senate that would formally recognize...
In his annual State of the Climate report published on April 14, 2022, Dr. Ole Humlum, Emeritus Professor at the University of Oslo, examined detailed patterns in temperature changes in the atmosphere and oceans together with trends in climate impacts. Many of these...
I wrote an opinion column immediately following the May 27, 2021 announcement of the “shocking discovery of 215 bodies found in a mass grave at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.” In that column, I correctly stressed the need to wait for real...
An ambitious new study asks the Nisga’a people if a self-government agreement has worked to their benefit or to their detriment.
New Zealand’s treaty settlement process has been surrounded in controversy and bad racial relations, but the Ngâi Tahu stands out as a successful model.
The Frontier Centre is the Canadian think tank partner in the release of the 2011 International Property Rights Index – which measures property rights protection globally. Canada scores 9 of 129 countries measured, significantly ahead of the USA which scored 18 of 129.
The 2011 International Property Rights Index released this week is the fifth annual study that investigates how well countries protect property rights. Out of 129 countries, Canada ranks ninth in the world, just below Australia. Finland and Sweden are first and second, respectively, while the United States is nineteenth.
Joseph Quesnel argues that a petition to remove a regional First Nation leader ought to be free of personal politics.
Joseph Quesnel argues that Aboriginal financial institutions need to be thoroughly examined in terms of effectiveness and value for money.
Frontier Centre in the media from the Winnipeg Free Press.
Joseph Quesnel's study Defending Matrimonial Property Legislation is getting good play around the country. For examples, see here and here.
Legislation that provides for equal matrimonial laws on Indian reserves should be supported by indigenous leaders as it balances self-government with fundamental justice.