The Frontier Centre has released the first Canadian Property Rights Index. The March 14th report, written by Joseph Quesnel, was fashioned along the same basis as a U.S. property rights index, rating how each of the 13 jurisdictions in Canada handled property rights.
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Canadian Property Rights Conference (video)
Last week the Institute for Liberal Studies held their inaugural Canadian Property Rights Conference in Ottawa. Frontier’s Joseph Quesnel was among the speakers.
Analyst Touts Charter Schools As Possible Option For First Nations
A unique type of public school, found only in Alberta, is being held up as a model for other First Nations to follow. Joseph Quesnel, an analyst with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, says Saskatchewan’s western neighbor is the only province in the country to currently allow charter schools.
The Nisga’a Treaty: Over 10 Years Later
PowerPoint slides which accompanied Frontier’s Policy Analyst Joseph Quesnel speech for the release of The Nisga’a Treaty: Over 10 Years Later Policy Series in Vancouver, BC on June 27, 2011.
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Weaponizing the Law
The indictment of former U.S. president Donald Trump for crimes invented by his political opponents is the most egregious example yet seen of the weaponizing of the law. The United States is now full of examples. However, in Canada, we also see the law being...
“Looking At” Seizing Control Over Western Canada’s Natural Resources
OTTAWA, REGINA - Last week, two things happened that could have profound impacts on natural resources development in Saskatchewan. One is a hint the federal government might want to take control of natural resources away from the provinces, and the other is the...
The Swedish Response to Covid-19 versus Canada
In a recent New York Times article, David Wallace Wells asked, “How did No-Mandate Sweden End up with such an average pandemic”. Let’s be clear. This admission from the New York Times, who tried to destroy the response to Covid-19, starting in April 2020 and...
Rocky Mountain House Reserve Rated Tops In Prairies
If you look at their website, their election and audit results from 2007-08 are posted openly, which is not common for First Nation reserves, said Joseph Quesnel, Lethbridge based co-author of the study. “Even in that way, a small way, it shows accountability to citizens.”
Saskatchewan First Nations ranked in Aboriginal Governance Index
Policy Analyst Joseph Quesnel was interviewed by the Regina Leader-Post about First Nations’ rankings in Saskatchewan.
Put the Lives of First Nation Women Above Politics
Policy analyst Joseph Quesnel argues First Nation organizations should end their opposition to Bill C-8, legislation to provide First Nation women with property rights protection when their marriage falls apart.
Enough with Band Election Shenanigans
Policy analyst Joseph Quesnel points out how First Nations are their own worst enemy as their conduct of elections gives Indian Affairs an excuse to intervene. One possible solution is to empower grassroots indigenous people to change their own election regulations.
Let’s Have Real Elections at the Assembly of First Nations
To be selected as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), one only need receive a majority of votes from chiefs, not citizens. By only speaking for chiefs, the AFN represents the institutional interests of the band system; they cannot be expected to criticize corruption and lack of accountability on reserves. The Frontier Centre’s policy analyst Joseph Quesnel says the system needs to be democratized so that average band members select the national chief.
A New Look at Canadian Indian Policy: Respect the Collective – Promote the Individual
Frontier policy analyst Joseph Quesnel reviews an excellent new book on Indian policy by Gordon Gibson, where Gibson argues the central problems confronting First Nations are the result of preferring the collective over the individual.
Maori Provide Lesson For Canadian Aboriginals
While Martin was delivering his plea to continue along this tearful trail of failure, Joseph Quesnel, a Quebec Métis, wrote a useful study published by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, a growing and imaginative think-tank headquartered in Winnipeg.
Report Analysis Suggests Ways to Improve First Nation Outcomes
The Centre’s background paper, Indigenous Peoples from an International Perspective: How is Canada Faring? and written by Joseph Quesnel, used the report’s results to determine how First Nations in Canada could do better.