PowerPoint slides which accompanied Frontier’s Policy Analyst Joseph Quesnel speech for Tobacco Education Day in Richmond Hill, Ontario on November 30, 2010.
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Manitoba Should not let Government Nursing Unions Throttle Their Competition
As we start 2025, Manitobans should let their government know that it should commit to putting the health care of Manitobans ahead before any other interest. Manitoba can begin in one area: Using private nurses to help supplement the public system. This past...
New Report Argues Economic Independence Must Precede Political Autonomy for First Nations in Canada
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Winnipeg City Council’s War on Natural Gas Shows the Need to Counter Special Interests
Some members of the Winnipeg City Council are determined to continue their reckless war on natural gas in buildings in Canada’s coldest city. The latest move occurred at City Council when the City’s Standing Policy Committee on Water, Waste and Environment...
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There’s Nothing Fair About Canadian Health Care
For the past 14 years, Vancouver surgeon Dr. Brian Day has led the charge for health-care reform, pushing for the right of patients to pay for private care if their health and well-being are threatened as a result of waiting in a stagnant and overburdened public...
Transformers: More than Meets the Eye
The path to net zero, based on the much disputed belief that carbon dioxide is a pollution, is more steep and impractical than most people realize. Replacing fossil fuels with clean electricity will require much more power generation and a greatly upgraded grid to...
Autonomous, Not Untouchable: New Report Urges Canada to Rethink Police Accountability
Winnipeg, September 2024 – A new report from the Frontier Centre for Public Policy titled “They Must Not Become the Law Unto Themselves: Bringing Made-in-Canada Democratic Accountability to Autonomous Policing” argues that police independence in Canada is...
Healthcare Innovation Isn’t ‘Scary.’ Canada’s Broken System Is
Why is the Globe and Mail afraid of healthcare reform that works? The Globe and Mail editorial board seems to find healthcare innovation “scary.” On Sept. 3, it published an editorial called “Danielle Smith has a scary fix for healthcare,” criticizing the Alberta...
Provincial Budgetary Shortfalls Show Need for Deep Fiscal Restraint
Manitoba’s provincial government is finding itself in a financial downturn even as it is set to receive an historic 24 per cent bump in its equalization payments. Something is clearly amiss in the land of polar bears, bison, and Slurpees. The problem is the government...
UBCIC Chiefs Commit A Grave Error In Labelling Authors As Racist Deniers
UBCIC Chiefs attempt to suppress open debate on residential schools.
They Would Call Me a “Denier” – Let Me Explain what I Believe about Residential Schools in Canada
In our largely “post-truth” society, the validity of a given statement is increasingly assessed based on who is making it. There are even those who believe that only some should be allowed to say certain things – while others should be scorned or even imprisoned for...
Manitoba First Nations Should Opt for Economic Collaboration, Not Confrontation
Some First Nations in Manitoba are leading the way on economic development. They are seeking out ways to find value-added opportunities and collaborate with private third parties and other governments. These communities are not waiting around for opportunities to...
Money Under False Pretences?
When is a hoax, not a hoax? They knew the study revealed 'anomalies,' not bodies. A recent article appeared in the Western Standard admonishing conservatives for using the term “hoax” when referring to the Kamloops claim — namely the MAY 27, 2021 claim — that...
Sadly, AFN Remains Bad Venue for Future-Oriented Prosperity Message
Manitoba’s First Nations should reflect on the AFN’s direction as they consider negative reactions to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre at a recent Assembly of First Nations (AFN) meeting in Montreal. Poilievre, who in the past has boldly said we need to end the...
The Dangerous Slippery Slope of Activist-Driven Climate Lawsuits
Manitobans should be concerned climate activists are pushing climate change litigation – or climate change tort cases – at the U.S. state and local levels. We should all be prepared if this bizarre new legal trend introduced by climate change alarmists comes to...