When the British government revealed the existence of a new strain of COVID-19 just days before Christmas, it proved an effective way for the prime minister to enforce strict Tier 4 lockdown measures on much of the south of England with minimal fuss. It also very...
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Alberta and Other Provinces Should Sell Their Oil and Gas Rights
Lack of diversification is an invitation to risk and disaster that nearly all investors are aware of. Very few of them, whether institutional, corporate, or individual, would put their total net worth into one sector. Yet, that is just what Alberta, Newfoundland and...
"Remember that the games that were played on land in the Prairies had to do with money. It didn’t have to do with breeds or Indians, it had to do with money. But you use the fact that they were Indians or breeds or something to justify a behaviour. As a justification....
One-Size-Fits-All Education Denies Talent Diversity: Educational Romanticism Harms Children, Devalues Trades
Canadians have an unhealthy obsession with statistical parity. In 2015, Canada’s Prime Minister introduced his 50-50 cabinet, prioritizing gender over merit in the name of equality. Now, the current Ontario minister of education has announced the end of academic...
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Rising Unemployment Poses a Threat to CMHC, Mortgage Insurer to High-Risk Home Buyers
The shutdowns ordered by governments in Canada to slow the spread of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus have caused unemployment to leap. Most of the millions of workers laid off thus far have been low- and lower-middle-income wage earners, just the sort of people who may...
Pandemic Lockdown: Are We Just Delaying the Inevitable?
Most Western countries have been in lockdown for more than a month to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Schools have been emptied and all businesses deemed nonessential have been closed by government order. This is an enormously expensive strategy. Our...
Euro-Canada Consumer Healthcare Index
PowerPoints from the Frontier/Healthcare Powerhouse Meeting for Policy Experts seminars in Winnipeg, Regina and Calgary – January 2008
Canada at the bottom in 30 country health-care survey
“The Austrians, the French, and the Dutch enjoy better and more accessible healthcare than we do, and at a lower per capita cost. There is no reason why Canada cannot improve and reach a similar level, and the release of the Index marks an important new tool to use to this end.”
Euro-Canada Health Consumer Index 2008
European and Canadian Think Tanks release the 2008 Euro-Canada Consumer Healthcare Index, the first-ever international consumer-focused bench-marking of Canada vs. 29 European countries.
Tax Cut Better Than a Pay Raise for Poor
A report by a Prairie-based accountant and community activist claims that tax cuts help poor people better than raising the minimum wage. David Pankratz's study for the Frontier Centre for Public Policy says that employees have to pay more taxes when the minimum wage...
New Funding for Native Entrepreneurs Positive Move
New funding for Manitoba First Nations entrepreneurs requires strong leadership to ensure that budding business people have the unmolested support of their band councils.
A Billion People live on a Dollar a Day
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Antoine Hacault
Frontier discusses a troubling precedent-setting case with Antoine Hacault, the lawyer for the Foulliard family from the RM of Ellice, Manitoba. The local RM council is movng to expropriate their land for tourism development purposes.
Dr. Jacques Chaoulli
Our conversation with Dr. Jacques Chaoulli, the man who successfully challenged Canada’s entrenched healthcare monopoly.
It’s Great to Come Home – but . . .
It’s Great to Come Home – but . . .