Vaccinations are happening, and lockdowns will finally end. Politicians, and supportive media, will tell us that their lockdown policies saved us. The public will be praised for enduring all of the hardships, including school and business closures, an almost complete...
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Flying High on Abundant Cash Flow: A Valuation & Strategic Appraisal of the Regina International Airport
Divesting YQR will benefit taxpayers Regina International Airport WINNIPEG, MB, January 21, 2021 - The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has just released Flying High on Abundant Cash Flow: A Valuation & Strategic Appraisal of the Regina International Airport by...
COVID-19 is Endemic: What Now?
Recent pronouncements by the World Health Organization (WHO) suggest its view of COVID-19 seems to be evolving from a “pandemic” threat that is novel and spreading, to an “endemic” threat that has established itself as just another new contestant in the vast ecosystem...
Lessons from Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem means “a memorial and a name.” Though I am not a Jew, I nevertheless add my name of Lee Harding and my memories of my visit. My visit in 2009 to the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem has left an enduring impact on me. The largest lasting...
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Even Though Schools are Closed, Learning Must Continue
School is out across Manitoba. Earlier this week, the Minister of Education announced that classes won’t resume until the Chief Provincial Public Health Officer says it is safe to do so. This means that teachers must become distance learning educators. School...
UNDRIP Is Coming At You
With Canada’s rail transportation system at a standstill, and fires being lit under passing trains- while police stand by helplessly and our Prime Minister makes ineffectual speeches about “dialogue” - you might be thinking that things could not get any worse. Well,...
After the Chaoulli Judgment — What’s Next?
PowerPoint slides from Lunch on the Frontier with Dr. Jacques Chaoulli, December 6, 2007 in Winnipeg.
Adaptation, Not Emission Cuts
Government officials from around the world have descended on the Indonesian resort island of Bali for two weeks of climate negotiations. The talk is of a new Kyoto-like treaty, with global caps on emissions of greenhouse gases. But such a treaty would harm the poor,...
A Thread Down a Football Field
An analysis of why the west side transmission line in Manitoba is sub-optimal environmental and energy policy.
Don’t Fight, Adapt
An Open Letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on climate change. It is signed by more than 100 specialists from around the world — many are leading figures in their fields, from climate science to economics to biology.
Regulation, Aid Not Solution to Climate Change – Report
A new report* released Monday December 3rd, produced by 41 institutes from around the world, concludes: Cutting greenhouse gas emissions in the coming two decades is not a cost-effective way to address climate change. Deaths from climate related natural disasters have...
Selected Media Coverage of the 2007 Local Government Performance Index
Newspaper Edmonton Journal - November 27, 2007 The Windsor Star - November 28, 2007 Vancouver Sun - November 28, 2007 The Montreal Gazette - November 28, 2007 The Halifax Daily News - November 29, 2007 Windsor Star - November 29, 2007 The Montreal Gazette - November...
Happy Birthday, Sir Roger
It’s time to celebrate Sir Roger for his courage and pragmatic, if dramatic, policy leadership. “I don’t put labels on anything,” is a clue to why he was able to dance across the political spectrum and trample stereotypical expectations.
Sir Roger Douglas
An interview with policy visionary and Frontier Policy Advisory Board member Sir Roger Douglas from New Zealand.
Building a Local Government Performance Index – Halifax PowerPoint
PowerPoint slides from the Meeting for Policy Experts presentation with Larry Mitchell, Local Government Performance Analyst from New Zealand on November 28, 2007 in Halifax at the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies.