“For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit,” Noam Chomsky once said. Emergency orders and the moralizing pronouncements of politicians have put heavy burdens on people. But in some cases, these were the mandates of hypocrites. “As we all make sacrifices...
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$1.3B Leave it in the Ground Blunder at Windy Craggy (or N’tsi Tata)
A World Heritage site designation continues to prevent the development of one of the largest cobalt and copper deposits in North America, thereby denying opportunities for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities and serving as an example of how environmental...
Coronaphobia
Coronaphobia may not have entered our official vocabulary, but it deserves to. Virus fears have affected public policy and our daily lives. The condition is held by a great number of people. It is understandable why the elderly and immunosuppressed are worried. What...
Defund the Police? How About We Defund the Universities.
Our universities have nurtured and foisted on America and Canada an extreme radicalism that vilifies American and Canadian history, society, and culture. This radicalism stems in the first instance from identity grievance studies programs, such as feminist and gender...
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Politics and the 2020 Plague
The Great Plague of 2020, like other disasters before it, has brought forth moves by governments to implement emergency powers that would not have been allowed to the ruler in normal times. Across the United States, governors have triggered clauses that grant them...
Just Delaying the Inevitable?
We are in lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Schools are emptied and businesses deemed non-essential closed. We must know that we are saddling the next generation with crushing debt and enormous social costs. The rationale is by social distancing measures...
The Baltic Tiger
A small European nation is outperforming older economies by three to one, find out how & what Canada might learn from them.
Temperature Shift or Measurement Shift?
A fast overview of the issue of land-based temperature measurement and the difficulties presented by urban heat islands.
Competitive Tendering Saves Winnipeg 40%
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The Urban Heat Island Effect in Winnipeg
Temperatures are warmer in the centre city compared to more isolated measuring points.
Competitive Tendering Saves Winnipeg 40%
What happens when a municipal service delivered by an in-house monopoly is exposed to competition?
Drug Dealers and Global Warming – Parallel Parables?
People respond to incentives – we compare incentives of climate change information providers and the actors in an infamous Mexican parable.
Mart Laar, Prime Minister of Estonia (1992-94 and 1999-2002)
Frontier discusses the Baltic Tiger in a conversation with Mart Laar, the former Prime Minister of Estonia.
The Mulroney Factor
In general, Mulroney pushed an often reluctant Canadian public toward smaller government, freer enterprise, and a reduced public sector.
Cracking Egg-Heads at the U of M – PowerPoint
PowerPoint from Breakfast on the Frontier with University of Manitoba Professor Rodney Clifton, September 12, 2007.