Ben Eisen and Eric Merkley show that oil sands development is an important economic opportunity contrary to the comments of EU clean energy advisor Jeremy Rifkin.
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Zero Tuition Makes Zero Sense
Ben Eisen shows why the Alberta Liberal party’s proposal to eliminate tuition in the province is not supported by the evidence.
Media Release – Case Studies in Pricing-Based Carbon Controls: The Economic, Environmental and Political Consequences of Carbon Pricing
Eric Merkley, Ben Eisen and Kenneth Green examine the consequences of carbon taxes and cap-and-trade policies.
The Economic, Environmental and Political Consequences of Carbon Pricing: Case Studies in Pricing-Based Carbon Controls
Eric Merkley, Ben Eisen and Kenneth Green examine 8 case studies in carbon pricing from around the world, and assess their economic, environmental and political consequences.
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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...
Myths about Childcare Subsidies: The facts on daycare
Is day care an unalloyed good? Policy Analyst Ben Eisen looks at the research literature and finds the benefits of daycare to be ambiguous, and that a universal childcare system is likely an overly expensive and inefficient policy option.
Media Release – Myths about Childcare Subsidies: The Frontier Centre looks at daycare facts
Is day care an unalloyed good? A new paper by Frontier’s Ben Eisen looks at the research literature and finds the benefits of daycare to be ambiguous, and that a universal childcare system is likely an overly expensive and inefficient policy option.
Saskatchewan’s Surgical Wait Times Rated The Worst In Canada
Frontier Centre in the Media – Ben Eisen is interviewed by the Regina Leader-Post regarding Frontier’s release of our 2009 Canada Health Consumer Index.
The Environmental State of Canada – Slides
PowerPoint slides detailing Canada’s environmental progress which accompanied the Meeting for Policy Experts seminar by Dr. Ken Green and Ben Eisen in Winnipeg on June 17th, 2009.
On Healthcare, Former East Bloc Countries Beat Canada’s System
Policy Analyst Ben Eisen discusses European alternatives to Canada’s inefficient and bureaucratic health care system.
Measuring the Size and Cost of Manitoba’s and Saskatchewan’s Public Sectors
In September 2014, the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) released a policy paper that looked at the size and cost of Atlantic Canada’s public sector. AIMS researchers Ben Eisen and Shaun Fantauzzo examined Statistics Canada data to empirically assess the...
Frontier Centre Releases Declining Equalization Payments and Fiscal Challenges in the Small “Have-not” Provinces
Today, the Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP) and the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) released a new paper documenting a recent decline in equalization payments (relative to provincial GDP) to Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward...
Equalization payments do nobody any favours
Source: Barry Cooper, The Calgary Herald, 12 Nov 2013 Legislation governing Canada’s equalization program, which supports most intergovernmental transfers, is scheduled to expire next March. Bureaucrats have been negotiating over new terms for at least a year. In...
Behind The Scenes
As our blog is a little more casual than our regular publications, I think it provides a good opportunity to give you all a bit of a behind-the-scenes look at what we do here at the Frontier. Given how spread out we are across the country, we usually conduct our...