The Local Government Performance Index ranks the top 100 Canadian cities on their financial transparency and performance over the 2012 financial year. Since the first edition in 2007, the comprehensive annual report has pushed municipal governments across Canada to...
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Frontier Centre Releases 7th Annual Local Government Performance Index
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has today released the seventh annual edition of its influential Local Government Performance Index. The Index ranks the top 100 Canadian cities on their financial transparency and performance over the 2012 financial year. Since...
Frontier Centre Releases 10th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey
Today the Frontier Centre released the 10th Annual Demographia Housing Affordability Survey. The survey covers 360 metropolitan housing markets in Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, The United Kingdom, and the United States, including 35 Canadian markets....
Report Calling Sask. Unaffordable Got it All Wrong
Frontier Senior Fellow Wendell Cox explains how the article “Report Calling Sask. Unaffordable Got it All Wrong” from the Saskatoon StarPhoenix confuses statistics to reach a mistaken conclusion.
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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...
Majority of Band Residents Report Political Meddling in Businesses: Action needed to create division between politics and business
The Third Annual Aboriginal Governance Index demonstrates that on many reserves band officials are still inappropriately engaging in business activities.
Behind The Classroom Door: A Guide To The High School Report Card
AIMS and the Frontier Centre release an Interim High School Report Card for Western Canada.
3rd/4th Annual Local Government Performance Index
An easily accessible index of financial statistics and assessments of reporting standards for 88 Canadian municipalities.
Suzuki Report Provides Honest Environmental Advocacy: Study confirms that emission cuts will cost billions
The Suzuki/Pembina greenhouse gas report recognizes that significant greenhouse gas reductions cannot be achieved without substantial costs in terms of lost economic growth.
Report Calls for ‘User-Pay’ System
“A local think-tank thinks the user-pay concept should apply to rural roads damaged by mining, forestry, oil and gas companies and other heavy users.”
Report, then Reform Reserves
“We have long been advocates of more independence and responsibility for First Nations governments; not just more money and power — the typical demands of national Aboriginal politicians — but more transparency and accountability to those governed by band councils, too.”
City Debt, Taxes Higher Than Average — Report
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy released last week a financial analysis of 79 Canadian cities. The report, which calls for greater consistency among municipal financial reporting, found St. Albert property owners paid 18 per cent more in taxes per household last year compared to 10 other prairie cities.
Media Release – New report compares municipal government’s financial performance
New study released compares the financial health and financial reporting standards of Canada’s 79 most populous municipalities.
2nd/3rd Annual Local Government Performance Index
Comparing the financial health and financial reporting standards of Canada’s largest municipalities.