Canada’s latest political drama has come from the current state of jeopardy of the Trans Mountain pipeline. The B.C. government is asking the courts if it can block the pipeline, creating bipartisan agreement by Alberta politicians for some radical policies. …
Teachers’ Unions Should Resist Education Fads
The primary responsibility of teachers’ unions is to represent their members. This includes advocating for better wages, opposing unfair working conditions, and ensuring that all teachers receive due process when their jobs are in jeopardy. Obviously, these are the very …
Get Out of Jail Free Card?
Recently, a jury’s acquittal of a white man for the killing of an Indigenous man is highlighting some of the deepest divisions in this country. One of those divisions is between people living on reserves, and the farmers and townspeople …
Canadian Culture in Cross-Cultural Perspective
The view that ‘‘There is no core identity, no mainstream in Canada,’’ put forward by the Prime Minister,[1] appears to be factually incorrect. In reality, notwithstanding Canada’s official multiculturalism policy[2], Canadian culture is firmly based in Western civilization.[3] The main …
Day 20 – Frontier’s Advent Calendar
Day 20 – Advent is the season of preparing for Christmas. Here at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy we want to tell you about some of the things we would like to see under our tree. On Day …
Oil Prices and the Canadian Economy
Back in 2010, soaring oil prices and the accompanying appreciation of the Canadian dollar was perceived by some to be a major problem for the Canadian manufacturing sector. People argued that our economy suffered from a “resource curse”- a phenomenon …
Canada’s Affluent Middle-Class at Risk
According to The New York Times, Canada now has the most affluent middle-class in the world. This is based on a newspaper study commissioned by LIS, which maintains the Luxembourg Income Study Database. According to The Times “the American middle …
Conversation with David Vardy
David Vardy holds degrees in Economics from Memorial University, the University of Toronto and Princeton University. He was a member of the economics faculty at Queen’s University before returning to Newfoundland and Labrador to serve as a senior public servant …
Resignation of national chief sad day
It truly is a sad day when a sitting national chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) feels he must resign from his position. This brings an end to the career of a national chief who has distinguished himself …