In November 2020, China and 14 Asia-Pacific countries (including Japan and South Korea) signed a free trade deal covering 2.2 billion people and nearly 30% of the international trade. This new treaty (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership) shows that the Pacific...
Canadians have no idea all of the fancy Tesla battery technology has mostly been developed in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Dalhousie University has partnered with the American Electric Vehicle (EV) manufacturer, and created what is commonly referred to as the Tesla Dalhousie...
Hydro was once heralded as “Manitoba’s oil”. The Limestone Dam was finished in 1990, twice the size of Keeyask (still under construction) – at one-sixth its cost. With Limestone running, residential and industry customers could look forward to having cheap and...
In January and February, the Canadian public watched as COVID-19 was announced in China. It spread to Italy, then to Germany, Spain, France, and then to the UK. The media, fascinated by the ratings they were receiving by covering the disease, relentlessly extolled the...
As of January 1, 2020, all applicants for permanent residence under an economic stream in Quebec must pass the “values test” to receive an attestation which is a condition of being granted a Selection Certificate. The test and an accompanying guide have been designed...
In February, Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault told the press that the Canadian government had “no intention” of imposing licensing requirements on news organisations, and that they will not “try to regulate new content.” The clarification came after Guilbeault told...
CWB directors, who are now challenging the recent freeing of the barley market in court, appear to be driven by an unwavering commitment to the notion they alone know what is best for all farmers, and they are willing to say and do anything to preserve their positions of power and control.
A Professor Emeritus from Pretoria, South Africa attributes changes in weather to variations in solar activity not man-made CO2 emissions.
All across the land, native leaders are beating the drums for tomorrow's National Day of Action. The point of the protests, they claim, is to "educate" the rest of us about the terrible conditions endured by aboriginals. "Poverty among Canada's first nations peoples...
Countless memorials to a Prairie institution – the one-room schoolhouse – dot the highways and back roads of rural Manitoba. These bygone institutions, where thousands of Manitoba children learned how to read, write and do basic arithmetic, slowly disappeared as...
Frontier’s conversation with the author of “Dances With Dependecy”, Calvin Helin
A visit to a remote First Nation presents a microcosm of Canada’s severely dysfunctional aboriginal policy, which revolves around subsidizing people to languish on isolated reserves where there is no economy.
A new report analyzing the value that the Canadian Wheat Board insists it delivers to Prairie farmers offers “instant absolute proof” to the contrary, says its author. Far from maximizing returns back to producers, the board is actually leaving an “astounding” amount...
The old regime that retains a majority on council is once again showing the people that they have absolute power and that no one should dare challenge it. The situation is especially stressful for appeal committee members and their families. They know that the wrong decision could mean the end of their careers and very intimidated lives if they remain on the reserve.
Recently Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams and Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald have been complaining that the federal government has broken the Atlantic accord on equalization payments. The federal Conservatives' Atlantic MPs have been on the verge of a caucus...