Frontier interviews Canada’s finance minister Paul Martin.
God is not a Fish Inspector
Manitoba writer W.D. Valgardson wrote a book of short stories about his family, Lake Winnipeg commercial fishermen. It recounts in poignant detail the village life of bygone days.
Federal Finance Minister Paul Martin endorses Frontier Centre policy proposal
In a speech yesterday, Federal Finance Minister Hon. Paul Martin said that he was supportive of a major policy initiative.
Something Fishy This Way Comes
A new regime of direct federal control over inland waterways, imposed by fiat from Ottawa, is about to descend on the Prairies.
The Federalization of Prairie Freshwaters
The federal and provincial governments share jurisdiction for the management of some natural resources and the environment.
*Privatizing Hospitals Around the Globe
As governments struggle with rising health care costs, public-private partnerships in constructing and managing public hospitals can provide innovative ways to control costs and improve service.
‘Father of Equalization’ says programme can be destroyed by politics and design flaws
Professor James Buchanan, 1986 Nobel Laureate in Economics, says that equalization programmes can be captured and destroyed by politics and bad design. Known as one of the “fathers of equalization” because his early writings were highly influential in the design of equalization programmes such as Canada’s, Buchanan revisited his arguments of 50 years ago in Montreal today.
A Precedent For Ending School Boards
Winnipeg residents suffer the highest residential property taxes in the country.
School Choice, Kiwi-Style
As in most jurisdictions in North America, including Manitoba, New Zealand was grappling with major policy questions about education, from improving student performance to funding formulas, from charter schools to classroom size.