Day 15 - 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 15 we wish that Alberta would deposit 30% of resource revenue into...
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Procurement and Entrepreneurship
WINNIPEG, MB, December 13, 2017 - The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has just released a new research paper Procurement and Entrepreneurship. This research paper is authored by Joshua Morry, a research associate with Frontier Centre for Public Policy. The paper...
Day 14 – Frontier’s Advent Calendar
Day 14 - 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 14 we wish Ottawa and all provincial capitals would dramatically...
Day 13 – Frontier’s Advent Calendar
Day 13 - 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 13 we would like to see transformative, “out of the box” reform of...
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The Zero-in-Ten Plan for Ending the Indian Act and Reserve System
Rise of Shadow Banking is Victory for Consumers
Competitors Mean Less Power for Incumbents, Central Bank Financial intermediation outside the banking system, also known as shadow banking, is growing by leaps and bounds in Canada. It is a CAD$1.5 trillion industry that expanded by 30 percent between 2015 and 2017,...
Urban Reserves, A Temporary Stop-Gap
The implementation of urban reserves in Prairie cities is not perfect public policy, but the concept holds promise as a vehicle to enhance native incomes until other laws are reformed.
A Home Run for Winnipeg?
Glenn Murray’s “New Deal for Cities” would shift municipal taxes in important and positive ways.
Transgenic Crops Benefit Environment
Transgenic crops confer overwhelming environmental benefits on modern agriculture.
Canada’s New Spirit
The Economist’s cover story on Canada’s new spirit from September 2003
Why Doha Must Succeed
One day the majority of people in these countries will wake up and understand how much better off they would be if they did away with farm subsidies and protection. Governments would save themselves billions of dollars. Consumers and taxpayers would get a much better deal and farmers would enjoy freedom and opportunities they do not have now.
Fund Success, Not Seats in Lecture Halls
Current methods of funding universities encourage high to enrolments, but contain weak incentives for ensuring the students will earn degrees.
Quebec Turns to Net to Improve Health Care
The Internet will allow patients to become “health consumers,” the province’s health minister said at the Quebec Liberal party’s general council meeting on Saturday.
What can be Done About the “Under-Funding” of Canadian Universities?
Three policy changes to improve the performance of universities
Lessons from B.C.’s Forest Fires
B.C.’s forest fires are the result of misguided forest management practices.