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...
Day 12 - 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 12 we wish that Canadian government would bring in spending limit...
The Canadian Government is sending $25,000,000 of taxpayers’ money[i] to UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which is uniquely dedicated to supporting Palestine refugees.[ii] Some observers[iii] say that UNRWA actively supports Hamas, the Muslim...
Day 10 - 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 10 we wish that governments would replace rent controls (which...
Hats off to teachers, educational support staff, and education leaders who have quickly led a historic transition from traditional bricks and mortar programming to online and homeschool education programs for a majority of Canadian K-12 students. Considering the short...
Urban planners and social critics have long urged that we move to higher density, high rise urban centers, and away from dispersed, low rise, and especially single-family dwellings in the suburbs and exurbs. One of the main arguments in favor is that dense urban...
B.C.’s forest fires are the result of misguided forest management practices.
Canada’s debt-GDP has continued to fall faster than that of most other G7 countries.
As usual, consumers will pay the tab for the great blackout of 2003. Utilities and regulators will face no penalties for the fiasco. Genuine accountability exists in England, where companies must pay consumers direct cash if they incur service failures. Power outages have dropped by two-thirds.
American softwood lumber tariffs are causing economic damage, but in the long run they may strengthen Canada’s forest industry.
The loss of the Neepawa hog processing facility has important lessons for rural residents.
Canadians are among the world’s most profligate users of water because the price of water is so cheap.
The fully mature Danish welfare state is not achieving its ideals. Despite massive redistribution of wealth, problems with crime, health care and education persist.
Trading schemes encourage cleaner water
Repealing rent controls brings a substantial increase in housing investments according to Manhattan Institute study.