“I cannot but wonder why are people pushing for Socialism and Communism?” an elderly friend wrote on Facebook. “Are they that misinformed and believing it?” If we concede the answer is “yes,” the next question is “Why?” The late Yuri Bezmenov, a former KGB operative...
Most countries that adopted the “lockdown” model are still in the thick of the pandemic. Typically, there is an easing of rules when infection rates decrease, but when rules are relaxed and infection rates naturally rise, authorities clamp down again. Masks go off -...
The academic world was all a-twitter a few weeks back with the enormously humorous idea of a “Scholars’ Strike”. The idea was that on September 9th and 10th, university professors would put down their intellectual tools and by doing nothing – or indulging in...
We have not reached the technological point where we can expect to see driverless vehicles plying our roadways, yet. However, as a recent incident on the QE2 highway in Alberta has demonstrated, we might be edging closer than some of us might have thought. How close...
The Churchill pipeline would revitalize the long-neglected economies of northern Manitoba and northern Saskatchewan, but the ultimate success of this pipeline to Churchill, Manitoba will depend on the involvement and support of Indigenous communities in both Manitoba...
Scruton recognized the problem of enforcing regulations and being watchful for abuse even for conservatives. Human nature was an issue he became interested in as he grew older. He noted, for example, that modern communications, especially social media, has seriously...
Did the Frontier Centre disrespect aboriginal leaders when it surveyed Indian reservations, because it didn’t follow “appropriate protocols”?
The newly named Canadian Environmental Defence Fund bangs the bushes for money with another scary “study.”
Ag Policy Fellow Rolf Penners eats a Crow
Since 1999, all Canadian jurisdictions have experienced declining tax loads. The most dramatic reductions have been in B.C. and Alberta, followed by Saskatchewan. Manitoba’s reductions have been the least aggressive in the region, and have declined by only a third of B.C.’s reductions and by less than half of Alberta’s.
Powerpoint slides from Lunch on the Frontier presentation by Rev. Harry Lehotsky, New Life Ministries, Winnipeg – June 19, 2006
Across the United States, school districts are emulating the Edmonton Public School Board’s model of school-based management, diversity and choice.
Good people sometimes stuck in bad situations. That’s what surveyers found on Manitoba’s First Nations.
A warmer Canada would improve our lives in several ways too numerous to list. Global warming? Let’s hope so.
How well are Manitoba’s First Nations governed? A groundbreaking Index ranks them according to what their own people think.