“Look to the rock from which you were hewn And to the quarry from which you were dug.” --Isaiah 51:1b1 When it comes to Islamism and the Muslim Brotherhood, Britain and France pay close and wary attention while Canada barely glances. It should be different. The...
Canadian mining companies have proved sustainable economic growth is compatible with the safe handling of a pandemic. Their financial acumen and business resilience show the rest of the country the way forward. A PwC report released in June 2020 demonstrates Canadian...
State-run child care advocates saw opportunity in the COVID-19 crisis. Working moms returned home to care for their children, some able to continue paid work from home, and others not. As a result, calls for universal child care grew louder than they had for 15 years....
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the short-sightedness of neglecting economic growth. Rather than harnessing the power of Canadian industries, the progressive elite has for years stoked fears and left the economy less prepared for crises. Canada’s energy sector is...
On January 30th Frontier Centre for Public Policy joined together with more than 145 think tanks, IGOs, NGOs, and civil society organizations around the world to hosted “Why Think Tanks Matter: The Future of Think Tanks and Policy Advice.” Events took place in 85...
Usually, an article about public policy is what some leader or bureaucrat should do. But what happens when the law and the government are misguided? At that point, the “decision-maker” is simply a citizen who decides whether they will stand up or cower, whether they...
The annoying thing about fundamentalism is that it takes an idea and holds to it without interpretation, nuance or questioning. It dismisses contrary evidence and pays attention only to that which reinforces the belief first taken on faith. The most recent example is...
What Manitoba needs is a strategy to reduce dependence on transfers, not increase it.
Federal election irregularities in a riding heavily populated by aboriginals are a reminder that democratic values require more than just lip service. Such problems need to be openly and clearly addressed.
Instead of lowering the GST, why not give it to the provinces in exchange for an end to federal transfer programs?
'We were told it couldn't be done. Too many people had tried and failed.' -- Ray Dueck MORRIS -- Got gas? Gas from biomass, that is? Some people do, and they're laughing all the way to the bank. A biomass gasifier that turns straw into heat is proving a huge...
The new Conservative government is uniquely positioned to forge a new, modern environmentalism.
Can we win environmentally and economically by using Prairie biomass as heating fuel? Roger Samson emphatically says, “Yes.”
Powerpoint Presentations from Biomass Conference Portage La Prairie
Farmer’s Indepent Weekly coverage of Biomass Conference in Portage La Prairie, February 2, 2006.