Modern democracy is the crucible in which conflicts, grievances, rights, privileges, and power have been melded to produce a period of unprecedented peace following World War II, a period that gave rise to capitalism, to globalization, and to the vision of a global...
Canadian universities had been shut down since March because of the COVID-19 virus. Yet, during the first week of classes in September, university professors went on a two-day “Scholar Strike” to protest against “anti-black violence.” One wonders why this strike...
A scientific scandal of epic proportions has led to costly, overly restrictive regulations and harmed patients by greatly precluding the use of radiation in curative medicine. Dr. Edward J. Calabrese, Professor of Toxicology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst...
The COVID-19 pandemic has morphed from a public health issue into a political hot potato, riddled with fear and confusion, not excluding the education sector. The game’s key players are politicians, unions, and advocacy groups, leaving students and their parents,...
The Alberta Premier recently raised the possibility of implementing a provincial police service. "We will invite the panel to explore the feasibility of establishing an Alberta provincial police force by ending the Alberta Police Service Agreement with the Government...
Divesting YVR will benefit B.C. taxpayers Vancouver International Airport WINNIPEG, MB, February 2020 - The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has just released The Raven Still Has Tricks Aplenty: A Valuation & Strategic Appraisal of Vancouver International Airport...
The powerpoint slides from Roger Samson’s presentations in Portage La Prairie and Winnipeg, Frontier Centre for Public Policy on the potential for pelletized biofuels in Manitoba, Canada and North America.
The Prairies are ideally situated for an exciting new industry that makes ecological and economic sense.
Healthy, Wealthy and Wise: Five Steps to a Better Health Care System, by John F. Cogan, R. Glenn Hubbard, and Daniel P. Kessler, AEI Press, 139 pages,$18 No politician campaigning in January’s federal election would have dared to recommend that Canada adopt...
In all provinces except Alberta, school choice is the exception rather than the rule, and the results show that Alberta’s on the right track.
Paul Martin was putty in the hands of the Chiefs, but Stephen Harper might prove different.
Well-intended regulations on the use of port containers makes their use for shipping food to foreign customers much too expensive.
Frontier takes a shot at a throne speech – in the Canada West Foundation’s Dialogues magazine, January 2006.
A crop that grows naturally on the North American prairies could help solve our energy problems while providing farmers with an important new source of revenue.
A major new study of housing affordability ranks Winnipeg and Edmonton as among the most affordable markets in the world.