In 2020, for many Canadians in remote and Northern regions – in both Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities – access to reliable cell phone coverage is still a distant reality. That should be a national scandal. Politicians of all stripes continue to promise...
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The Return of Traditional Teaching
Desks in rows with students facing the front of the room. Teachers providing lots of direct instruction. Students spending plenty of time doing individual practice work in their own desks. No, we did not travel back to the 1950s. This is what many classrooms look...
Ripping Off the Bandage
Coronavirus infection numbers have been spiking in parts of Manitoba. Brandon has seen a significant number of new infections, and is now considered a “code orange” area. Some of the limited local events scheduled have been cancelled, and some restaurants in the area...
The Dirt on Democracy
If the majority of the electorate has not already been disillusioned and alienated by the extreme partisanship of politics, the upcoming elections in the United States, the so-called beacon of democracy, will likely push another generation of voters over the precipice...
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Canada is Losing Its Competitiveness
Canada is gradually losing its competitiveness. According to the Institute for Management Development (IMD)1, a graduate business school and research centre, we are down three spots from 2018 to 13th. Canada is now ranked below the USA and Switzerland, as well as...
Why Think Tanks Matter?
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 hosted “Why Think Tanks Matter: The Future of Think Tanks and Policy Advice.” Events took place in 85...
Geoffrey Segal, Director of Government Reform, Reason Foundation
Frontier Centre:You have described the contracting out of government services as a rapidly growing phenomenon. Is it still? Geoffrey Segal: Well, rapidly is a very subjective term and it really is relative to past experience. When we look specifically at the United...
Tasha Kheiriddin, Co-Author of Rescuing Canada’s Right
The way to challenge the federal political hegemony of the Liberal Party, according to this author, is to build a small-“c” conservative infrastructure.
Playing Russian Roulette with Trade
It’s unanimous; all parties in Parliament are risking Canada’s whole farm sector by catering to the interests of a small minority.
Profitable Health Care
When will the patient’s pains and suffering be addressed by our government. The saying “if it is not broke don’t fix it” does not apply to our medical system as it has been broken for decades.
China’s New Growth—What Canada Can Learn
Should Canada remain a supplier of raw resources, or embrace economic expansion like the Chinese?
Growing Hog Opportunities on the Prairies
Further growth in the burgeoning pork industry is hampered by high feed costs, and a simple solution is available.
Managing and Protecting Alberta’s Petro-wealth
Oil riches can quickly evaporate unless they’re protected from internal and external looting.
“Data Never Tell a Story—They Must Be Interpreted”
A reasonable interpretation of this international survey could lead to an opposite conclusion: that free-market healthcare systems are superior.
Johan Hjertqvist, President, Health Consumer Powerhouse, Brussels
The new EuroHealth Index is beginning the next wave in public services, where consumers are empowered with information that assists them in navigating the bureaucratic byways of service provision.