The University of Calgary (UC) has admitted to being a systemically racist institution against Blacks, Indigenous people, and other people of colour. The revelation by its Senior Leaders University Team has hardly received any attention. The shocking admission was...
As a science and technology aficionado who believes in using science to promote human health and prosperity, I was startled to find myself being classified as a Luddite in a recent commentary by authored by a Frontier Center research associate. The commentary was...
The United States and the red provinces of North America. What the future might bring for reds and blues across the border. They are increasingly locked in a stubborn and at times violent struggle over each respective countries character, future, and very existence....
Recently we have heard a lot of discussion about whether various social media companies should be broken up or regulated, due to antitrust violations and whether they have the right, or responsibility, to monitor and censor the content of their user’s posts and...
If you know Frontier, then you will know that we generally write in controversial spaces, we write prolifically, we generate ideas, we are non-partisan and we accept no government money. The nice thing about accepting no government money and being non-partisan you...
“This is the best number I’ve ever seen in my life!” Jim Cramer told CNBC. The Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) had just reported a 3.5 percent unemployment figure in the United States. The November 2019 percentage was the lowest in fifty years. Others would say that...
A tale of two school boards with opposite approaches to diversity and administration.
Nominally similar, the two largest school divisions in Edmonton and Winnipeg follow quite different directions in administration, programming and accountability.
Arthur Seldon died on October 11 at the age of 89. Few outside policy wonk circles will have heard of him. He may thus merit the title of the most influential person most people have never heard of.
The powerpoint slides from Geoffrey Segal's speech to the Frontier Centre for Public Policy on October 27th, 2005. Best viewed alongside the speech video (see links below). Pdf file
Alberta is electing its Senators, but Ottawa refuses to appoint them. Three nominees discuss the issue.
Demand for traditional health insurance is expected to fall as the impact of shorter waits and better facilities takes hold and rises in premiums may be held back by increased competition in the new NHS/private health market.
A Senator discusses his bill to make voting in Canadian elections mandatory.
Elections of directors to the Canadian Wheat Board should exclude farmers who have little stake in the outcome.
Grand Chief Ron Evans wants native self-government. To make it happen, the rules must change.