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...
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Do 5G Promises Come with Real Human Costs?
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....
Social Media Giants, are They Too Big?
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...
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Freedomtalk 2019: Gerard Lucyshyn Presents Tide-Water Access
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...
Lies and Damned Government Statistics
“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...
Edmonton’s High-Performance Public Schools
A tale of two school boards with opposite approaches to diversity and administration.
A Tale of Two School Boards
Nominally similar, the two largest school divisions in Edmonton and Winnipeg follow quite different directions in administration, programming and accountability.
The Most Influential Person You Never Heard Of
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.
If You Could Save $225 Million – Powerpoint
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 Senate Nominees Bert Brown, Betty Unger and Link Byfield
Alberta is electing its Senators, but Ottawa refuses to appoint them. Three nominees discuss the issue.
NHS to spend £1bn going private
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.
Senator Mac Harb, Liberal Party of Canada
A Senator discusses his bill to make voting in Canadian elections mandatory.
Fixing the Wheat Board’s Democratic Deficit
Elections of directors to the Canadian Wheat Board should exclude farmers who have little stake in the outcome.
Before Native Self-Government
Grand Chief Ron Evans wants native self-government. To make it happen, the rules must change.