The federal government has made misguided mortgage policies in recent years. The first, in 2015, was to raise the amount that Canadian Mortgage and Housing Company (CMHC) mortgages required for a down payment. The second, in 2016, was to increase the stress test. The...
Canada must demonstrate federal leadership and all provinces and territories must come together as a country to support our energy economy, given its relative importance to Canada’s entire economy. If it does not, Canada will continue to see its energy sector fall...
On Aug.1, the provincial government will announce its back-to-school plan for the fall. It is likely that K-12 classes will be in-person rather than online. Good thing too. It’s one thing for university students to take courses online. All professors have to do is to...
Despite concerns ranging from health risks to espionage, the fifth-generation technology for mobile connectivity (5G) has prompted a global adoption race—and there is no going back. Contrary to conspiracy theories, it is a necessary and positive step toward a fully...
Personal autonomy and the exercise of individual conscience are cornerstones of western civilization. We expect mature individuals to accept that personal autonomy includes embracing the consequences of independent decisions. We have entrenched these values in the...
“I wish they all could be California girls,” sang the Beach Boys. In their heyday, midwest farmers' daughters, east coast girls, and northern girls would have been quite happy to embrace sunny California, as would plenty of guys. Not so anymore. Since 2007, more...
PowerPoint slides that accompany the speech on by Professor Cyrene at a March 15, 2005 Breakfast on the Frontier.
A committed supporter of Medicare considers how it might be improved, and tramples a few Canadian orthodoxies.
The misplaced opposition to genetically modified crops in the Third World violates poor people’s basic human rights.
Chemophobes are pressuring the City of Brandon to ban herbicides. The City should show them the door.
How did we — teachers, principals and our chief executive, Paul Vallas — do it? We defined the district’s “customers” exclusively as the 200,000 children we serve. Not interest groups. Not adult constituencies. We held adults accountable for results.
Canadian farm policy is developed by bureaucrats while U.S. farm policy is developed by elected officials. That makes all the difference.
The melting of sea ice at the North Pole may be the result of a centuries-old natural cycle and not an indicator of man-made global warming, Scottish scientists have found.
In 2003/04, combined local, provincial and federal government spending as a percent of the economy was 47.4% in Manitoba , compared to 38% nationally. Still the largest in western Canada, that means that Manitoba’s total government spending as a percent of the economy is 24.6% higher than the Canadian average.
Nick Ternette blasts Frontier Centre’s critique of light rail transit. This includes FCPP’s response.