Talks about Western separation and the release of the well-timed Buffalo Declaration should be leveraged by marginalized northern regions in the West to place their issues front and centre in the national conversation. Within the wider discourse of Western alienation...
The federal government has a mixed record on helping Indigenous communities deal with pandemics and other outbreaks. In the case of COVID-19, Ottawa must ensure it gets it right. For many reasons, Indigenous communities are a perfect storm for this kind of outbreak. ...
The Churchill pipeline would revitalize the long-neglected economies of northern Manitoba and northern Saskatchewan, but the ultimate success of this pipeline to Churchill, Manitoba will depend on the involvement and support of Indigenous communities in both Manitoba...
Successful Integration: International Examples Could Help Canada’s Indigenous Peoples Opportunities for urbanization of Indigenous communities WINNIPEG, MB, March 20, 2020 - The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has just released Successful Integration Experiences...
Indigenous communities in Manitoba face some of the greatest obstacles. Over the years, when the UN Human Development Index was applied to First Nation communities across Canada, Manitoba First Nations often ranked lowest. So, it’s important to highlight some of the...
For a long time, nuclear fusion has been a sci-fi fantasy; the holy grail of energy production that involves the combination of multiple atomic nuclei to generate energy. It’s the same process used by the sun to create energy, and the opposite of nuclear fission,...
Christopher Hitchens emerges from the CBC building in the 500 block of Winnipeg's Portage Avenue, squints into the bright mid-afternoon sky, spots a break in the traffic and launches himself into the street. He gallops across four momentarily deserted lanes of the...
It was with some hesitation that I approached the press interview with Christopher Hitchens, who is ranked as one of the top 5 intellectuals in the world. I mean, here I am—a lonely, old socialist interviewing an ex-Marxist and libertarian! I had heard nothing good...
Up in Manitoba, Canada, where they care deeply about staying warm, they’re experimenting with stoves that burn pellets of switch grass.
Regulations meant to protect people with lower incomes has become a joke when those that can afford to pay the higher rent do not.
Another story has been unfolding, not as dramatic as the ending of an entire political and economic system but still of great long-term significance
Chief John Miswagon of Cross Lake First Nation describes the innovative democratic process his people have devised.
The Economist Magazine explores the role of think tanks in the George Bush Administration
A major U.S. study concludes the most successful native reserves have effective sovereignty over their own affairs.
Major U.S. study shows that reserve communities that have higher levels of economic health tend to be those that have higher degrees of effective sovereignty.