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Frontier Live on X – Is Our Transit System Really Serving You? – With Randal O’Toole
Big Topics & Big Ideas
Reinventing Transit for the 21st Century
Canada’s first subway line, which opened in Toronto in 1954, was 7.4 kilometers long and cost $6.8 million per kilometer—$76 million per kilometer in today’s money. That seems a bargain compared to a subway line Toronto is now constructing at a projected cost of well...
Building 21st Century Transit Systems For Canadian Cities
Policy Series 241
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Falling Immigration, a Troubling Signal
Manitoba shows no sign that its policies will be able to maintain the working population, while, over time, returning to annual balanced budgets and cutting taxes to keep the private sector that is here now. This dismal prediction is partially drawn by observing the...
International Traffic Congestion Extinguished by Pandemic and Remote Work
The 2020 TomTom Traffic Index reflects a huge drop in worldwide urban traffic congestion levels. Congestion levels (rated by the percentage of additional time required for auto travel during “rush hour”) dropped in 387 urban areas while increasing in only 13. Overall,...
Etam: Voters Will Need to Decide If Our Energy System Remains Affordable and Reliable, or Descends Into Chaos
Nassim Taleb, if you’ve never read his stuff, is an odd and fascinating character; a writer with towering intellect, vast wealth, and an odd sort of humanistic humility, yet at the same time he provides a reliably volcanic reaction to pomposity or ineptitude....
Eliminating Fossil Fuels Will Produce A Crippling Decline In Human Well-Being
An environmental activist with the group Extinction Rebellion DC scales the Wilson Building next to a sign that reads "No New Fossil Fuels," as part of an Earth Day rally against fossil fuels in Washington on April 22, 2022. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) In...
TC Energy Dumping Keystone Pipeline
After 18 years of heartbreak and misery, TC Energy is dumping its foray into oil pipelines. TC Energy announced on July 27 it is spinning off a new liquids pipelines company from its natural gas pipelines and power generation business. The new, unnamed company...
Stefanson: A Great Opportunity to Exit Liquor Retailing
When one thousand Liquor Mart workers walked off their job Tuesday, Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union president Kyle Ross called it a “last resort.” “We hope it ends sooner rather than later,” Ross said at a press conference. That’s funny. Many...
David Seymour: From the Frontier Centre for Public Policy to the Heart of New Zealand Politics
ACT leader David Seymour speaks during a media conference in Parliament on Sept. 28, 2021. (Getty Images) Winnipeg, Manitoba – The winds of political change are sweeping across New Zealand as David Seymour, leader of the ACT Party, brings a renewed emphasis on...
Should we collect more race-based data on crime?
The Canadian Justice system has been repeatedly accused of being racist, with much higher incarceration rates for our First Nations and Black citizens than of Whites and Asians. In the USA, they capture data on the race of those charged with crimes, victims, as well...
Maine Court Ruling Threatens Canada U.S. Pipeline Commerce: Report
Unchallenged, Canada U.S. pipelines ruling may spur more anti-energy moves, says Frontier Centre for Public Policy
A Citizen-Led Movement Key To Protecting Property Rights In Canada
Without property rights safeguarded, governments can literally seize the land beneath your feet
Media Release – Court Ruling In Maine Could Shape The Future Of North American Energy Commerce
WINNIPEG August 10 2023 – A current court case in South Portland, Maine, could significantly impact the energy pipeline trade between the U.S. and Canada, warns the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. Senior Research Associate Joseph Quesnel, author of One U.S. Court...