There have been few practical measures presented to achieve the lofty goals laid out in the prime minister’s green agenda or the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Gender equality, increased daycare spending, and reduced fossil-fuel usage might make for...
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Manitoba Hydro, a Wounded Utility (Part 2 of 3)
Hydro was once heralded as “Manitoba’s oil”. The Limestone Dam was finished in 1990, twice the size of Keeyask (still under construction) – at one-sixth its cost. With Limestone running, residential and industry customers could look forward to having cheap and...
We’ll Always Have Christmas
Let’s face it, 2020 sucked. It was one of those years that people will remember their whole lives, the kind to judge all others by. The sort of year that, in the future, when your house burns down, your son flunks out of clown college, and your dog dies, you will be...
LEO Satellite Networks – Fast Rural Internet at Reasonable Cost?
Elon Musk’s Starlink Low Earth Orbit (LEO) network has been awarded US$885 million over ten years to build out rural internet access in the U.S. This was the fourth-largest amount awarded under the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF). Testing of preliminary Starlink...
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Alberta Government Ignores, Expensively, the Axiom That Government Should Stay Out of Business
The conservative or free market foundational principle that government should stay out of business was ignored by the United Conservative Party of Alberta and the premier of the provincial government. Their regime ‘invested’ what has come to be revealed as $1.3...
What Is A University Student?
As a result of government and university policies in both the U.S. and Canada, university students are not seen as individuals with records of educational achievement and the potential for both success in higher education and for contributions beyond in the wider...
Hydro-Québec is Worth $130B — So Sell It!
A Quebec commentator sketches out how selling Hydro Quebec would eliminate that province’s debt and allow the province to slash income taxes by 33%.
We’re all paying a terrible price for outrageously unaffordable housing – and it’s entirely unnecessary
“Relative to incomes, housing in major New Zealand cities is now some of the most expensive in the world,” Don Brash, chairman of the Centre for Resource Management Studies, told the Parliamentary select committee looking into the affordability of housing today. “And...
The Toronto Megacity 10 Years Later
Toronto amalgamation was a costly error – producing higher costs, disempowering voters, and shifting economic growth to more efficient suburban centres.
Calvin Helin, Aboriginal Entrepreneur and Author of Dances with Dependency
Frontier’s conversation with the author of “Dances With Dependecy”, Calvin Helin
Busybody Politicians, Get Off our Backs
In pursuit of their vision of the perfect world, politicians justify even absurd restrictions on our freedom.
Cheap Rent is Not a Public Right
Why should the government force private property owners to subsidize tenants?
Sweden Begins Sell-off of State Assets
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Sweden’s government began its planned selloff of state assets today, putting an 8 percent stake in telecom operator TeliaSonera AB valued at about $3 billion on the auction bloc.
Politicians ‘Missing the Point’ on Hydro, Say Experts
The leaders of Manitoba’s three major political parties have debated public ownership of Manitoba Hydro over the past few days but it’s a debate that misses the point, says Energy Probe‘s Tom Adams.
The impact of the Resource Management Act on the “housing and construction” components of the Consumer Price Index
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Auckland has recently experienced a property boom, especially in the residential market. This boom has been driven by an increase in demand which has led to a rapid and significant increase in housing prices. Changes in housing group prices are a...