If the majority of the electorate has not already been disillusioned and alienated by the extreme partisanship of politics, the upcoming elections in the United States, the so-called beacon of democracy, will likely push another generation of voters over the precipice...
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Carney will Help Rebuild Canada, but not Necessarily for the Better
It was revealed this month that Canada’s Prime Minister has brought in economist Mark Carney as an adviser to assist with mapping out the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The CBC reported how Carney left his position as governor of the Bank of England...
Cut Expensive Housing Regulations to Preserve the Middle Class
Last year, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published research showing that the middle-class is shrinking throughout the developed world. In Under Pressure: The Squeezed Middle-Class, OECD emphasized that the threat to the middle-class...
How Federal Policy Mishandled Mortgages – Part 2
The federal government has made misguided mortgage policies in recent years. The first, in 2015, was to raise the amount that CMHC mortgages required for a down payment. The second, in 2016, was to increase the stress test. The third, in 2017, was that the mortgage...
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Cryptocurrency Popularity Raises Interesting Opportunities, Dangers and Further Questions
Of late, the dollar value of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum and others, have hit new record highs, in the thousands of dollars per unit. The price escalation has attracted more speculators, which have further boosted the price over the past several...
Vaccine Supply Management: Issues and Lessons
Vaccines are seen as the key to ending the COVID-19 crisis. From the beginning of the crisis, many pharmacy laboratories worldwide tried to develop a vaccine against the virus. Some of them have been successful. Among the most used vaccines, three are from U.S....
Ontarians to pay $1B for hydro meters
A new smart-meter initiative will make Ontario the first North American jurisdiction to record residential power consumption data on an hourly basis; critics argue the meters will allow the government to blame higher electricity bills on consumers who do not conserve aggressively.
Where White Men Fear To Tread
Russell Means wants freedom for Indians, not handouts.
Sunset Rent Control
It is time for the government to recognize the distortions and damage rent control is doing to the economic and social well-being of the citizens and send it off into the sunset.
Left Punch on Russell Means
Winnipeg’s favourite left wing columnist discusses the revolutionary thinking of Russell Means, America’s most famous Indian.
Aboriginal Leader, Actor Makes Plea for Peace
“The indigenous struggle throughout the world is the same,” Means, 64, told a luncheon gathering of the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, a Winnipeg-based independent think-tank. “I believe in individual liberty through self-determination and through representative government.”
Dollars and Scents
If large hog-growing operations are so bad, why are neighbouring property values on the rise?
Sniff crisis put in PM’s lap
THE solvent-abuse crisis gripping a Manitoba reserve will be thrown in the laps of Prime Minister Paul Martin and his top cabinet ministers when they meet in Winnipeg on Friday. Frontier’s Don Sanberg coments in the story about the need for governance reform.
BSE and Devil’s Lake
North Dakota politicians link resolution of BSE import ban to Canada’s stand on water issues
Letting the Students Decide
Frontier policy paper 22 suggests replacing Manitoba’s current university funding system with a lifelong learning endowment giving more flexibility and control to students.