March 20, 2020 Dear Friends of the Frontier Centre: There can be plenty of irony when revisiting the oft-used old Chinese saying – “May you live in interesting times”. According to popular belief it is an English expression of a traditional Chinese curse. ...
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Provide a Timely Response. Ensure Transparency. Tell the Truth.
These are just some of the basic tenets of crisis communications, and our Prime Minister and his Crisis Response Team would do well to take them to heart because, so far, their statements and actions have missed the mark in every way. We are not yet one week into our...
Gold’s Rise Could Be Signalling Chaos
Gold is a strange commodity. While it has some industrial uses, it mostly ends up in jewelry or money-surrogates such as coins and ingots; the latter often in central bank vaults. Unlike other metals, it accumulates and circulates in the economy and society; it is not...
What Canada Can Do to Oppose Chinese Tyranny
As Temperature Rises, Great White North Must Side with Trump A Vancouver court is the battleground for two different visions of Canada’s future. The United States wants the extradition of Meng Wanzhou, the top Huawei executive, while Beijing wants Canada to let her...
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Bankers, Insurers and Activists Assault our Freedoms
Oil giant ExxonMobil’s 12-member board of directors reportedly has two new members who are climate activists backed by investor “Engine 1.” Under the headline, “Shareholders tell Exxon to eat sh*t,” G/O Media and Earther “reporter” Molly Taft gleefully ends paragraph...
Choosing Mediocrity Promotes Neither Inclusion Nor Equity
The Vancouver School Board (VSB) strives for excellence in educating students. At least that’s what its vision statement says. However, the VSB’s recent decision to cancel all of its math and science honours programs calls this commitment into question. Instead of...
The Global Poor Are Getting Richer, Faster
Some good news from the Global Economics Prospects 2007 report by the World Bank,
Climate Change – Fact or Fear?
Climate change has been a common thing for milleniums but to what degree it will change and why it changes drastically are the questions.
Seeing the Wood
A new way of counting trees finds more of them than was thought.
Vaclav Smil, Distinguished Professor of the Environment, University of Manitoba
The University of Manitoba’s widely published yet arguably most unknown Professor discusses energy, conservation, alternative fuels, Kyoto and more.
10 “Smart Green” Ideas for Reducing Greenhouse Gases
Environmental improvement requires wealth creation, and governments can move towards a greener planet without restricting the human freedom necessary for economic growth.
The World is Richer and Healthier
Indur Goklany’s new book The Improving State of the World is creating some waves for its optimistic outlook.
Speaker Attacks Sacred Cows
Vaclav Smil has spent a 35-year career establishing a reputation as a world-renowned energy expert from his office at the University of Manitoba but he could easily ditch the halls of academia and go on tour as The Energy Comic. Smil had the normally sombre crowd who...
Friedman Confirmed Free Markets Work the Best
The death of Nobel prize winner and economist, Milton Friedman, has caused many to contemplate his ideas on the proper role of government.
Alberta on Track to Pass Quebec
Economists are saying that Alberta has the fastest growing economy of the country and that it is soon to take second place from Quebec in the biggest economy race.