While the benighted residents of the world are having to deal with the restrictions imposed on them to minimize chances of transmission of the SARS-COV-2 coronavirus that causes COVID-19, many of them may be wondering how we got to such a predicament – where millions...
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. ...
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 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...
The Pallister government has recently announced a new tactic in its campaign to persuade more people to become vaccinated - immunization passports. Those carrying passports will not have to isolate for two weeks when returning to Manitoba. Proof of both doses of an...
Lately, calls by self-identified ‘progressives’ and others who purport to champion ‘equity’ and compelling everyone to pay their ‘fair share’ have grown louder; even more shrill and strident. It seems that ‘social justice warriors’ have rediscovered their previously...
Environmental improvement requires wealth creation, and governments can move towards a greener planet without restricting the human freedom necessary for economic growth.
Indur Goklany’s new book The Improving State of the World is creating some waves for its optimistic outlook.
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...
The death of Nobel prize winner and economist, Milton Friedman, has caused many to contemplate his ideas on the proper role of government.
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.
The left-wing government has spoken out against water exports but doesn’t Canada have enough of this renewable resource to go around?
Economist and founder of the Institute of Economic Affairs, Lord Ralph Harris died at the age of 81. The following is a summary of some of his accomplishments.
One of the world’s most accomplished scholars in the fields of re-inventing government, privatizations and e-government discusses these and related issues.
The world economy is booming. Today, every single one of these developing countries’ growth rates is positive. Substantially positive. The slowest growth rate, in Brazil, is still a respectable 3.4 percent.