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...
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Message from the President
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. ...
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...
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Pallister Passports
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...
Raising Income Taxes, Instituting Wealth Taxes on the Affluent Will Hurt Growth, Prosperity and Jobs
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...
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.
Time to Tap Canada’s Water Riches
The left-wing government has spoken out against water exports but doesn’t Canada have enough of this renewable resource to go around?
Obituary: Lord Harris of High Cross
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.
William D. Eggers, Senior Fellow, the Manhattan Institute
One of the world’s most accomplished scholars in the fields of re-inventing government, privatizations and e-government discusses these and related issues.
Don’t Look Now, But the World Economy Is Booming
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.