E ngā mana, en ngā reo, e ngā karangatanga maha. Tēnā kotou. Greetings. It’s my special privilege to address this nation today about Ihumātao because it’s an issue that goes to the heart of who we are as a country. This …
Day 20 – Frontier’s Advent Calendar
Day 20 – Advent is the season of preparing for Christmas. Here at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy we want to tell you about some of the things we would like to see under our tree. On Day …
2017 International Property Rights Index
The International Property Rights Index (IPRI) is the flagship publication of Property Rights Alliance (PRA), an organization based in Washington, D.C., dedicated to the promotion of property rights around the world. In 2007, PRA instituted the Hernando de Soto fellowship …
Media Release – Property Rights Alliance celebrates World IP Day with an Open Letter
Property Rights Alliance celebrates World IP Day with an Open Letter to WIPO Urging Greater Protection of Intellectual Property Washington, DC – In honor of World IP Day, Property Rights Alliance and 54 partner organizations across the globe sent an …
Lessons from Winnipeg on Vancouver’s Arbutus corridor
Two years ago, eight bright orange metal silos—each five-stories in height—appeared overnight on the land abutting rail giant, BNSF’s Winnipeg track. The rail corridor cuts through the heart of Winnipeg’s Tony River Heights neighbourhood. “An eyesore,” claimed one resident; “it’s …
First Nations Should Be Allowed To Own Their Land
It was three years ago that Stephen Harper’s Conservative government said it planned to introduce the First Nations Property Ownership Act, which would expand property rights for Canada’s Aboriginal people, but we still haven’t seen the legislation. Such an Act …
Property Rights Under Threat
Property Rights Under Threat is a new video from the Frontier Centre for Public Policy that covers the plight of Geophysical Service Incorporated, a Calgary-based business that specializes in seismic exploration. For many years, GSI conducted seismic surveys of the …
Property Rights Video Clip
One of the projects I’m working on at Frontier is a new video clip about a company called GSI – Geophysical Service Incorporated. Joseph Quesnel, one of my colleagues, has written about GSI before. GSI conducts seismic surveys and then sells …
2013 International Property Rights Index
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy, along with the Property Rights Alliance, today released the 2013 International Property Rights Index (IPRI). The 2013 Index, measures the protection of property rights in 131 countries. This represents 98 per cent of the …