Section 125 of the Constitution Act, 1867, states: “No Lands or Property belonging to Canada or any Province shall be liable to Taxation.”1 This constitutional protection is at the center of many long standing arguments between the federal government and …
Balancing Elephants: Calculating Saskatchewan’s Return on Investment – Meadow Lake Pulp Mill
People in modern societies generally view unfair lending practices with considerable disdain, in fact, recently there has been intensified efforts in regulatory control to prevent this type of behaviour. For example the government of Saskatchewan has recently introduced tighter restrictions …
The Latest Federal Supercluster Screw-up
Governments always want to look like they are implementing good ideas and accomplishing important things. For the Trudeau government, the latest razzle-dazzle is the Innovation Superclusters Initiative (ISI). Here, the federal government will throw almost a billion tax dollars at …
Balancing Elephants: Saskatchewan’s Return on Investment – AG-WEST BIOTECH INC.
Another Exceptional Return on Investment for Saskatchewan Citizens The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has just released Balancing Elephants: Saskatchewan’s Return on Investment – AG-WEST BIOTECH INC. This is the second paper in the Balancing Elephants series authored by …
Issues Concerning Heritage Preservation
It is widely believed that historical preservation results in a positive outcome for the economy. However, there are issues involved in historical preservation that require further analysis. This paper identifies three basic issues that should be addressed when considering historical …
There is no fiscal imbalance
Canada’s cities and towns are not starving. Most of them are solidly stuck in the 1970s and far behind U.S. and British cities when it comes to sensible, taxpayer-friendly approaches such as privatization, contracting out and competition in general.
Smarter Policy = Growth
Manitoba’s 2003 budget continues the low growth policy model
The New Look Of Banking
Banks, as money-making corporations, are easy targets for demagoguery.