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Frontier Media Appearances

Canada’s Organic Standard is Failing the Consumer and the Grower (~9min) – December 17, 2012
In this interview, RealAgriculture.com’s editor, Lyndsey Smith, asks Mischa why the gap in testing exists, how it’s hurting Canada’s organic growers and what, if anything, can be done to remedy the situation.
Canada’s Organic Nightmare (CJME) (~9min) – November 28, 2012
Joined by Mischa Popoff, research scientist for the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. Mischa is in to discuss a new study that he authored that says Canada’s organic food industry is regulated by what is essentially an honour system. (~9 min.)
Canada's Organic Nightmare (CBK-R) (~14min) – November 5, 2012
Do you buy organic and do you think Canada needs to do more to ensure products labeled organic really are? Joined by Mischa Popoff, author of “Canada’s Organic Nightmare.” Mischa discusses issues with organic foods. (~14 min.)
Grain Freight Regulation in Canada (CJJC) (~10min) – May 31, 2012
Author Mary-Jane Bennett discusses how regulation affects productivity and investment in the capital-heavy rail transport industry. By looking at the data, she discovered that capital investment and productivity increased during periods of de-regulation. (~ min)
Internet Pricing (Corus) (~16min) – July 26, 2011
Telecommunications Consultant, Roland Renner was interviewed on The Roy Green Show airing nationwide on the Corus Radio Network regarding his recent report for the Frontier Centre that takes an in-depth look at the future of the internet and whether the current billing system really works. (~17 mins)
Usage Based Billing for Internet Access (CKRM) (~20min) – July 20, 2011
Telecommunications Consultant, Roland Renner was interviewed by Jim Smalley on Regina's CKRM 620 regarding his recent report for the Frontier Centre that takes an in-depth look at the future of the internet and a new way of billing for it. (~21 mins)
Genetically Modified Foods (AB Primetime) (~1min) – March 23, 2011
Research Associate Cam Dahl was interviewed on Alberta Primetime. Some questions discussed were Is genetically modified food safe? Is it necessary to maintain a food supply for a growing population, and should farmers embrace the available technology?
Future of the Potash Industry (~9min) – November 23, 2010
Research Associate Sylvain Charlebois was interviewed on Roger Currie's Corner on CKRM-am Regina November 17, 2010. (~9 mins)
Telecommuting: The New Way of Working (QR77) (~14min) – October 14, 2009
Frontier Senior Fellow Wendell Cox was interviewed on The Rutherford Show on Corus Radio Network October 13, 2009 about his new Policy Series Improving Quality of Life Through Telecommuting. (15 mins)
30 Years of Environmental Progress (Winnipeg) (~16min) – June 29, 2009
Encouraging data about Canada's environmental record since the 1970s as Ken Green and Ben Eisen discuss the Frontier Centre's Environmental Indicators Index.
Bailing Out the Forest Industry (CBC) (~4min) – June 10, 2009
Director of Research Mark Milke was interviewed by Anna Maria Tremonti on CBC's The Current. (June 8, 2009)
Real Property Rights in Canada (CHQR) (~5min) – December 3, 2008
Stephanie Farrington was interviewed by Rob Breakenridge regarding her Frontier study Subject to Approval on CHQR AM 770 in Calgary. (November 26, 2008)
Gilder on Urban vs. Rural Living and the Canadian Birthrate (~1min) – July 18, 2008
George Gilder, futurist and author, was interviewed at the Atlas Experience, a conference run by the Atlas Economic Research Foundation at Niagara on the Lake on July 18th 2008.
Rising Gas Prices (CHQR) (~8min) – May 15, 2008
Beef and Environmental Conservation (CJOB) (~2min) – January 11, 2008
Robert Sopuck interviewed by Charles Adler on how eating beef aids environmental conservation. (January 11, 2008)
Manitoba Farm Land Expropriation (CJOB) (~8min) – January 4, 2008
CJOB's Richard Cloutier interviews farmer Marcel Fouillard and Lawyer Antoine Hacault on the RM of Ellice's plan to expropriate land to get into the tourism business.
Manitoba Farm Land Expropriation (CFAM) (~1min) – December 4, 2007
Ag Policy Fellow Rolf Penner is interviewed by CFAM's Chris Sumner on the precedent-setting Fouillard farm land expropriation case.
Al Gore's Nobel Peace Prize (Alex Avery) (~9min) – October 12, 2007
The Frontier Centre's Rolf Penner interviews the Hudson Institute's Alex Avery on Al Gore's Nobel Peace Prize in a Frontier E-Conversation. (20 minutes)
ALUS and Conservation (Sopuck on CKLQ Brandon) (~37min) – September 26, 2007
Smart Green Project Director Robert Sopuck discusses alternate land use services on CKLQ Brandon, September 24, 2007.
Martial Law in Canada? (Robert Sopuck on Adler Online) (~0min) – September 14, 2007
Robert Sopuck discusses crime and civil liberties on a nationally broadcast talkshow, Adler Online . . .

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Visionary Conversations: Our Education System: The Good, the Bad, and the Solutions
Speaker: Rodney Clifton, Senior Fellow for Frontier Centre for Public Policy
Date: May 22, 2013
Time: 7:00 pm
Place: Robert B Schultz Theatre, St. John's College, University of Manitoba, Fort Garry Campus

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Date: May 28, 2013
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