What’s Wrong With Our Schools (Michael Zwaagstra - 27 minutes) (~27min) – August 25, 2010
Audio of speech given to Lunch on the Frontier, Regina, August 23, 2010. Research Associate Michael Zwaagstra asks, whatever happened to common sense in education? Whether it is the lack of content in some school curricula, the anti-testing ideology promoted by many educators, the no-fail policies that have been enacted by some school boards, or the pervasiveness of what might be described as "edu-babble," there is growing concern with some of the more recent policies and practices in many Canadian public schools.

Un-Equalization - David MacKinnon on The Agenda (~23min) – June 9, 2010
Chair of the Ontario Public Policy Institute and Frontier Senior Fellow David MacKinnon discusses how the federal equalization program damages Canada and Ontario. On TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin, broadcast June 8, 2010.

Standardised Testing, Transparency, Local Autonomy (~31min) – June 7, 2010
David Seymour’s address to the Public Section of the Saskatchewan School Boards’ Association arguing that public systems should always make all the information they have transparent, but greater local autonomy could and should make parents more interested in local activity and the results of standardised tests. (31 mins)

Maxime Bernier:More Wealth Creation and Less Government Spending (Speech) (~42min) – May 26, 2010
Popular Quebec MP Maxime Bernier spoke at Lunch on the Frontier in Winnipeg May19, 2010 on why the federal government is big enough already and has more than sufficient resources to do all that it should be doing. Includes question and answer session.

The Battle (Arthur C. Brooks) (~47min) – May 5, 2010
Arthur C. Brooks, President of the American Enterprise Institute, outlines a new culture war in the U.S. between competing visions of America organized around free enterprise principles versus a European style social democracry characterized by income redistribution and larger government. This speech was given to 2010 Leadership Development Breakfast hosted by the State Policy Network in Miami, April 22, 2010.

Alan Gibbs on the Role of Government (~48min) – April 25, 2010
New Zealand entrepreneur Alan Gibbs on public policy and the need for more focused government. Keynote address to 2010 ACT Party conference in Wellington, New Zealand, February 26, 2010.

Beyond the Indian Act: Restoring Aboriginal Property Rights (~60min) – April 15, 2010
Manny Jules, Commissioner - First Nations Tax Commssion, Dr. Tom Flanagan, Professor of Political Science - University of Calgary and Andre Le Dressay, Director - Fiscal Realities Economists spoke at a Lunch on the Frontier in Winnipeg April 6, 2010.

Restoring Aboriginal Property Rights (Seminar with Manny Jules) (~45min) – April 15, 2010
C.T. (Manny) Jules, Commissioner ~ First Nations Tax Commission spoke at a Meeting for Policy Experts in Winnipeg April 6, 2010 on why he is pushing for Aboriginals to have property rights and the need to own their own homes. With introduction by Frontier's Don Sandberg.

Democratization of Capital Markets (S. Mark Francis) (~60min) – April 6, 2010
S. Mark Francis, Business Consultant and Stock Exchange Advisor gives his us a history lesson in how our capital markets became the way they are and what we can do to move forward. -- From his Breakfast on the Frontier speech March 24, 2010 in Winnipeg.

The Future of Agriculture (Dennis Avery) (~53min) – April 6, 2010
Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Dennis T. Avery on the future of agriculture. "Farming intensity must triple on the best land, in order to protect the poorer land which houses three-fourths of the wild species. Good farmland will become even more important, as one of the scarcest resources." Remarks to a Frontier dinner in Regina, Saskatchewan, March 18, 2010.

Free Agent Nations: The Rise of Independent Contractors over Employees (Ken Phillips) (~34min) – April 6, 2010
Ken Phillips, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Independent Contractors of Australia and Author of Independence and the Death of Employment gave a Lunch on the Frontier speech to a crowd in Saskatoon on March 30, 2010.

No Country for Young Men (David Seymour) (~17min) – March 29, 2010
Senior Polcy Analyst David Seymour on how urban planning policies makes housing unaffordable for the younger generation. Speech to the ACT Party conference, Wellington, New Zealand, February 26, 2010.

Where Are Aboriginal Affairs in Canada Headed? (Doug Bland) (~30min) – March 8, 2010
Professor at Queen's University School of Policy Studies and Author of Uprising, Doug Bland speaks about his research into theories of national insurgencies and use this research as a model to suggest an answer to the question: Where are Canadian and aboriginal relations headed? -- From his Lunch on the Frontier speech March 5, 2010 in Winnipeg

The Myths of Photo Radar Exposed (Nancy Thomas) (~30min) – March 4, 2010
Executive Director of the Road Safety Awareness Group, Nancy Thomas, discusses the risks caused by photo radar in her Breakfast on the Frontier speech January 27, 2010 in Winnipeg.

My Life in the Grain Business William B. Parrish) (~64min) – February 3, 2010
Prominent Winnipeg citizen William B. Parrish, Previously Chairman of Parrish & Heimbecker, Ltd discusses his life in the grain business at Breakfast on the Frontier in Winnipeg, January 13, 2010.

Why Competition Between Unions is Good (Brad Brent) (~34min) – December 24, 2009
Brad Bent, Christian Labour Association of Canada, Saskatchewan Regional Director presents an alternate view on Saskatchewan's Bill 80 - that competition between unions is good for workers. Breakfast on the Frontier, Regina, December 15th, 2009. (34 minutes)

The Sky is Not Falling (Bruno Wiskel) (~117min) – December 14, 2009
Geologist and author Bruno Wiskel shows that global warming has been happening for 18,000 years as a natural, not human-caused phenomenon. From Breakfast on the Frontier, December 2, 2009 in Winnipeg. (Speech remarks 54 minutes, including questions session 117 minutes).

Frontier’s Third Annual Local Government Performance Index (~39min) – December 14, 2009
Senior Policy Analyst David Seymour addresses local government performance in Canada's 88 largest cities after the release of the Frontier Centre’s third annual Local Government Performance Index (39 minutes).

Removal of Nitrogen from Winnipeg Wastewater will Cost Millions and Achieve Little (~52min) – December 3, 2009
The current debate on nitrate-nitrogen removal from City of Winnipeg wastewater is emotionally charged and involves a decision which will will waste $350 million without any benefit to Lake Winnipeg. Includes question and answer session.

Canada is Taking a Dangerous Path (~29min) – October 28, 2009
Senior Fellow David MacKinnon on why federal transfers are killing the golden goose Ontario economy. Speech to Toronto Rotary Club, October 23, 2009.