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Honourless 'Honour Killings' (~12min) – January 31, 2012
Aruna Papp joins Dave Rutherford to discuss honour killings in Canada. How can we address the issue effectively? It begins with the correct training. (~12 min)

Casualties of Multi-Culturalism (~6min) – December 28, 2011
Honour killings expert, Aruna Papp, on the latest casualty of multi-culturalism in Canada—young South Asian women—where suicide rates are among the highest at home and abroad.

Hitchens (The Current - CBC) (~1min) – December 16, 2011
Extract of Christopher Hitchens's "Busybody State" speech to the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, April 26th, 2006, on CBC Current Affairs program "The Current" broadcast nationally May, 1, 2006

Untax Buildings, Uptax Land (de Jong) (~55min) – November 30, 2011
Speaker, Writer, and former Leader of the Green Party of Ontario, Frank de Jong, spoke on the multiple benefits to urban design when municipal property taxes are shifted off buildings and onto land value alone. He spoke at a Lunch on the Frontier in Winnipeg November 25, 2011. (~56 min.)

More Immigrants Needed in Saskatchewan (CHAB) (~11min) – November 21, 2011
Frontier Policy Analyst Steve Lafleur was interviewed by Rob Carnie on Moose Jaw's CHAB 800 regarding his latest Policy Series "More Immigrants Needed to Maintain Saskatchewan's Boom". (~12 mins)

Is Immigration Canada Rewarding Ineligible Immigrants? (AB Primetime) (~1min) – September 8, 2011
How efficiently are we managing our immigrant and refugee populations and should the Federal Government pay refugee claimants to leave the country when their applications are denied? Joining in on the discussion is Jason Kenney, Canada’s Minster of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, followed by a panel with Immigration Lawyer Raj Sharma and Steve LaFleur, Public Policy Analyst with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy.

More Immigrants Can Save Canada’s Economy (~2min) – August 12, 2011
With baby boomers preparing for retirement, Canada is going to have serious challenges paying for underfunded pension and healthcare benefits. By 2056, Canada is scheduled to go from 5 workers for each retiree down to a 2-to-1 ratio. To keep the ratio of workers to retirees steady, we'd need to accept 1 million immigrants per year. Otherwise we will likely need both significant tax increases and reduced public spending on health and pension benefits.

Immigration = Economic Health (CFAX) (~16min) – August 4, 2011
Policy Analyst Steve Lafleur was interviewed by Murray Langdon on Victoria's CFAX about how Canada's economic health depends on immigration. (~16 mins)

Only More Immigrants Can Save Canada's Economy (CHQR) (~17min) – August 4, 2011
Policy Analyst Steve Lafleur was interviewed by Whitney Deane on the Rob Breckinridge Show for Calgary's CHQR AM 770 about immigration policies in Canada and the future of its economy. (~17 mins)

Saskatchewan's Immigration Policy Promotes Prosperity (~16min) – August 2, 2011
Frontier Intern Meredith Lilly was interviewed on The John Gormley Show airing regarding her recent column "Immigration for a Prosperous Sasakatchewan". With audience call-in. (~16 mins)

GE Rice Better than Blindness (~2min) – April 29, 2011
Greenpeace and other opponents of genetic modification have succeeded at legally blocking Golden Rice from being grown worldwide. They have said that if it is planted they will rip it from the ground. It seems they would rather see a quarter of a million kids who depend on rice for their nutrition go blind than allow genetic engineering. Radio commentary by Senior Policy Analyst David Seymour.

Official Multiculism Fails Immigrants (CHQR) (~21min) – April 7, 2011
Research Associate Aruna Papp was interviewed on the Dave Rutherford Show on Calgary's CHQR AM 770 regarding a new manual for immigrants which talks about Canadians not accepting the barbaric practices of honour killings, female genital mutilation and other cultural practices that abuse women. (~22 mins)

Economic Dependency Trap - Pt. 2 of 5 (Corus Network) (~15min) – February 7, 2011
Author of Economic Dependency Trap Calvin Helin was interviewed on The Roy Green Show in the second of five interviews looking at different aspects of economic dependency. This show focused on grown children still depending on their parents for financial support. (~16 mins)

Economic Dependency Trap - Pt. 1 of 5 (Corus Network) (~14min) – February 6, 2011
Author of Economic Dependency Trap Calvin Helin was interviewed on The Roy Green Show in the first of five interviews looking at different aspects of economic dependency. This show focused on society being dependent on governments and welfare instead of being self-reliant. (~15 mins)

Calvin Helin - The Economic Dependency Trap (~1min) – January 21, 2011
Calvin Helin discusses the challenge of travelling down the road to self-reliance at a Lunch on the Frontier in Winnipeg, January 20, 2011.

Cars for the Poor (CHQR) (~13min) – January 17, 2011
Editor at Large of Maclean's magazine Peter Shawn Taylor was interviewed on The Dave Rutherford Show on Calgary's CHQR 77.

How Destroying Old Cars Hurts The Poor (~1min) – January 14, 2011
When we destroy cars, we destroy equipment that can help poor families ascend to the middle class. There are better ways to promote environmental protection that don’t harm economically vulnerable members of society.

Danielle Smith - Avoiding Greek Style Meltdowns (~55min) – November 30, 2010
Alberta Wildrose Alliance Leader Danielle Smith explores successful models of community-based compassion to square the circle of governments in fiscal crisis and individuals in need at Lunch on the Frontier in Winnipeg, November 22 , 2010.

The Food Bank/Poverty Disconnect (~2min) – November 29, 2010
The trend of reductions in measured poverty has been fairly consistent over the past fifteen years, while food bank usage has been consistently going up. From the Frontier Centre's weekly radio commentary that runs in 3 prairie provinces.

Minimum Wages Do Not Defeat Poverty (~2min) – June 17, 2010
High minimum wages make it harder for employers to hire - this causes unemployment, which is a major cause of poverty. From the Frontier Centre's weekly radio commentary that runs in 3 prairie provinces.