 Frontier Centre in the Media
Author and Activist Speaks Out Against Honour Killings
– March 4, 2013
Aruna Papp spent the past three decades devoted to helping Southeast Asian women in Canada and serves as research associate with the Winnipeg-based Frontier Centre for Public Policy. She is also an outspoken advocate for women from cultures that devalue females and she is most appalled at the murders of females at the hands of their fathers and brothers.
Ottawa Lauds Gov't Immigration Changes
– May 22, 2012
Federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says the Saskatchewan government did the right thing in limiting the number of extended family members who can be sponsored through the provincial immigrant nominee program.
Honour Killings in Canada: An Undeniable Reality!
– January 20, 2012
Wherever there is a bubble of ignorance, I am there to burst it. Canada, a lovely country known for its open-hearted acceptance of immigrants from a vast array of foreign lands, is quickly becoming a cesspool in which cultures are clashing. These clashes are usually swept under the rug by the host country (Canada) and those who are integrating (at varying degrees) in to the host country.
No 'Honour' in Killing
– January 16, 2012
In our often too politically correct world where everyone is afraid of being branded a racist and therefore doesn't speak of such matters, there is a growing problem within some of our immigrant communities -- honour-based violence, which in some cases, becomes fatal.
The Rights Thing
– February 1, 2011
Frontier Centre in the media from the Winnipeg Free Press.
Divorce Granted, Justice Denied
– February 1, 2011
Frontier Centre in the media from the National Post.
Chiefs Don't Offer Protection: Poll
– February 1, 2011
Frontier Centre in the media from the Winnipeg Free Press.
Why Food Bank Use is Increasing, Despite a Reduction in Poverty
– November 25, 2010
Many people believe that food banks are a necessary evil, a community response to the failure of governments to address increasing poverty, and even a yellow canary for our society. The evidence, however, does not support the notion that food bank use and poverty rates are closely linked.
What's Driving Olympics Homeless Protesters (in News)
– February 18, 2010
"The provincial government bills British Columbia as the "Best Place on Earth" but rarely mentions that Vancouver is also among the least affordable places in the world to find a home."
Vehicles Improve Earning Potential
– October 28, 2009
"There is always this assumption that people on welfare and low-income earners can just use the bus and that is the most appropriate form of transportation for them,'' said Taylor, adding riding the bus is not necessarily the best alternative to owning a car.
Voice For The Poor Supports Oilsands
– October 9, 2008
Artificially high energy prices, the work of politicians manipulated by radical environmentalists demonizing energies they don't like, are therefore "immoral," and a "de facto regressive tax on the poor. . . . They destroy jobs, erode civil rights gains and force minority and elderly households to choose between food, fuel and medicine."
U.S. Group Warns Against Carbon Tax
– October 9, 2008
"People of Canada are going to look at the proposals dealing with this economic crisis, such as the carbon tax and the negative impact it can have on an already tenuous economy, and make a decision for what they want their future to be."
Poor Families Hurt By High Energy Prices
– October 8, 2008
Innis, refers to himself as an environmentalist, however, in his speech, he dismissed the basic idea of global warming and the negative impact it's having on the environment. His solution to the energy issue is to promote conservation, increase efficiency and continue to embrace new alternatives- like wind and solar power - all without cutting down energy production in North America. "All energy is good energy," said Innis.
Home Ownership, Rent Vouchers, And Building Codes
– June 5, 2008
In “Escaping the poverty trap: from public housing to home ownership,” Rebecca Walberg writes that “The last thing a Canadian city should be doing now is building or buying new public housing units.” Instead, Walberg, Social Policy Analyst for the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, advances policy ideas that would encourage home ownership and rent vouchers instead of government housing and rent control.
'Afrocentric' Approach Doomed to Fail
– February 3, 2008
Tax Cut Better Than a Pay Raise for Poor
– January 20, 2008
Tax Cuts Favoured Over Minimum Wage Hikes
– January 15, 2008
Pluralizing Post-Secondary Education
– January 15, 2007
A recent study of future post-secondary enrolment predicts an acute shortage of students for Canada’s colleges and universities unless more non-traditional applicants are drawn in. |
