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Media Release - Winning the Battle with Traffic Congestion
– August 10, 2010
Instead of increasing road capacity, Canada’s government agencies should implement accurate transport pricing.
Media Release - Culturally-Driven Violence Against Women: A growing problem in Canada’s immigrant communities
– July 12, 2010
Culturally-driven violence against women must be faced head-on.
Media Release - Canada’s Not-So Friendly Skies
– June 24, 2010
Canadian consumers pay sky-high airfares compared to both the U.S. and Europe.
Media Release - Frontier Centre releases 2010 Aboriginal Governance Index
– June 21, 2010
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has released its fourth annual Aboriginal Governance Index; it ranks 78 Prairie First Nation communities on good governance practices.
Media Release - Frontier Centre Launches New Interactive Website for Local Government Statistics
– June 16, 2010
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy today launched a new website which turns its three-year-old Local Government Performance Index into an interactive tool for journalists, municipal staff, and the public. The site contains comparative statistics from the Annual Reports of Canada’s municipalities, and judgements on the quality of their reporting. The URL is www.lgpi.ca
Media Release - Saskatchewan’s Commercial Crown Corporation Dividend Policy
– June 2, 2010
A former Vice-President of Finance for Crown Investments Corporation critiques the Saskatchewan government’s decision to take 100% of the 2010 profits of commercial Crowns other than SaskPower.
Media Release - Environmental Policy and Unintended Consequences
– May 31, 2010
Well-meaning efforts by governments to protect the environment can backfire, resulting in severe harm to human beings and, in some instances, to the natural environment regulators sought to protect.
Media Release - Euro-Canada Health Consumer Index 2010
– May 10, 2010
The 3rd annual Euro-Canada Health Consumer Index is out: Canada lags behind in 25th place and far behind consumer and competition friendly Holland.
Media Release - Money for Nothing and Your Cheques for Free
– April 29, 2010
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy today released a study that shows Industry Canada has paid out $18 billion in corporate welfare since 1982—and collected back only $1.9 billion.
Media Release - Aboriginal Policy in Australia and Canada
– April 22, 2010
A new study compares Aboriginal policy in Australia and Canada: Bottom-up policy and accountability is key to improvements.
Media Release - Toward Greater Transparency in Water
– April 19, 2010
Media Release for Frontier’s new report that shows how the public-private partnership being considered by Winnipeg City Council on sewer services and infrastructure is an effective model.
Media Release - Punishing Productivity
– April 7, 2010
A new Frontier study finds that unlike in Canada, equalization in Australia at least takes into account the cost of delivering services in each jurisdiction.
Media Release - The Real Have-Nots in Confederation: Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia
– February 24, 2010
British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario—the traditional “have” provinces—have fewer doctors and nurses per 100,000 people, higher tuition rates, fewer child care spaces, less social service spending, and higher educator-student ratios in comparison with Quebec, the major equalization recipient.
Media Release - 2010 International Property Rights Index: Canada outranks USA; but Improvements Needed
– February 23, 2010
In 2010, Canada ranks as the highest country in the Western hemisphere for protection of property, according to a new international study.
Media Release - Opportunism and Exploitation
– February 16, 2010
Ben Eisen analyzes the intellectual roots of climate change alarmism, and concludes that radical environmentalism is best viewed as part of a broader, centuries old critique of liberal civilization.
Media Release - Indigenous Leaders Should Consider Reserve Relocations
– February 8, 2010
Non-viable reserves need to be identified by indigenous leaders –and moved, for the sake of the younger generation.
Media Release - Grading Western Canada’s Schools: The Good, The Okay and Manitoba’s Information Omission
– February 1, 2010
AIMS and the Frontier Centre release an Interim High School Report Card for Western Canada.
Media Release - Smart Local Government
– January 27, 2010
“Good local government law promotes good local government,” writes Frontier senior fellow Larry Mitchell in a new look at reforming Canada’s antiquated municipal government legislation.
Media Release - How Affordable is Your Housing?
– January 25, 2010
Despite the recession, Canada’s housing became slightly less affordable in the past year.
Media Release - Myths about Childcare Subsidies
– January 18, 2010
Is day care an unalloyed good? A new paper by Frontier's Ben Eisen looks at the research literature and finds the benefits of daycare to be ambiguous, and that a universal childcare system is likely an overly expensive and inefficient policy option. |











