Winning the Battle with Traffic Congestion – August 10, 2010
Instead of increasing road capacity, Canada’s government agencies should implement accurate transport pricing.

Public Policy: An Introduction – July 21, 2010
Policy makes all the difference in creating wealth.

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. Policy Series Paper (21 Pages).

Canada’s Not-So Friendly Skies – June 24, 2010
Canadian consumers pay sky-high airfares compared to both the U.S. and Europe.

The Fourth Annual 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.

Environmental Policy And The Law Of 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.

Euro-Canada Health Consumer Index 2010 – May 10, 2010
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy releases the 3rd annual Euro-Canada Health Consumer Index. Canada lags behind in 25th place and far behind consumer and competition friendly Holland.

Money for Nothing and Your Cheques for Free – April 29, 2010
Industry Canada has paid out $18 billion in corporate welfare since 1982—and collected back only $1.9 billion.

Toward Greater Transparency in Water and Sewer Services in Winnipeg – April 19, 2010
Frontier’s new report shows how the public-private partnership being considered by Winnipeg City Council on sewer services and infrastructure is an effective model.

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.

The Real Have-Nots In Confederation: British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario – February 24, 2010
British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario—the traditional “have” provinces—have fewer services than recipient "have-not" provinces.

Opportunism and Exploitation: Climate Change Activism and Hostility to Liberal Civilization – 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.

Respecting the Seventh Generation:A voluntary plan for relocating non-viable Native reserves – February 8, 2010
First Nation leaders should consider relocating reserves to better locations in order to maximize economic and educational opportunities for the next generation: some reserves are simply not economically viable

Creating Proper Incentives for Canada’s Cities Through Smart Provincial Legislation – January 27, 2010
Frontier senior fellow Larry Mitchell on reforming Canada’s antiquated municipal government legislation: Canadian municipal law is characterized by its prescriptive rules-based codes of compliance. These contrast starkly with other jurisdiction’s local government law. Modern local government laws of other countries seek to facilitate best-management practice by setting outcomes rather than rules; they construct a performance and service-delivery framework designed to effectively and efficiently meet the needs of local taxpayers and residents. Good local government law promotes good local government.

Myths about Childcare Subsidies – January 18, 2010
Is day care an unalloyed good? Policy Analyst 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.

Freedom to Build:Homes For The Homeless – January 6, 2010
Canada’s homeless population is primarily a symptom of a restrained housing supply, and government initiatives will continue to fail while the underlying cause is not addressed.

Canada Health Consumer Index 2009 – December 15, 2009
How good is your provincial health care? Frontier’s annual Canada Health Consumer Index evaluates healthcare-system performance in the ten provinces from the perspective of the consumer. For the second straight year, Ontario and British Columbia finish with the top scores in the CHCI’s overall rankings.

2009 Local Government Performance Index – December 8, 2009
An easily accessible index of financial statistics and assessments of reporting standards for 88 Canadian municipalities.

Thinking Sensibly about Recycling and the Environment – December 1, 2009
Recycling has become the balm du jour for the environmental concerns of landfill overflow, resource extraction, and resource scarcity. However looking quantitatively at the magnitudes of these problems and the real potential for recycling to alleviate them suggests we shouldn’t push the recycling policy button as enthusiastically as we currently do.

Efficient, Competitive and Better Service – November 19, 2009
The Frontier Centre compares Germany’s post office, Deutsche Poste and Canada Post in its latest Policy Series Study (13 pages).