By Wendell Cox (REGINA, SK) – This morning the Frontier Centre for Public Policy is releasing the 8th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey. The survey compares the ease or difficulty with which residents of 325 housing markets in seven English speaking countries afford housing. It includes 35 housing markets in Canada (see figure 1). [...]
By Michale Zwaagstra (WINNIPEG, MB) – The recent Saskatchewan government decision to extend provincial funding to independent schools brings Saskatchewan in line with the practice in the three other western provinces. Saskatchewan independent schools are now eligible for funding equivalent to 50% of the provincial per-student average, provided they follow the provincial curriculum and hire [...]
By Ben Eisen (WINNIPEG, MB) – The Frontier Centre for Public Policy today released the fourth annual Canada Health Consumer Index (CHCI). The index ranks health care system performance from the perspective of the consumer in each province by assessing the extent to which they are meeting the needs of health care users. The CHCI [...]
By Joseph Quesnel (WINNIPEG, MB) – Canada is not alone among advanced industrial countries in which indigenous communities’ housing is in serious crisis. The housing crisis in Attawapiskat, a remote First Nation in Northern Ontario, only speaks to one of the worst situations. From a column that appeared in June 2010 in the Australian, a [...]
By David MacKinnon (WINNIPEG, MB) – Chongqing, China, has a population of 30 million – almost as big as Canada’s – and is the biggest mega city on the planet. New factories are springing up daily. Entrepreneurship is evident everywhere. Bangalore, India, is huge also and populated by world leaders in IT, aerospace and industrial [...]
(OTTAWA, ON) – “The Canadian Government’s decision to formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol is an important victory for common sense and one we hope all Canadians will applaud,” said Tom Harris, executive director of ICSC which is headquartered in Ottawa. “The Protocol is based on an incorrect interpretation of the science of climate change [...]
(WINNIPEG, MB) - The Frontier Centre for Public Policy today released Weathering the Worst-case Scenario. The study explores varying approaches to disaster response and mitigation, demonstrating that organically organized, decentralized groups of communities and individuals are best able to prepare for and rebuild after natural disasters occur. “Disaster relief is most successful when government and non-governmental [...]
(CALGARY, AB) – The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) today released The 2011 Campus Freedom Index, which examines the state of free speech on campus at 18 Canadian universities. Along with this 20-page summary report, the JCCF also released a companion document: The state of campus free speech in 2011, which contains the research [...]
By Ben Eisen (WINNIPEG, MB) - The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has released The Myth of North American Carbon Reduction Laggards. This policy study examines trends in population growth, economic performance and greenhouse gas emissions in North America and Europe over the past 20 years. The authors re-examine the dominant narrative of North American poor performance [...]
By Milton Boyd (WINNIPEG, MB) – In Bill C-18, the federal government plans a new voluntary wheat board to replace the current Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) monopoly in Western Canada. This new board would compete with the private grain companies, and farmers would be free to sell their wheat as they wish. The voluntary board, [...]
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