A forum on the
future of the
Canadian West




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The Frontier Centre is an independent, non-profit think tank founded to undertake research and education in support of economic growth and social outcomes which will enhance the quality of life in our communities.

Through a variety of publications and public forums, the Frontier Centre explores policy changes required to make the Prairies a winner in the open economy. It also provides new insights into solving important issues facing our cities, towns and provinces.

A professional staff and an advisory board of policy practitioners and experts research, write about and communicate new policy ideas, sharing them with the media, decision-makers and opinion leaders throughout the Prairies.


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Pushing the Boundaries Upcoming Events:
Graduate Programs For Teachers - During the summer months, one can find many teachers taking courses and working towards a masters degree in education. However, a recent report written by Arthur Levine, the president of Columbia Teachers College in New York, has called into question the quality of most graduate programs for school leaders in North America. Join us weekly across the prairies for our hard hitting policy commentary broadcast across the Goldenwest Radio Network - Click here for a list of 9 stations and broadcast times. 2008-05-13 - Election Spending Rules Do More Harm Than Good (Winnipeg) with Sidney Green, Lawyer, former Cabinet Minister and Retired Politician
2008-05-27 - Manitoba - Canada's Gateway to Global Trade (Winnipeg) with Chris Lorenc, President, Manitoba Heavy Construction Association
Recent Updates:
Our Latest Additions...
Escaping the Poverty Trap
The 'Right to Buy'
Maori Provide Lesson For Canadian Aboriginals
Governance Index A Positive Move For First Nations
War And Taxes
A New Approach to Alberta's Minimum Wage

Policy Notes:
A One Page Policy Discussion

Escaping the Poverty Trap
War And Taxes
Expand New Audit Clause

Perspectives
Thoughts from the Advisory Board...

Tuition Freeze Continues Post-Secondary Degradation
Sir Roger Douglas Hard Right? No, They're Hard Left
Medicare Program Fails to Measure up to European Model

Rural Renaissance Notes

Your Land Is Not Your Land
Paying for the Wheat Board
Barley, Free at Last

Aboriginal Voices

Governance Index A Positive Move For First Nations
Rethinking the Reserve - Polling the Rank-and-File
New Funding for Native Entrepreneurs Positive Move

Conversations
with Policy Innovators

Bryan Schwartz
Larry Martin
David Pankratz

Frontier Backgrounders:
Short Analyses

Questionable Graduate Programs For Teachers And Administrators
Should Principals Be Union Members?
Environmental Education

Policy Series:
Longer Reports & Studies

The 'Right to Buy'
An Alberta Mini-Policy Blueprint
Leveling the Spending Field

Charticles
A Graphical Look at Prairie Issues

Ontario and Public Sector Padding in Manitoba
Real City Crisis is Weak Asset Management
Higher Performing First Nations Separate Business and Politics

Healthcare Frontiers

Competing Hospitals and Providers Work Miracles
Important step towards a European care market
Real thinkers don't fear changes to health care

Special Reports and Publications:

Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate
Temperature Monitors Report Wide-Scale Global Cooling
Manhattan Declaration on Climate Change

Worth A Look
In our Virtual Library...

End Of Boom Will Be Painful
‘Perverse’ System Cripples Province
Equalization Is Broken And It Can’t Be Repaired
Politically Risky Business
To Ottawa, With Love
Making The World A Billion Times Better

Frontier Channel - Pushing the Boundaries Radio Commentary

Graduate Programs For Teachers
Stealing Corn
The Coming Health Care Crisis
Still Feeding the World
Principals and Teachers in the Same Union?

Frontier Channel - Other Audio

Seven Successful Habits of Governments (CHQR Calgary)
Freedom and Its Enemies (John Stossel)
Fiscal Constitutions and Municipal Government (CBC Saskatchewan)
Global Warming Censored (Michaels)

Frontier Channel - Video

Cheap Canadian Drugs
Tax Cuts Please
Do Cities Create Wealth?


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