Frontier Centre for Public Policy
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Independent Canadian think tank advancing policy reform, good governance, and open debate. Non-partisan. No government funding. Challenging ideas. Sparking conversation.
Senior Fellow Tom Flanagan warns Ottawa’s refusal to litigate Indigenous claims has made cash settlements the new national default. A recent Métis payout sets a costly precedent, encouraging more lawsuits without testing legal responsibility in court.
November 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Senior Fellow Tom Flanagan warns Ottawa’s refusal to litigate Indigenous claims has made cash settlements the new national default. A recent Métis payout sets a costly precedent, encouraging more lawsuits without testing legal responsibility in court.
Retired Lt.-Gen. Michel Maisonneuve’s 2022 Vimy Award warning rings louder today: Canada’s military is “woefully underfunded, undermanned and underappreciated.” #leadership #accountability #Canada #Military #Defence #Maisonneuve #Veterans #ArcticDefense
November 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Retired Lt.-Gen. Michel Maisonneuve’s 2022 Vimy Award warning rings louder today: Canada’s military is “woefully underfunded, undermanned and underappreciated.” #leadership #accountability #Canada #Military #Defence #Maisonneuve #Veterans #ArcticDefense
We are stuck in a policy trap that vilifies farmers to fund green incentives while ignoring the oil that keeps our food system running.
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
We are stuck in a policy trap that vilifies farmers to fund green incentives while ignoring the oil that keeps our food system running.
Recent court decisions in Nova Scotia upheld bans on staff wearing poppies in courtrooms with the intent to preserve a supposed neutrality.
Should Canada's courts and other quasi‑judicial settings prohibit visible poppies to avoid showing an imagined bias? Let us know in the comments!!
Should Canada's courts and other quasi‑judicial settings prohibit visible poppies to avoid showing an imagined bias? Let us know in the comments!!
November 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Recent court decisions in Nova Scotia upheld bans on staff wearing poppies in courtrooms with the intent to preserve a supposed neutrality.
Should Canada's courts and other quasi‑judicial settings prohibit visible poppies to avoid showing an imagined bias? Let us know in the comments!!
Should Canada's courts and other quasi‑judicial settings prohibit visible poppies to avoid showing an imagined bias? Let us know in the comments!!
Scott McGregor warns Canada ignored Lt.-Gen. Michel Maisonneuve’s 2022 alarm bell. Now the military is hollowed out, national unity is fractured, and political leadership drifts while foreign threats close in.
November 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Scott McGregor warns Canada ignored Lt.-Gen. Michel Maisonneuve’s 2022 alarm bell. Now the military is hollowed out, national unity is fractured, and political leadership drifts while foreign threats close in.
David Redman argues Remembrance Day is being hijacked by partisan gestures like this year’s pre-Nov. 11 military apology. He calls for a return to unapologetic commemoration rooted in gratitude, not guilt.
November 19, 2025 at 1:02 AM
David Redman argues Remembrance Day is being hijacked by partisan gestures like this year’s pre-Nov. 11 military apology. He calls for a return to unapologetic commemoration rooted in gratitude, not guilt.
Three years ago, Lt.-Gen. Michel Maisonneuve delivered a Vimy Award speech that cost him his public role. We mark its anniversary with commentaries urging Canada to confront decline with courage and resolve.
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Three years ago, Lt.-Gen. Michel Maisonneuve delivered a Vimy Award speech that cost him his public role. We mark its anniversary with commentaries urging Canada to confront decline with courage and resolve.
Three years ago, Lt.-Gen. Michel Maisonneuve stood before Canada’s military and political class to deliver the Vimy Award address. It was a call for courage, service, and honest leadership in a country drifting into grievance, division, and decay.
November 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Three years ago, Lt.-Gen. Michel Maisonneuve stood before Canada’s military and political class to deliver the Vimy Award address. It was a call for courage, service, and honest leadership in a country drifting into grievance, division, and decay.
Imagine what smaller classes would mean for students and families.
Canada loses $25 billion every year underselling its oil and gas.
That is enough to fund 300,000 teachers and meaningfully reduce class sizes nationwide.
Watch our revenue slip away FCPP.org
Canada loses $25 billion every year underselling its oil and gas.
That is enough to fund 300,000 teachers and meaningfully reduce class sizes nationwide.
Watch our revenue slip away FCPP.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Imagine what smaller classes would mean for students and families.
Canada loses $25 billion every year underselling its oil and gas.
That is enough to fund 300,000 teachers and meaningfully reduce class sizes nationwide.
Watch our revenue slip away FCPP.org
Canada loses $25 billion every year underselling its oil and gas.
That is enough to fund 300,000 teachers and meaningfully reduce class sizes nationwide.
Watch our revenue slip away FCPP.org
Michael Zwaagstra warns Manitoba schools are flunking Reading 101. Despite decades of evidence favouring phonics, the province clings to failed guesswork methods, while the teachers’ union blames funding rather than failed curricula.
November 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Michael Zwaagstra warns Manitoba schools are flunking Reading 101. Despite decades of evidence favouring phonics, the province clings to failed guesswork methods, while the teachers’ union blames funding rather than failed curricula.
Michel Maisonneuve relives a wartime mission aboard a B-25 and reminds us why Remembrance Day matters: honouring those who flew, fought, suffered, and sacrificed so Canada could remain free.
November 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Michel Maisonneuve relives a wartime mission aboard a B-25 and reminds us why Remembrance Day matters: honouring those who flew, fought, suffered, and sacrificed so Canada could remain free.
Former Manitoba attorney general James C. McCrae argues that the NCTR misled Canadians by identifying deaths as residential school–related despite evidence to the contrary. The verifiable harm caused by the schools justifies steps toward healing, but distorting facts undermines reconciliation.
November 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Former Manitoba attorney general James C. McCrae argues that the NCTR misled Canadians by identifying deaths as residential school–related despite evidence to the contrary. The verifiable harm caused by the schools justifies steps toward healing, but distorting facts undermines reconciliation.
VP Research Marco Navarro-Génie shows how Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s tight-lipped response to Machado’s Peace Nobel Prize reveals ideological loyalty over moral clarity.
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
VP Research Marco Navarro-Génie shows how Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s tight-lipped response to Machado’s Peace Nobel Prize reveals ideological loyalty over moral clarity.
Today we remember those who served in the air, at sea, and on the ground.
We also consider what it means to support those who serve today.
Canada loses $70M every day underselling its oil and gas.
That's enough to fund 212 F-35 fighter jets.
Strong remembrance includes responsible stewardship.
We also consider what it means to support those who serve today.
Canada loses $70M every day underselling its oil and gas.
That's enough to fund 212 F-35 fighter jets.
Strong remembrance includes responsible stewardship.
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Today we remember those who served in the air, at sea, and on the ground.
We also consider what it means to support those who serve today.
Canada loses $70M every day underselling its oil and gas.
That's enough to fund 212 F-35 fighter jets.
Strong remembrance includes responsible stewardship.
We also consider what it means to support those who serve today.
Canada loses $70M every day underselling its oil and gas.
That's enough to fund 212 F-35 fighter jets.
Strong remembrance includes responsible stewardship.
A Cardus study examined 64 Christian congregations in various provinces to assess the socio- economic value of their impact. It suggested that congregations make an $18.2-billion socio-economic contribution to Canadian society, well in excess of tax exemptions and rebates equal to $1.7 billion.
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
A Cardus study examined 64 Christian congregations in various provinces to assess the socio- economic value of their impact. It suggested that congregations make an $18.2-billion socio-economic contribution to Canadian society, well in excess of tax exemptions and rebates equal to $1.7 billion.
Senior Fellow Michael Zwaagstra warns that a single lapse in judgment can end a teacher's career. From violent videos to blurred boundaries, the risks are real.
While we obviously can’t guarantee that all teachers have excellent professional judgment, practical steps can increase the likelihood.
While we obviously can’t guarantee that all teachers have excellent professional judgment, practical steps can increase the likelihood.
November 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Senior Fellow Michael Zwaagstra warns that a single lapse in judgment can end a teacher's career. From violent videos to blurred boundaries, the risks are real.
While we obviously can’t guarantee that all teachers have excellent professional judgment, practical steps can increase the likelihood.
While we obviously can’t guarantee that all teachers have excellent professional judgment, practical steps can increase the likelihood.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith recently invoked Section 33 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to end a teachers’ strike. The Alberta Teachers’ Association and the provincial NDP called it tyranny. But a government using lawful authority means the return of decision-making to where it belongs.
November 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith recently invoked Section 33 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to end a teachers’ strike. The Alberta Teachers’ Association and the provincial NDP called it tyranny. But a government using lawful authority means the return of decision-making to where it belongs.
New Frontier Fellow Jay Goldberg warns Canada’s $124B capital exodus reflects investor rejection of Mark Carney’s economic agenda—blaming failed trade tactics, runaway deficits, and regulatory overkill. Until Ottawa regains fiscal credibility, money will keep fleeing south.
November 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
New Frontier Fellow Jay Goldberg warns Canada’s $124B capital exodus reflects investor rejection of Mark Carney’s economic agenda—blaming failed trade tactics, runaway deficits, and regulatory overkill. Until Ottawa regains fiscal credibility, money will keep fleeing south.
Marco Navarro-Genie suggests that GM’s Ontario EV plant, once touted as a green success, became a costly failure propped up by over $518 million in subsidies but producing few vehicles and shedding most of its jobs.
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Marco Navarro-Genie suggests that GM’s Ontario EV plant, once touted as a green success, became a costly failure propped up by over $518 million in subsidies but producing few vehicles and shedding most of its jobs.
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has released a major new study revealing that the Trudeau government’s federal budget forecasts from 2016 to 2025 were consistently inaccurate and biased — a record that casts serious doubt on the projections in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget.
November 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has released a major new study revealing that the Trudeau government’s federal budget forecasts from 2016 to 2025 were consistently inaccurate and biased — a record that casts serious doubt on the projections in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget.
Do you support classifying tax expenditures and transfers as “investment” if they boost housing, infrastructure or innovation, even if they obscure the budget’s transparency? Let us know in the comments!
November 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Do you support classifying tax expenditures and transfers as “investment” if they boost housing, infrastructure or innovation, even if they obscure the budget’s transparency? Let us know in the comments!
The federal and Ontario governments’ $500 million loan to Algoma Steel exemplifies costly corporate welfare, with taxpayers bearing risks that private investors avoid, continuing a decades-long pattern of subsidies that distorts markets and burdens Canadians.
November 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The federal and Ontario governments’ $500 million loan to Algoma Steel exemplifies costly corporate welfare, with taxpayers bearing risks that private investors avoid, continuing a decades-long pattern of subsidies that distorts markets and burdens Canadians.
Should Canadian churches and religious organizations retain their charitable tax status under the “advancement of religion” category in the Income Tax Act?
Let us know in the comments!
Let us know in the comments!
October 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Should Canadian churches and religious organizations retain their charitable tax status under the “advancement of religion” category in the Income Tax Act?
Let us know in the comments!
Let us know in the comments!