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‘Left-liberal extremism’ has turned Canada into an international anomaly: Eric Kaufmann in the Hub – MLI
May 23, 2024 This is leading to unequal group treatment and declining expressive freedom, social cohesion, and trust. Canada is currently suffering from left-liberal extremism the likes of which the world has never seen. This excess is not socialist or classically liberal, but specifically “left-liberal.” It is evident in everything from this country’s world record immigration and […]
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Canada’s inaugural Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) Forum (Forum2024.ca), is being held in Ottawa from May 23rd to May 26th, 2024
OTTAWA, ON, May 22, 2024 – The BIG Forum represents a groundbreaking initiative convening thought leaders, policymakers, academics and advocates from many sectors across Canada and beyond who are working for solutions to the income insecurity and connected crises this country is facing. More than 200 participants from across the country will be in Ottawa, […]
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Experts Challenge Residential School Abuse Allegations
May 21, 2024 Recent discussions surrounding Canada’s Aboriginal Residential Schools have ignited fierce debates over allegations of widespread abuse against Indigenous children. In a new report released by the Frontier Centre, retired anthropology professor Hymie Rubenstein and Frontier Centre Senior Fellow Rodney Clifton critically examine these allegations and their implications. Rubenstein and Clifton stress the […]
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Indigenous Identity Fraud? – FCPP
May 17, 2024 This week there was a conference in Winnipeg with a wide range of First Nations and Metis groups that focussed on the topic of stopping the fraudulent self identification by non-FN people who identify as FN in order to obtain jobs, contracts, university entrance, grants, etc. There have been many stories over […]
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Is the term “Indian” Offensive? The Joy of Ethnonyms – FCPP
May 14, 2024 I would like to apologize to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for referring to its members as “colored people”. – Steve Martin, Pure Drivel, 1999 A man did a bad thing the other day. He called some people “Indians”. Upon learning of this, the editorial board of a […]
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Keep Canada Boring to Keep Canada Competitive – Policy Magazine
May 13, 2024 Hardly a week goes by these days without a headline documenting a big new investment in the energy transition. Recently, it was Ontario’s turn, with Honda Motor Co. announcing a historic $15 billion commitment to build a comprehensive electric vehicle supply chain from start to finish. It was another welcome proof point […]
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The Call To Abandon ESG Is A Plea For Indigenous Prosperity – FCPP
May 8, 2024 If the activists behind ESG cared, they would not stand in the way of First Nation and Metis communities that wish to move from poverty to prosperity through energy projects. Initially, the three criteria to measure or value investments – Environment, Social, and Governance – were uncontroversial. “Environment” once referred to a […]
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Canada’s dangerous commitment to trans-affirming care for minors: James Pew – MLI
May 8, 2024 Resources like the federally funded “Trans-Affirming Toolkit” send the wrong message to educators – and to impressionable and vulnerable children. Across the Western world, a reversal is unfolding. Steps are being taken to drastically limit or ban many of the radical gender-transition interventions and adjacent trans-affirming policies involving minors. These policies have […]
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National school food program won’t solve food insecurity for families. Here’s what can. – Policy Options
May 7, 2024 The 2024 federal budget announcement of $1 billion over five years to establish a national school food program fulfils the Liberal Party’s 2021 election commitments and answers the many calls for Ottawa to support school breakfasts and lunches. However, the budget lacked any action on the Canada child benefit (CCB) – the […]
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Canada’s resource sector: protecting the Golden Goose
May 1, 2024 Despite the importance of natural resources to our economy, Canadians often downplay or ignore this sector’s historical and continuing contribution. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in his 2016 inaugural address to the World Economic Forum at Davos, articulated the growing discomfort with our resource riches: “My predecessor wanted you to know Canada for […]
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