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The environmentalist war on fossil fuels has opened a new front: a war on pipelines. For years, activists claimed the world was rapidly depleting its oil and natural gas supplies. The fracking revolution (horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing) obliterated that argument, and sent US oil and gas production to new heights.

Justice Pricing: Is it really justice or just plain hate? by Frontier Centre

Once they were big, really big, kings of Hollywood, producers of movies that were nominated for over 300 Oscars, but when their founder was outed as Captain America of the freestyle groping team, the Weinstein Company name became toxic.

Cornwallis And Ryerson: Heros Or Villians? by Frontier Centre

How should municipal services be delivered to citizens? The political right argues that outsourcing services is usually more efficient, while the left argues that privatization of services such as waste management or waste water treatment would lead to lower quality services. In actuality many municipal services are delivered by both private companies and public employees. Sometimes public employees are best position to provide better services and some time private contractors have the edge. Municipalities should examine the cost of both options.

Can’t Pick and Choose Free Speech: U of M missed opportunity to lead

Demographia with Wendell Cox by Frontier Centre

The federal government has decided to throw $950 million dollars into “strengthening Canada’s most promising clusters and accelerating economic growth in highly innovative industries…while positioning Canadian firms for global leadership.” What this means is that the feds will handpick five business proposals (which will probably turn out to be in Liberal electoral strongholds) and “supercharge” their competitiveness and “leverage” their technologies and “add informatics, connectivity and traceability” And other buzz-word stuff that will supposedly increase economic growth and add jobs.

The House of Commons bans certain terms as “unparliamentary speech”. It’s time we all stopped using certain phrases in our own debates. The current Minister of the Environment has referred to some of her opponents as “climate change deniers”, a nasty and dishonest charge.

The age of driverless automobiles is almost upon us. Most of the world’s car makers are working on prototypes and it is expected that by 2030 the autonomous vehicle market in the US alone will be worth approximately $87 billion. How will Canada deal with this innovation.

Last year, a geological survey made a promising discovery of diamonds in northern Manitoba. The province should move quickly to enhance the potential for revenue by involving industry partners, First Nations and municipalities in the region. Other areas have fumbled the opportunity such a mine would bring to economic development – the De Beers find in Ontario came to no good end when talks with the Attawapiskat First Nation broke down.

Is there really bias in the news and public affairs media? Well, yes. Not only is there no objectivity in the news, but most of the bias is left-leaning. If you hold a dissenting view on gay marriage, climate change, or abortion, you will search the media in vain for your side of the debate.

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” (Martin Luther King, Jr.) That white, female teachers make up the bulk of the K-12 teaching force in Canada, including some 80 percent in the Province of Manitoba, should not surprise anyone. For a variety of well-known reasons, women have long been attracted to teaching.

Death Tax by Frontier Centre

Ease of Doing Business by Frontier Centre

Are you optimistic about new tax revenue from the marijuana industry? For years, marijuana advocates have been telling us that if we legalize and tax cannabis products, floods of new revenue will flow into government coffers and the budget will balance itself. Unfortunately, the experience of two American states and recent federal announcements leads to the conclusion that a fiscal boon from legal pot is only reefer madness.

Halloween Costumes by Frontier Centre

Recycling Investment by Frontier Centre

In 2012 two brothers left good jobs to pursue a business idea. They knew that most restaurants do not deliver, and that consumers increasingly order goods and services on-line. They suspected that car owners might want to earn extra income. They connected these dots and SkipTheDishes was born.

Michael Zwaagstra discusses back to school issues on CBC Blue Sky Radio.