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GUN CONTROL – Why Canada’s gun ban won’t put a stop to the shootings

June 30, 2020 // 7 Comments

By PAZ GOMEZ Research associate Frontier Centre for Public Policy A PROHIBITION is the easiest way out of a policy problem. In enacting one to target gun violence, the [Continue]

SUZUKI – Multiple crises signal the need to change course

June 24, 2020 // 0 Comments

THE VIRUS SPREADING COVID-19 worldwide jumped from non-human animals to people — as have most new diseases, from AIDS to SARS to Ebola. We may not know the precise origin [Continue]

SUZUKI – Reimagining streets could lead to healthier cities

June 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

DURING THE COVID-19 pandemic, cities worldwide have been repurposing streets to create more room for walking and cycling. In some, temporary measures to help people maintain [Continue]

POLICING – How police departments can identify and get rid of killer cops

June 11, 2020 // 2 Comments

By TEMITOPE ORIOLA University of Alberta THE GLOBAL CONDEMNATION of the death of George Floyd, one of the latest in a constellation of officer-involved deaths of unarmed [Continue]

COVID-19 – Current pandemic stirs memories of the Y2K scare

June 11, 2020 // 1 Comment

By LEE HARDING Research fellow Frontier Centre for Public Policy TWENTY-ONE YEARS AGO, the world panicked over an invisible, media-hyped enemy. That enemy was Y2K, a [Continue]

SUZUKI – Rethinking roads can drive down the decline of species

June 10, 2020 // 1 Comment

WITH ROADS CLOSED and vehicle traffic down during the pandemic, some animals are getting a better shot at survival. Roads are a main driver of wildlife decline in Canada, [Continue]