Other Voices

JUSTICE – Crossing the hard line between the judiciary and politics

February 17, 2018 // 2 Comments

By BRIAN GIESBRECHT Frontier Centre for Public Policy THE JURY TRIAL of Gerald Stanley for the murder of Colten Boushie marks a new development in criminal law. The trial [Continue]

FOOD – Grocery stores bulk up on ultra-processed foods that don’t nourish us

February 16, 2018 // 0 Comments

Far too many products in Canada’s stores give us lots of calories but little nutrition. And we have dangerously abandoned cooking and meal-time routines By JEAN-CLAUDE [Continue]

SUZUKI – More action needed to ensure safe water for First Nations

February 14, 2018 // 0 Comments

ALL NINE COMMUNITY water systems on Lytton First Nation land in B.C. have been under boil water advisories at one time or another. Now the First Nation is taking an [Continue]

ENVIRONMENT – The plastic bag ban bandwagon is way off course

February 13, 2018 // 3 Comments

By LEE HARDING Research Associate Frontier Centre for Public Policy THE FISH in the movie Finding Nemo had made their great escape. After a far-fetched plan and an unlikely [Continue]

FIRST NATIONS – Grassroots need the ability to hold their leaders accountable

February 12, 2018 // 0 Comments

By TODD MacKAY Prairie Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation and HARRISON THUNDERCHILD IT’S WORRYING to see an old watchdog blindly wander away from its post [Continue]

TRAVIS – Was that really the best way to pick a new party leader?

February 11, 2018 // 0 Comments

WHEN A POLITICAL party sets rules for a leadership race and tries to be all things to all members, the result can end up looking more like the proverbial camel designed by a [Continue]