Writing for Frontier, Scott McGregor warns BC Ferries’ contract with a Chinese state-owned shipbuilder reveals Canada’s failure to align procurement with national security. It is trading short-term savings for long-term sovereignty and strategic vulnerability.
Complacency is returning to the Canadian consciousness. The election is over and Canadians have made their choice for change, though not too much change. The new prime minister has chosen his cabinet. The House is sitting for the next few weeks, and Canadians are starting to forget about politics and look forward to the summer. But this is not the time to take our eyes off the ball.
John von Heyking breaks down how the June 2 vote isn’t just a parliamentary win—it’s a crucial reminder that real power belongs to Parliament, not just the prime minister or the throne. Don’t miss this take on why the opposition’s move matters more than flashy slogans or speeches.
Winnipeg, MB – June 5, 2025 – The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has released the eighth edition of its Local Government Performance Index (LGPI), authored by Research Fellow Lee Harding. The report evaluates the transparency and quality of financial reporting among 99 of Canada’s largest municipalities based on 2023 data, highlighting continued progress in public accountability but significant discrepancies across regions.
The Transparency Index (TI) component of the LGPI scores cities out of a possible 33 points, assessing how accessible and comprehensive their financial statements are. Criteria include audit timeliness, commentary on expenditures, historical data, capital asset reporting, and adherence to best accounting practices.
Presidents can launch a nuclear war, but they can’t access UFO files? The inauguration of Donald Trump projected the confidence of a presidential office that could do anything: rename gulfs, impose tariffs, shut down borders, reduce bureaucracies, pardon...
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Big Topics & Big Ideas
For generations, we allowed representatives of candidates to scrutinize electoral votes to avoid error or malice from an election official. Neither bribery, nor favouritism, nor incompetence would have any effect. Vote machines have the same vulnerabilities....
An election in British Columbia presents opportunities to discuss critical policies for the province's future. Here are a few key ideas we hope British Columbians will consider for adoption by their next government, regardless of the political label of that...
It is always difficult to be the heir of a successful king, particularly when you lack the virtues that your eminent father had possessed. Edward II was not the successful military leader that his father Edward I (a.k.a. “Longshanks” and “Hammer of the Scots”) had...
Preston Manning: "Competence and ability, not ideology, should be the core criteria for hiring civil servants" I recently had the pleasure of speaking with the Honourable Preston Manning about the ever-growing size of Canada’s federal bureaucracy. Manning, a seasoned...
One of the greatest difficulties in maintaining a stable democracy is keeping one’s political leaders from being murdered. In the more excitable Latin American and Caribbean nations, presidents and would-be reformers are killed with depressing regularity, the most...
For years, corporate media made fun of people (like me) who wrote about the existence of the deep state. This is just wild paranoia, they said. There is no such thing! Oh really? Yep, that’s what they said. And when Donald Trump said he would drain the swamp,...