Frontier Centre for Public Policy
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP) is an independent Canadian public policy think tank. Founded in Winnipeg in 1997, the Frontier Centre received charitable status in 1999 and currently has offices in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
Our research aims to analyze current affairs and public policies and develop effective and meaningful ideas for good governance and reform. We provide a platform for public debate and engage with the public through our numerous publications and events.
Most Recent Articles by Frontier Centre for Public Policy:
What if Alberta Said Goodbye to Canada?
February 9, 2025
Let’s calm down and listen to Danielle Smith. She is the adult in the room on this one. Beefing up our border security and military, and properly defending our north — Trump’s biggest demands — are things we should have done long ago anyway.
Divisive Policies and Weak Leadership are Tearing Canada Apart
February 9, 2025
Canada faces a national identity crisis. Unity, rooted in shared values, is the key to a strong and independent nation
U.S. Tariffs Highlight Manitoba’s Need for a Northern Trade Corridor
February 9, 2025
Manitoba should finally consider putting everything into building northern ports and corridors. If we do not move closer to the speed of business, we will miss this historic chance
Canada Can’t Afford to Play Trade Chicken With the US
February 9, 2025
The idea of a trade war with the United States is reckless when Canada’s government is in stasis and already mired in the economic problems it created
Can We Rebuild Canada-U.S Relations?
January 30, 2025
Frontier Live on X-- with Catherine Swift
Returning to Reciprocity Is the Only Way Forward for Canada
January 30, 2025
Reconciliation can only be achieved when indigenous and non-indigenous people respect and trust each other, and when reciprocity is embedded in the calls to action
Lessons from the Romanian Revolution
January 30, 2025
Unjust authoritarian governments can quickly fall, no matter how entrenched they seem. Citizens languishing under harmful rule should take some comfort knowing that if they stand their ground, deliverance could be just around the corner
Wildfire Risks May Demand Stricter Building Codes
January 30, 2025
Thus far, Canadians have shown little appetite, whether at federal, provincial or municipal levels, to mandate costlier higher fire-resistance standards in home building and other construction
Report Shows Politics Trumped Science on U.S. Vaccine Mandates
January 23, 2025
After Action Review of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Lessons Learned and a Path Forward
In sum, thanks to woke DEI policy makers, enforcers, and activists, and supremacist, pro-terrorist Muslims, Jews in North America are being crushed
Students Will Benefit From Direct Instruction, Without a Doubt
January 23, 2025
Just Tell Them: The Power of Explanations and Explicit Teaching by Zach Groshell
Who Does Trudeau Think He’s Kidding?
January 23, 2025
Trudeau--after thoroughly degrading Canada in every way — has chosen to do so in such a way that the maximum damage will be inflicted on our already wounded country. Latest “Captain Canada" act--is surely his greatest insult of all
The following policy ideas could ease the looming demographic cliff
“Sugarcane” Documentary – Possible Oscar Nominee – is Fake News
January 18, 2025
Emily Kassie will win Oscar for fake news! The information in this article was found in a few hours of Internet search. It’s all laid out for you in my mini-doc rebuttal, “The Bitter Roots of Sugarcane"
The government – in consultation with unions and other stakeholders – should give all models of delivery equal consideration. Manitobans deserve no less.
Why Canada Must Double Down on Energy Production
January 18, 2025
Wealth is a helpful shelter in the storms of life and is no different for the storms of the planet. Canada is sitting on abundant energy and should not let dubious arguments hold back their development
Canada Has the Oil, So Why Is It Being Sabotaged?
December 22, 2024
Sonya Savage Speaks Out
Climate Crisis or Climate Hype?
December 22, 2024
Patrick Moore Challenges the Alarmism
Out-Trumping Trump: A Mission Without a Win
December 22, 2024
Trump will take advantage Trudeau's weakness –and if he can nail a man he despises as weak and woke, he will enjoy it the more. Out-Trumping Trump for domestic advantage was a fool’s errand.
Kimberly Murray Continues to Perpetuate a “Grave Error”
December 22, 2024
Rather than being a genocidal project, there is not a single verified case of a child murdered by a staff member at any of Canada’s Indian Residential Schools during their 113-year government-supported operation
The federal government and the Catholic Church must demand that the University of Manitoba take down its false and misleading National Student Memorial
NDP Must Reverse Course on Teacher Education Requirements
December 22, 2024
The NDP government can either cling to a policy change that will lower the quality of future teachers, or it can learn from the mistakes of the previous NDP government and reverse course
Christmas: As Canadian as Hockey and Maple Syrup
December 22, 2024
So the next time objections are raised to the appearance of Christmas in the public square, simply state that it’s a long-standing Canadian custom, sanctified by time and universal practice, as deeply embedded in our culture as the red maple leaf.
It’s questionable whether climate change constitutes an existential crisis that warrants dedicating all our resources at the expense of human life and flourishing.
Canada’s future is not set in stone. It depends on the choices we make today. Let’s make the right ones – so we can reclaim our prosperity, restore our freedoms
Canada Fulfills the Dystopian Vision
November 30, 2024
Canada has fallen, but many Canadians can’t see it because there’s no rubble
It’s Time To Stop Church Arsons And What Fuels Them
November 30, 2024
It’s time to stop the fires and the disputable claims that fuel them, and restore respect for people of faith, their right to worship, and their places of worship
Lowering Teacher Education Standards Will Harm Students
November 23, 2024
Lowering teacher education standards might get more bodies into school classrooms, but it won’t help raise student achievement
Hydrocarbons Are The Backbone of Global Progress
November 23, 2024
Petrochemicals and plastics make modern life possible
Not until the collapse of the Soviet hold on Eastern Europe in 1989 did Hungarians get another taste of freedom