Frontier Centre

The budget crisis in Alberta has led some to suggest cutting funding to private schools. This is a short-sighted and unfair idea.

Private schools are only partly financed by the province which does not cover capital costs and provides a per-student grant less than half of what public schools receive. Transferring those students enrolled in the private institutions to the public system would cost Alberta $168 million extra plus the cost of constructing new classrooms or schools to accommodate the 29,000 pupils. Those worried about class sizes now should consider the impact of adding that many new students.

The budget crisis in Alberta has led some to suggest cutting funding to private schools. This is a short-sighted and unfair idea.

Private schools are only partly financed by the province which does not cover capital costs and provides a per-student grant less than half of what public schools receive. Transferring those students enrolled in the private institutions to the public system would cost Alberta $168 million extra plus the cost of constructing new classrooms or schools to accommodate the 29,000 pupils. Those worried about class sizes now should consider the impact of adding that many new students.

Don't Blink: The Politics of Successful Structural Reform by Frontier Centre

Don't Blink: The Politics of Successful Structural Reform by Frontier Centre

Here is a simple phrase: “Some good came from Residential Schools”.

It’s an undeniably true statement and if you don’t believe it, listen to the words of native playwright Tomson Highway: “There are many very successful people today that went to those schools and have brilliant careers and are very functional people, very happy people like myself. I have a thriving international career, and it wouldn’t have happened without that school.”

Here is a simple phrase: “Some good came from Residential Schools”.

It’s an undeniably true statement and if you don’t believe it, listen to the words of native playwright Tomson Highway: “There are many very successful people today that went to those schools and have brilliant careers and are very functional people, very happy people like myself. I have a thriving international career, and it wouldn’t have happened without that school.”

Ian Madsen joins Geoff Currier to explain the common negative effects that are nearly inevitable, and more.

Ian Madsen joins Geoff Currier to explain the common negative effects that are nearly inevitable, and more.

The Northern Gateway, Energy East, and Pacific Northwest LNG Pipeline proposals have been scrapped. Scotiabank estimates that the Canadian economy forfeits $15.6 billion per year as other pipeline proposals await approval. Has this happened because Canadians organically and collectively decided the environmental impact was too great? No. This actually happened because uber-rich American environmental foundations planned and paid for this very result.

The Northern Gateway, Energy East, and Pacific Northwest LNG Pipeline proposals have been scrapped. Scotiabank estimates that the Canadian economy forfeits $15.6 billion per year as other pipeline proposals await approval. Has this happened because Canadians organically and collectively decided the environmental impact was too great? No. This actually happened because uber-rich American environmental foundations planned and paid for this very result.