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Many ethnic and racial groups in Canada strive to maintain separate identities in the face of the forces of assimilation. Some also have a painful history of being victimized, and they have struggled to keep their culture alive.

With Michael Zwaagstra, Contributor to the Frontier Centre for Public Policy and a public high school teacher, education researcher, and author.

Class Action - Indian Hospitals in 1960's by Frontier Centre

Craig Blacksmith was a candidate in the Association of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) recent election…

Content Knowledge is the Key to Learning (Audio Book) by Frontier Centre

The rules to deal with asylum seekers and human smugglers in Canada represent a return to a time when common sense prevailed to prevent the abuse of our laws. Despite strong resistance by the opposition parties and the refugee lobby, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration introduced legislation aimed at curbing abuse and introducing a faster and more equitable process for adjudicating asylum claims. The Balanced Refugee Reform Act and the Protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act, effectively created a new asylum policy for Canada.

When the government introduced the Canadian Human Rights Act in 1977, it was acknowledged to be a glaring omission to exclude First Nations people (as defined in the Indian Act) from the Act’s protection. Section 67 was a scandalous clause that kept Aboriginal Canadians from accessing rights other Canadians take for granted.

Teacher and Senior Fellow at Frontier Center for Public Policy, Michael Zwaagstra, joins Geoff Currier to discuss his latest commentary entitled "Brainwashed Students Aren’t Critical Thinkers". Commentary can be found at www.fcpp.org.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada released its report in 2015 saying that that Canada and the Churches that managed the majority of Indian Residential Schools treated Indigenous people as if they were sub-human. If this is true, then why did many church leaders give about a third of the schools Indigenous names? Schools were named after Indigenous Chiefs, such as Crowfoot and Old Sun; Tribes and Bands, such as Assiniboia and Mohawk; and Places, such as Ahousat and Wabasca. In this recording Rod Clifton, Senior Editor at the Frontier Centre, examines the names given to Indian Residential schools.

There are as many electoral engineers in this world as there are social engineers. They want to devise ingenious systems to advance vague concepts such as “inclusiveness”, while failing to define adequately what that means. Nor do they explore whether the people they want to “help” really want to be helped. How do the electoral engineers know that most of the people who voted for third, fourth or fifth parties were not consciously making a statement in the full knowledge that their votes in the end were unlikely to influence the outcome?

Robert MacBain discusses Gord Downie, Charlie Wenjack and Sir Edward Cornwallis on the Sheldon MacLeod Show on Halifax radio station 97.5.

Senior Fellow Michael Zwaagstra is interviewed by Danielle Smith about the recent controversial motion made by newly elected trustee Lisa Davis seeking to create "third-party math monitoring" to ensure students achieve the learning improvements they deserve in math through shared best practices among teachers themselves. Critics argue that this would be overstepping the boundaries that allow teachers the freedom and expertise to do their jobs.

David Vardy discusses the Muskrat Falls Inquiry on CBC Radio.

Tom Adams comments on Patrick Brown's Hydro plan.

Tom Adams on the electricity promise.

A recent study claims that 90 per cent of classes in Alberta are way over the provincial standard of 17 students per class. But how much do class sizes affect a child’s learning process? Michael Zwaagstra, a senior fellow with the Frontier Centre joins Rob Breakenridge to comment on what's really the best way for kids to learn.

Teaching is a challenging job. Anyone who has spent a few days in a school knows that teachers have a lot of demands placed upon them. Michael Zwaagstra comments.

Immigration continues to be a huge issue for Canada, and an expert in the field says it's one of the areas where Justin Trudeau does NOT compare favourably with his legendary father. For more on immigration and other issues, visit the Frontier Centre For Public Policy, at FCPP.ORG

Dr. Gerry Bowler, senior fellow at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, joined the Danielle Smith show to talk about the "Halloween costume conundrum."

Robert MacBain is interviewed on the Jim Harrison show.