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Frontier Centre for Public Policy
Established1997[1]
FounderPeter Holle[1]
TypePublic Policy Think Tank
Headquarters203 – 2727 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Coordinates49°52′43″N 97°16′22″W / 49.8785°N 97.2728°W / 49.8785; -97.2728
President
Peter Holle[2]
Chairman
Wayne Anderson[2]
Websitewww.fcpp.org

The Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP) is a Canadian public policy think tank with offices in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. According to the 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report (Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, University of Pennsylvania), FCPP is number 23 (of 30) of the "Top Think Tanks in Mexico and Canada".[3]

Political stance

The Frontier Centre describes itself as a non-ideological[1] think tank, founded to undertake research and education projects in support of economic growth and social outcomes that enhance quality of life.[4] Despite this, the group's views have been interpreted by some as classically liberal[citation needed], right-libertarian[citation needed], or conservative.[5]

Research and publications

The Local Government Performance Index

“The Local Government Performance Index (LGPI) aims to make data on the performance of Canada’s municipalities available in one, easily accessible location so that members of the public, media, and government can better understand how municipalities are performing in comparison to each other.”[6] The hope of the LGPI is that this ease of access to data will help everyone involved in local government to identify best practices and areas for improvement in both actual performance and the way performance is reported on.

Funding

The Frontier Centre maintains its independence through having no government funding, a funding base that is diversified across industries and charities, and a 'Firewall' between its Board of Directors which forbids any direct Board involvement or influence in the Centre's education efforts. Funding comes from private charitable foundations (63%), businesses (18%), individuals (18%), and by events (1%).[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Frontier Centre website's About page, "accessed September 8, 2014".
  2. ^ a b Frontier Centre website's list of Board of Directors, "accessed September 8, 2014".
  3. ^ James G. McGann (Director) (February 4, 2015). "2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report". Retrieved February 14, 2015.
  4. ^ a b 2012 Annual Report http://www.fcpp.org/files/annual-reports/pdfs/annual-report-2012.pdf
  5. ^ https://www.pressprogress.ca/conservative_think_tank_says_child_labour_rules_seem_rather_unnecessary_audio, accessed December 12, 2016.
  6. ^ http://www.lgpi.ca/about
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