Federal government’s failure to restrain spending undermines Bank of Canada’s effort to tame inflation

Canada’s Fiscal Policy Has Undermined Efforts to Tackle Inflation finds that the federal government’s decision to increase already high levels of spending and continued budget deficits will hinder the Bank of Canada’s efforts to tame inflation.

Canada can tackle growing backlog of surgeries with funding reforms and expanded role for private-care providers within public system

Tackling the Surgery Backlog in the Canadian Provinces: Some Lessons from International Experience is a new study that finds unlike Canada, other countries with universal health-care systems—including Britain, Sweden and the Netherlands—have managed to reduce their medical wait-times by using the private sector to its advantage and incentivizing greater efficiency through alternative funding models.

Key Insights of UCLA—Part 1: Why the profit motive is better for industry and better for people

David Henderson, emeritus professor of economics with the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, and host Rosemarie Fike dive right into conflict aversion in school, in the home, and even discuss how the UCLA school illuminated how the profit motive helps reduce discrimination by automatically imposing a penalty on those who do.

Commentary and Blog Posts

Supreme Court ruling ends hope for many patients waiting for care in Canada

by Bacchus Barua and Nadeem Esmail

Patients needing neurosurgery faced a typical wait of more than a year.

‘Green’ recovery plans will impose substantial costs on the economy

(Appeared in the Ottawa Sun) by Elmira Aliakbari and Jason Clemens

Ottawa has mandated the phase-out of conventional coal-fired electricity generation.

Competition Bureau should support actual competition in the market

(Appeared in the Globe and Mail) by Steven Globerman

Governments in Canada have implemented many laws and regulations that discourage firms from entering a range of industries.

Quebec creates its own state-sponsored environmental problems

(Appeared in the Financial Post) by Vincent Geloso

Since the 1960s, the steel industry has been the recipient of provincial government largesse.

Federal budget does not meet definition of ‘restraint’

(Appeared in National Newswatch) by Matthew Lau

The budget dumps billions into the government’s bottomless climate policy money pit.

Another federal mandate, another increase in costs

(Appeared in True North) by Kenneth P. Green

The government plans to raise the cost of what the government purchases.

Fossil fuels—a huge net benefit to humanity

(Appeared in the Hub) by Pierre Desrochers

The massive industrialization of the last two centuries dramatically improved the health and life expectancy of humanity.

Despite surge of revenue, few Canadian governments expect surpluses in 2023

by Jake Fuss, Tegan Hill, and Alex Whalen

According to projections, federal net debt will jump by more than $142 billion over the next five years.

TMX pipeline demonstrates dire need for regulatory reform

(Appeared in the Calgary Sun) by Kenneth P. Green

The project's estimated cost has ballooned from $5.4 billion to almost $31 billion.

Corporate welfare for Michelin—another example of wrongheaded policy

(Appeared in the Halifax Chronicle Herald) by Tegan Hill and Alex Whalen

In 2017, the provincial government spent $310 million on corporate welfare.

Indigenous programs and payouts help drive federal deficits

(Appeared in the Epoch Times) by Tom Flanagan

In just two fiscal years, Indigenous spending increased by $4 billion.

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