Having trouble viewing? Try the web version [link removed] of this email. Latest Research More housing was built in Canada during the 1970s than now [[link removed]]

Canada’s Housing Mismatch: Canadians want ground-oriented homes, but not enough are being built is a new study that finds despite rising population and growing demand, more housing was constructed in Canadian cities during the 1970s than what is presently being built.

Read More [[link removed]] Manufacturers delay drug launches in Canada due to government red tape [[link removed]]

Waiting for New Medicines: How Does Canada Compare to the United States and Europe? finds that, due to government barriers, Canadians have access to fewer new drugs than Americans and Europeans.

Read More [[link removed]] Key Insights of UCLA—Part 2: Why good economics is not often good politics [[link removed]]

Steve Globerman, professor emeritus at Western Washington University and senior fellow as well as the Addington Chair in Measurement at the Fraser Institute, joins host Rosemarie Fike to continue the discussion on the UCLA school of thought, including rent control, the housing crisis, the arguable role of city governments, and maintaining quality of life.

Commentary and Blog Posts Canada may avoid official ‘recession’ but comparative living standards continue to fall [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Epoch Times) By: Jason Clemens and Jock Finlayson

The late U.S. president Ronald Reagan famously said in the 1980 election that “Recession is when your neighbour loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.”

If politicians called the shots in business we’d probably all starve [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Ottawa Sun) By: Matthew Lau

Government ownership of business is an idea, quite appropriately, in wide disrepute. But government ambitions to control business never cease, so members of Parliament are employing the more publicly accepted strategy of trying to browbeat private businesses into serving political and social objectives.

Toronto admissions fiasco underscores need for school choice [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Toronto Sun) By: Michael Zwaagstra

Leave it to the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) to turn a bad decision into a total disaster.

Socialism definitions and tax increases: all respondents vs. socialism supporters [[link removed]] By: Jason Clemens and Steven Globerman

One of the interesting insights from the recent poll on the perceptions and views on socialism in Canada, the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom are the differences between all respondents and those who support socialism.

The important climate study you didn’t hear about [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Financial Post) By: Ross McKitrick

An important new study on climate change came out recently. I’m not talking about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Synthesis Report with its nonsensical headline “Urgent climate action can secure a liveable future for all.”

Rent control wrong answer for Calgary’s rental woes [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Calgary Sun) By: Steve Lafleur and Josef Filipowicz

Rents in Alberta are on the rise, as the economy recovers and the province once again becomes a magnet for people across Canada. An increase in demand for housing without a corresponding increase in supply is a recipe for higher housing costs.

Ontario set to fall far short of homebuilding goal [[link removed]] By: Josef Filipowicz and Steve Lafleur

Just over a year ago, the Ford government’s Housing Affordability Task Force published a report with its findings and recommendations including the goal—since adopted by the government—of doubling homebuilding, with an eye on building 1.5 million homes by 2032.

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