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FRASER UPDATE
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Latest Research
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Canada has fewer doctors, hospital beds, MRIs and longer wait times than other countries with universal health care
Comparing Performance of Universal Health Care Countries, 2023 is a new study that compares 30 universal health-care systems in developed countries, finding that Canada has fewer doctors, hospital beds, MRIs, and longer wait times than comparable countries—despite ranking in the top third for spending.
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Quebec high schools show improvement in every corner of province
The Report Card on Quebec’s Secondary Schools 2023 ranks 468 public, independent, francophone and anglophone schools based on provincewide test results in French, English, science and mathematics during the 2021/22 academic year. In this year’s ranking, 45 schools showed statistically significant improvement while 38 schools experienced declining performance.
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ESSENTIAL SCHOLARS EXPLAINED PODCAST
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Joseph Schumpeter Part 2: Technology, Innovation, and the Workforce [[link removed]]
Russell S. Sobel, co-author of The Essential Joseph Schumpeter and Professor of Economics & Entrepreneurship in the Baker School of Business at The Citadel, once again joins host Rosemarie Fike to discuss Joseph Schumpeter's most enduring and often prescient insights, including how contrary to popular belief, "creative destruction" and the technological innovation that embodies it in modern life doesn't equal mass unemployment.
Commentary and Blog Posts
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Ontario government’s failure to restrain spending undermines ‘fiscal foundation’ [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Globe and Mail) by Grady Munro and Jake Fuss
According to the government’s new projections, the deficit will be $5.6 billion—quadruple what it projected earlier this year.
Here’s why the rest of Canada doesn’t want Alberta to leave the CPP [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Edmonton Sun) by Tegan Hill
Albertans have higher average incomes, which means there’s a higher level of premiums paid into the fund.
Federal government poised to pile on more spending and debt [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Financial Post) by Jake Fuss and Grady Munro
Since 2014/15, federal government debt interest costs have nearly doubled.
Court ruling on plastics ban welcome news for Canadians [[link removed]]
by Julio Mejía and Elmira Aliakbari
The government's ban on six types of single-use plastics went into effect last year.
Expand school choice to help end controversies over gender and other issues [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Paige MacPherson and Alex Whalen
In Ontario, the government provides no funding for independent schools.
Ottawa’s new ‘energy efficiency’ regulations will increase home prices in Nova Scotia [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Macdonald Notebook) by Alex Whalen and Elmira Aliakbari
New federal regulations will add an estimated $30,677 to the cost of a new home in the province by 2030.
Alberta’s bureaucratic shuffle bears little resemblance to necessary health-care reforms [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Calgary Herald) by Nadeem Esmail
Australia, Switzerland and Germany all deliver more timely universal care with comparable levels of spending to Canada.
Atlantic Canadian incomes significantly lower than New England incomes [[link removed]]
by Alex Whalen, Ben Eisen, and Joel Emes
An income gap of thousands of dollars per year makes a big difference for living standards and quality of life.
Newfoundland and Labrador’s ‘Future Fund’ turns one—here’s how it can be better [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the St. John's Telegram) by Alex Whalen
The province’s oil and gas sector produces a significant amount of revenue for the government.
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