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FRASER UPDATE
A weekly digest of our latest research, commentary, and blog posts
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Latest Research
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Canada’s health-care wait times hit 27.7 weeks in 2023—longest ever recorded
Waiting Your Turn: Wait Times for Health Care in Canada, 2023 is an annual survey of physicians across Canada, finding a median wait time of 27.7 weeks—the longest ever recorded—with national wait times longest between a referral by a GP and plastic, orthopaedic, and neurosurgery, while shortest for radiation and medical oncology treatments.
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Indigenous-led financial institutions key to economic reconciliation and self-determination for Indigenous Peoples
The Next Generation: Innovating to Improve Indigenous Access to Finance in Canada is a new study that finds a well-functioning Indigenous financial system is essential to promoting investment and economic development and raising living standards in Indigenous communities.
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Essential Scholars Explained Podcast
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Robert Nozick Part 1: Why People Exist for Their Own Sake and Purposes [[link removed]]
Dr. Aeon J. Skoble, Professor of Philosophy at Bridgewater State University and author of The Essential Nozick, joins host Rosemarie Fike to talk about Nozick's somewhat unconventional rise to prominence in the field of philosophy, as well as discuss Nozick’s key insights on morality, individual rights, limited government and the free market.
Commentary and Blog Posts
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COVID school closures dramatically set kids back—here are some solutions [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the National Post) by Paige MacPherson
Union agreements hamper the ability of governments to hire and reward excellent teachers based on merit.
Alberta government should rein in spending despite budget surplus [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Calgary Sun) by Tegan Hill
The government has increased program spending by nearly $10 billion since its original plan in 2022.
Ottawa’s plan to lower prices won’t make life more affordable for Canadians [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Hub) by Steven Globerman
Tariffs on imported dairy and other food products help inflate prices at the checkout line.
Federal government’s fiscal plan raises red flags [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Western Standard) by Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss, and Grady Munro
A national pharmacare program would cost an estimated $15.3 billion in 2027.
Ottawa’s cap-and-trade plan long on costs, light on environmental benefits [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Western Standard) by Kenneth P. Green
According to the plan, the oil and gas sector must reduce emissions by up to 38 per cent by 2030.
Sweden’s much more ‘free market’ than you think [[link removed]]
by Johan Norberg
The country deregulated markets in the 1990s, privatized state-owned companies, cut spending and reduced taxes.
Spending sprees by governments across Canada help fuel inflation and high interest rates [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Ottawa Sun) by Jake Fuss and Grady Munro
Between 2024/25 and 2027/28, the federal government has increased projected spending by $30.7 billion more than previously forecasted.
Newfoundland and Labrador must restrain spending to right fiscal ship [[link removed]]
by Alex Whalen
The province's net debt is $31,749 per person, by far the highest level of any province in Canada.
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