Incomes in Ontario slowest growing nationwide over past 20 years

Ontario's Two Lost Economic Decades: 2002-2022 finds that, from using several key indicators of Ontario’s economic performance from 2002-2022, minimal economic progress was made for Ontarians during this time—and the province lost ground relative to much of the country.

B.C. health-care wait times and student test scores worsen despite marked increases in government spending

Understanding British Columbia’s Public Management Challenge finds that despite substantial spending increases by the B.C. government, the province’s health-care wait times have increased and student test scores have declined.

More than 30% of Canadian economy protected from foreign competition, increasing prices for consumers

Canada Stills Needs To Open Up To Competition, written by Senior Fellow Vincent Geloso, calculates how much of the Canadian economy is protected from competition because of government intervention, and discusses how barriers to competition impose higher costs and lower living standards on Canadians.

Realities of Socialism: Looking Back and Moving Forward

Steven Globerman, Senior Fellow and the Addington Chair in Measurement at the Fraser Institute, joins host Rosemarie Fike once more to discuss the Realities of Socialism project entire. Specifically, what lessons we should learn from the experience of transitional countries like Estonia and Poland? How do we understand big government countries that some advocate for as socialist like Denmark and Sweden? How do we integrate and contextualize the views of young people when they support “socialism”? and much more.

Commentary and Blog Posts

Schools shouldn’t sacrifice student performance to vague notions of ‘equity’

(Appeared in the Ottawa Sun) by Derek J. Allison

The three highest performing K-12 education systems in Canada offer relatively high levels of school choice.

Economic progress stalling for Canada and other G7 countries

by Jake Fuss

Productivity in Ireland has grown at a rapid annual pace of 5.9 per cent, more than six times faster than the G7.

Ontario government’s smartphone restrictions in schools don’t go nearly far enough

(Appeared in the Ottawa Citizen) by Paige MacPherson and Michael Zwaagstra

Even the simple presence of a smartphone can reduce a student's cognitive abilities.

B.C. schools highlight Canada’s ‘discriminatory’ past while ignoring broad view of history

(Appeared in the Western Standard) by Michael Zwaagstra

By obsessing on Canada’s historic faults, schools give students a myopic and incomplete picture of our country.

Trudeau and Ford should attach personal fortunes to EV corporate welfare

(Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Jason Clemens and Tegan Hill

Several automakers including Toyota and Ford have scaled back their EV production plans.

Policymakers in Ottawa and Edmonton maintain broken health-care system

(Appeared in the Calgary Herald) by Nadeem Esmail

Canada ranked dead last on wait times for specialist care and non-emergency surgeries.

Climate activists target plastics industry with ‘recycling’ theory

(Appeared in True North) by Kenneth P. Green

We would have only a tiny fraction of modern health-care technologies without plastics.

Let’s be clear—the Alberta government’s fiscal problems aren’t over

(Appeared in the Edmonton Sun) by Tegan Hill

In 2023/24, debt interest payments will cost a projected $3.4 billion, equal to $691 per Albertan.

Misleading polls may produce more damaging federal policies

by Jason Clemens and Jake Fuss

Support for pharmacare drops from 79 per cent to 40 per cent when the question includes a GST hike.

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