Having trouble viewing? Try the web version [link removed] of this email. Latest Research British Columbia on track to be Canada’s third-most indebted province by 2029/30 [[link removed]]

British Columbia’s Descent into Debt finds that the B.C. provincial government continues with its current fiscal plans, it will become the third-most indebted province in the country by 2029/30.

Read More [[link removed]] Reducing business tax rate to 8% across Atlantic provinces would benefit workers; encourage growth and competitiveness in region [[link removed]]

A Transformational Tax Policy for Atlantic Canada: Corporate Income Tax Relief is a new study that finds reducing the corporate income tax (CIT) rate in all four Atlantic provinces to eight per cent—which would match the current lowest rate in Alberta—would result in large economic benefits, including economic growth and higher wages.

Read More [[link removed]] Commentary and Blog Posts Federal government should stay in its lane [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Financial Post) by Jason Clemens and Jake Fuss

Since 2015, federal spending has increased by more than 76 per cent.

B.C. government’s changes to student testing deprive parents of high school rankings [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Vancouver Sun) by Paige MacPherson

The new assessments don’t test specific course content knowledge but rather broad concepts.

Here’s your annual bill for public health care [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Ottawa Sun) by Bacchus Barua

An average family of four will pay an estimated $17,713 for public health care this year.

Is Ontario too Toronto-centric? [[link removed]] by Livio Di Matteo

The Greater Toronto Area accounts for more than 20 per cent of the province's population.

B.C. government should improve health-care access at home rather than ship patients to U.S. [[link removed]] by Mackenzie Moir and Alicia Kardos

Last year patients in the province faced a median wait of 27.7 weeks from GP referral to a specialist to treatment.

Energy transition will be much longer and more arduous than they’re telling you [[link removed]] by Jock Finlayson

Fossil fuels provide more than three quarters of all energy consumed in Canada.

Central bank ‘forward guidance’—a valuable tool when used wisely [[link removed]] by Lawrence Schembri and Steven Globerman

The Bank of Canada recently lowered its policy rate, making it three cuts in a row.

More money hasn’t improved B.C. schools [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Western Standard) by Michael Zwaagstra

Operational spending is comprised mainly of salaries and benefits for teachers.

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