Having trouble viewing? Try the web version [link removed] of this email. Latest Research Ottawa’s “Net Zero” emission-reduction plan will cost Canadian workers $8,000 annually by 2050 [[link removed]]

Canada’s Path to Net Zero by 2050: Darkness at the End of the Tunnel is a new study that finds the federal government’s plan to achieve “net zero” greenhouse gas emissions will result in 254,000 fewer jobs and cost workers $8,000 in lower wages (by 2050), all while failing to meet the government’s own emission-reduction target by 2050.

Read More [[link removed]] B.C. government can pursue major health-care reforms without Ottawa’s consent [[link removed]]

Health-Care Reform Options for British Columbia finds that the B.C. government can enact major health-care reforms—without approval from the federal government—that would shorten wait times and improve patient care in the province.

Read More [[link removed]] Employment-based policies are a better long-term solution to poverty than government programs [[link removed]]

Thinking About Poverty: Helping the Poor; What are the options? is a new essay that finds policies that encourage employment opportunities provide more effective long-term solutions to poverty than well-intended but misguided governmental anti-poverty programs.

Read More [[link removed]] Commentary and Blog Posts Canada holds valuable bargaining chip in trade negotiations with Trump [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Hill Times) by Alex Whalen and Jake Fuss

Our supply management system maintains higher prices for products than would otherwise exist in a competitive market.

State of federal finances makes NATO spending target very challenging [[link removed]] by Jake Fuss and Grady Munro

To reach 2.0 per cent of GDP in 2027/28, the government would need to spend $68.8 billion on defence that fiscal year.

Many of Ontario’s large metro areas are now poorer than Quebec’s [[link removed]] by Ben Eisen

The poorest metro areas in the two provinces—Oshawa, Peterborough, Barrie, St. Catharines-Niagara and Brantford—are all in Ontario.

Trump’s executive orders represent massive threat to Canadian competitiveness [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Kenneth P. Green

The huge investments Canada has made in EV and battery technology and manufacturing will likely see little return.

B.C. must reduce size of government to fix fiscal mess [[link removed]] by Tegan Hill

The province will have the slowest economic growth in Canada in 2024.

Next Ontario government should beat Trump at his own game [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Toronto Star) by Jake Fuss and Grady Munro

The government has run deficits in five of six years and its net debt burden has increased by an estimated $70.3 billion.

Quebec government should finally kick its addiction to deficits [[link removed]] by Ben Eisen

The province will run a projected $11 billion deficit this fiscal year.

Atlantic Canada trails New England on several key economic indicators [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Halifax Chronicle Herald) by Ben Eisen

Across the region, high income-earners face a tax rate of more than 50 per cent.

Ontario government should reject Toronto school board’s DEI decree [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Michael Zwaagstra

DEI places an inordinate emphasis on personal characteristics such as race and gender.

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