Having trouble viewing? Try the web version [link removed] of this email. Latest Research Medical wait times cost Canadian patients almost $5.2 billion in lost wages last year [[link removed]]
The Private Cost of Public Queues for Medically Necessary Care, 2025 finds that in 2024, medical wait times cost Canadian patients almost $5.2 billion in lost wages, while the national median waiting time from specialist appointment to treatment was 15 weeks.
Read More [[link removed]] From 2000 to 2023, Ontarians went from having 5% higher incomes to 3.2% lower than fellow Canadians [[link removed]]
Ontario's Economy Is Broken finds that between 2000 and 2023, Ontarians went from earning 5% more than the average Canadian to 3.2% less—a striking economic reversal. Two decades of weak growth, low business investment, and poor policy decisions have contributed to the province’s decline, leaving residents with lower incomes and a reduced standard of living.
Read More [[link removed]] Commentary and Blog Posts Carney government should suspend trade negotiations with the U.S. [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Financial Post) by Steven Globerman
Canadian policymakers should think about what U.S. concessions would be required to put previously non-negotiable items on the bargaining table.
CBC ‘fact-checker’ gets his facts wrong [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Jake Fuss
Neither the CBC nor Gatehouse contacted anyone at the Fraser Institute to verify his false claims.
Reality check—Canadians are not getting an income tax cut [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Hub) by Jason Clemens and Jake Fuss
The deficit this year will increase from a projected $42.2 billion under Trudeau to $62.3 billion under Carney.
Alberta’s move to ‘activity-based funding’ will improve health care despite naysayer claims [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Western Standard) by Nadeem Esmail
In England, the shift to ABF in the early to mid-2000s helped increase hospital activity.
Carney must work to grow Canada’s economic pie [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Calgary Sun) by Jock Finlayson
Canada has been losing global market share in almost all of our export-oriented industries.
Federal government’s accounting change reduces transparency and accountability [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Financial Post) by Jake Fuss and Grady Munro
This change will make it more difficult to recognize the actual size of the federal deficit.
Trump’s 51st state vision—what it would mean for Canada and the U.S. [[link removed]] by Jason Clemens and Niels Veldhuis
The president seems unaware that the U.S. tax advantage over Canada largely exists at the state level, not the federal level.
Time to scrap ‘discovery learning’ and return to time-tested math instruction [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Epoch Times) by Michael Zwaagstra
Canadian students are nearly two grade levels behind in their math skills than where they were 20 years ago.
Texas outperforms Alberta on personal income tax competitiveness [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Edmonton Sun) by Tegan Hill and Nathaniel Li
Alberta’s top personal income tax rate kicked in at C$355,845 compared to C$834,688 in Texas.
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