Having trouble viewing? Try the web version [link removed] of this email. Latest Research [[link removed]] 84% of Swiss hospitals and 60% of hospitalizations are in private facilities, and they face much lower wait times [[link removed]]

Integrating Private Health Care Into Canada’s Public System: What We Can Learn from Switzerland finds that if Canada followed Switzerland’s approach to universal health care, including its much greater use of private sector involvement, the country would deliver better results to patients and reduce wait times. For example, while all hospitals in Canada are public, 84.2 per cent of hospitals in Switzerland are private (either for profit or not-for-profit). And whereas more than half of all Canadian patients (in 2022) waited longer than two months for a specialist appointment, less than 15 per cent of Swiss patients had to wait that long.

Read More [[link removed]] AI can help mitigate shrinking labour force by increasing productivity of existing workers and adding new ones [[link removed]]

Can AI Mitigate Our Labour Force Problems finds that as Canada’s labour force shrinks due to aging and slowing rates of immigration, artificial intelligence (AI) can help by increasing the number of available workers and improving worker productivity.

Read More [[link removed]] Headline here [[link removed]] Governments across Canada should prioritize energy infrastructure—including pipelines [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Ottawa Sun) by Tegan Hill and Elmira Aliakbari

Our heavy reliance on the U.S. market has made Canada vulnerable to U.S. policy changes.

U.S. should follow Canada and privatize air traffic control [[link removed]] by Vincent Geloso

By privatizing air traffic control, Canada achieved safer skies, lower costs and faster modernization.

Ontario government will blindly spend billions to ‘train and reskill’ workers [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Financial Post) by Matthew Lau

There’s no justification for giving some workers and industries preferential treatment over the rest of the province’s workers and industries.

B.C. government could cut taxes to spur economy without substantial revenue loss [[link removed]] by Ben Eisen

High tax rates make it harder to attract skilled workers.

Albertans need clarity on prime minister’s incoherent energy policy [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Calgary Sun) by Tegan Hill

On the campaign trail, Prime Minister Carney promised to keep the emissions cap for the oil and gas sector.

Long waits for health care hit Canadians in their pocketbooks [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Mackenzie Moir

Wait times for non-emergency surgery cost Canadian patients $5.2 billion in lost wages in 2024.

Trump’s treatment of Canada: a personal statement from a Canadian economist living in the U.S. [[link removed]] by David R. Henderson

Free trade is good for both sides, or else people wouldn’t engage in it.

Amalgamation won’t solve Metro Vancouver’s problems [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Vancouver Province) by Tegan Hill and Austin Thompson

The region’s municipalities don’t all operate the same way—and that variation matters.

Saskatchewan government should not abolish Grade 12 exams [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Regina Leader-Post) by Michael Zwaagstra

Alberta students consistently outperform Saskatchewan students in reading, math and science.

Provincial government must do more to further lower Nova Scotia’s health-care wait times [[link removed]] by Mackenzie Moir

The province's median wait for health care was 39.1 weeks, nine weeks longer than the national median.

B.C. parents and students deserve report cards they can understand [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Epoch Times) by Michael Zwaagstra

Fewer than one-third of parents could explain the meaning of terms such as emerging, developing, proficient and extending.

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