Having trouble viewing? Try the web version [link removed] of this email. Latest Research Government workers across Canada receive 4.8% higher wages, on average, than comparable private-sector workers [[link removed]]

Comparing Government and Private Sector Compensation in Canada, 2025 Edition finds that government employees across Canada—including federal, provincial and municipal workers—were paid 26.1 per cent higher wages, on average, than workers in the private sector in 2024.

Read More [[link removed]] B.C. government’s move toward joint ownership and control of public lands with First Nations may prove more costly than beneficial for Indigenous and non-Indigenous groups alike [[link removed]]

Transaction Cost Problems with Amending the Land Act for Shared Ownership is the latest essay in the Institute’s series Implications of Changing Public Lands Management in British Columbia. Written by SFU prof. Douglas Allen, this essay highlights the recent success the province has had with targeted, well-defined treaties and agreements with First Nations, and explores the costly difficulties all parties would face if the ownership and management of all public lands in the province changed to a shared ownership framework.

Read More [[link removed]] Commentary and Blog Posts Canada’s health-care system is not ‘free’—and we’re not getting good value for our money [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Ottawa Sun) by Nadeem Esmail and Mackenzie Moir

The median wait in Canada for non-emergency care is now more than seven months from referral to treatment.

Alberta government announces new pipeline proposal—yet damaging federal policies remain [[link removed]] by Tegan Hill and Elmira Aliakbari

Private-sector investment in the oil and gas sector has declined by a staggering 56 per cent.

Governments must change policies to better leverage Canada’s well-educated workforce [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Calgary Sun) by Jock Finlayson

Canada posted the third-lowest per-person GDP growth rate among all advanced countries from 2014 to 2023.

So-called ‘gradeless learning’ fails both students and taxpayers [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Epoch Times) by Michael Zwaagstra

Providing accurate grades to students is a professional responsibility for all teachers.

Federal government wants to build 4,000 homes despite years of real estate mismanagement [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Financial Post) by Jake Fuss and Austin Thompson

Even after a decade and $1.1 billion spent, Ottawa will still be left with roughly one million square metres of idle federal office space.

Aboriginal rights now more constitutionally powerful than any Charter right [[link removed]] by Bruce Pardy

Wherever Aboriginal title is found to exist, it’s a “prior and senior right” to fee simple title.

New PBO report underscores need for serious fiscal reform in Ottawa [[link removed]] by Jake Fuss and Grady Munro

From 2024/25 to 2029/30, combined federal deficits will reach a projected $366.2 billion.

Canadians responsible for $2.3 trillion in government debt [[link removed]] by Jake Fuss, Tegan Hill and William Dunstan

Since 2007/08, combined federal and provincial government net debt nearly doubled from $1.2 trillion to a projected $2.3 trillion.

Middle class booms with higher economic freedom [[link removed]] by Russ McCullough and Catherine Johnera

Freer countries have more middle-class and higher-income earners than less free countries.

Finance minister admits her plan not enough to fix B.C.’s fiscal woes [[link removed]] by Tegan Hill

The province's debt will more than double to a projected $212.9 billion by 2027/28.

Carney government should scrap gun ‘buyback’ program and save taxpayer money [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Financial Post) by Gary Mauser

Canadian firearms owners are exceptionally law-abiding and less likely to commit murder than other Canadians.

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