Having trouble viewing? Try the web version [link removed] of this email. Latest Research BC government spending reaches highest level on record at $13,711 per person in 2025 (inflation-adjusted) [[link removed]]
British Columbia Premiers and Provincial Government Spending, 2025 reviews annual per-person program spending (inflation-adjusted) by British Columbia premiers from 1965 to 2025, finding that the highest single year of per-person spending on record was under Premier David Eby in 2025.
Read More [[link removed]] Government workers in Atlantic Canada receive 6.3% higher wages on average than private-sector workers [[link removed]]
Comparing Government and Private Sector Compensation in Atlantic Canada, 2025 Edition finds that government employees in the region—including federal, provincial and municipal workers—received 33.0 per cent higher wages, on average, than workers in the private-sector in 2024.
Read More [[link removed]] New Fraser Institute rankings of Ontario elementary schools [[link removed]]
Report Card on Ontario's Elementary Schools 2025 ranks 3052 public, Catholic, and independent schools based on nine academic indicators derived from provincewide test results—and contrary to common misconceptions, the data suggest every school can improve regardless of type, location, and student characteristics.
Read More [[link removed]] Year in review—Canada weathers first year of Trump’s second term [[link removed]]
The country weathered Trump's tariffs better than expected.
Commentary and Blog Posts No exceptions to Canada’s dismal economic growth story [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Globe and Mail) by Ben Eisen and Jake Fuss
Ontario, once the engine of Canada’s economy, has averaged -0.1 per cent growth.
Ottawa’s ‘green economy’ fails to produce promised economic benefits [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Edmonton Sun) by Julio Mejía, Elmira Aliakbari and Jake Fuss
The annual cost of spending and tax credits to promote the green sector increased by more than 380 per cent.
Aboriginal title—a national, constitutional threat [[link removed]] by Bruce Pardy
Governments and courts have thrown property rights into turmoil, and the ensuing risks and costs affect all Canadians.
A New Year’s resolution for the Eby government—stop overspending [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Western Standard) by Ben Eisen and Tegan Hill
The province's $11.2 billion projected budget deficit for 2025/26 will be the largest in Canada.
Policy uncertainty continues to damage Canada’s mining potential [[link removed]] by Julio Mejía and Elmira Aliakbari
To build new mining projects and help spread prosperity, Canadian jurisdictions must attract investment.
U.S. could learn from Canada and scrap the Department of Education [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Epoch Times New York) by Michael Zwaagstra
Schools can run just fine without oversight from a federal department.
B.C. municipalities are spending more—but are services improving? [[link removed]] by Ben Eisen and Austin Thompson
A chandelier art project under Vancouver’s Granville Street Bridge was expected to cost $1.2 million, but ultimately cost $4.8 million.
New Brunswick must do health care differently to shorten wait times and improve system [[link removed]] (Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal) by Nadeem Esmail and Alex Whalen
The province's median wait time was 60.9 weeks, which is more than double the national average.
New Mexico now dead last in economic freedom [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Albuquerque Journal) by Paul Gessing and Matthew D. Mitchell
Jurisdictions with higher levels of economic freedom have higher incomes, faster growth and less poverty.
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