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FRASER UPDATE
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Latest Research Sep 30-Oct 6, 2019
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Despite high health-care spending, Canada ranks last on number of hospital beds, wait times
Comparing Performance of Universal Health Care Countries, 2019 finds that despite spending more on health care than most other developed countries with universal coverage, Canada has a relatively short supply of doctors and hospital beds—and the longest wait times.
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No relationship between high school class size and improved student performance
Secondary school class sizes and student performance in Canada, which compares provincial class sizes and test scores from the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), finds that Saskatchewan had the smallest average secondary school class size (22.6 students) among all 10 provinces but the lowest test scores in all three PISA subjects—reading, math and science. And Ontario had the smallest class size (24.8 students) and lowest test scores among the four largest provinces.
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Recent Commentary and Blog Posts
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Candidates ignore federal budget on campaign trail ([link removed])
(Appeared in the Ottawa Sun) by Tegan Hill and Jake Fuss. 
In 2018, federal government spending (per-person inflation-adjusted) reached its highest point in Canadian history.

Pharmacare plan will likely limit drug access and hurt patients ([link removed])
(Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal) by Kristina M.L. Acri, née Lybecker.
New Zealand ranks last for access to innovative medicines.

Case for aggressive ‘climate’ policies much weaker than we’ve been led to believe ([link removed])
(Appeared in the Winnipeg Sun) by Robert P. Murphy. 
Some computer models predict catastrophic results, other projections are much more benign.

The new normal—continued economic growth, not secular stagnation ([link removed])
(Appeared in the Moncton Times & Transcript) by Livio Di Matteo.
Innovation will revolutionize future economic productivity.

Ontario should learn from Michigan reforms ([link removed])
(Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Ben Eisen and Tegan Hill.
Michigan reduced and simplified its corporate tax system.

Fast-growing developing countries will spur demand for oil for decades ([link removed])
by Kenneth P. Green. 
Most estimates show continued growth in oil demand through 2040.

Socialism produces misery, starvation, death—and bad beer ([link removed])
by Robert A. Lawson. 
Central planners lack the knowledge and incentives to respond to consumer wants and needs.

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