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FRASER UPDATE
A weekly digest of our latest research, commentary, and blog posts
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Latest Research
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Funding hospitals based on patient services means better health care for Canadians
Understanding Universal Health Care Reform Options: Activity-Based Funding is a new study that finds paying hospitals for each patient they treat, also known as activity-based funding, instead of allocating pre-defined annual budgets could improve the quantity and quality of health care services while reducing wait times for Canadians. Nearly every other developed country with a universal health-care system has moved towards activity-based funding in recent decades, whereas Canada is among the last to continue to use lump sum payments.
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Ford government follows same failed deficit-reduction strategy of its predecessors
Ford Government Fiscal Policy Approach Mirrors that of McGuinty and Wynne finds that the current Ontario government is continuing the fiscal approach of the previous Wynne and McGuinty governments, excluding emergency COVID spending. In fact, according to 2021 budget forecasts, over the next three years government spending (minus interest costs) will increase by a cumulative total of 8.5 per cent compared to 6.6 per cent from 2010 to 2012.
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Commentary and Blog Posts
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Climate ‘disclosure’—don’t take extreme slogans at face value [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the National Post) by Ross McKitrick
Start with official sources, check the data, read the expert literature and test the models.
Canada should reject international corporate tax rate [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Steven Globerman
The evidence suggests that workers pay more than half of any corporate tax.
Ottawa’s new ‘greener’ homes program will cost much more than it’s worth [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Edmonton Sun) by Ben Eisen and Elmira Aliakbari
The program will likely mainly benefit middle- and upper-income households.
Why subsidies for entertainment don’t work as intended
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(Appeared in National Newswatch) by Jason Clemens
The estimated total cost of the tax credit in 2021 is $265 million.
Bill C-10 threatens freedom of expression in Canada [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the National Post) by Bruce Pardy
The charter has become a judicial instrument to manage the priorities of the pervasive administrative state.
Supply constraints drive home prices in Canada [[link removed]]
by Livio Di Matteo
In April, the average price for a home in Canada hit $723,500.
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