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Economic Freedom of the World: 2021 Annual Report is the world's premier measurement of economic freedom, ranking countries based on five areas—size of government, legal structure and property rights, access to sound money, freedom to trade internationally, regulation of credit, labour and business. In this year's report, which compares 165 countries and territories, Hong Kong is again number one—although China's heavy hand will likely lower Hong Kong's ranking in future years—and Canada (14th) trails the United States (6th).
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Housing Codes, Homelessness, and Affordable Housing finds that governments in Canada often remove housing units from the market because they don’t fully comply with certain building code standards, thus reducing the supply of housing for low-income people and forcing them into potentially worse alternatives.
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(Appeared in National Newswatch) by Steven Globerman
Last year, 62 per cent of patients in Canada waited more than four months for a specialist appointment compared to 31 per cent in the Netherlands.
(Appeared in the Ottawa Sun) by Matthew Lau
According to estimates, economic growth is maximized when government spending is about 26 per cent of GDP.
by Jake Fuss and Bev Dahlby
Over a two-year span, Ottawa is expected to add more than $500 billion in federal debt.
(Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Paige MacPherson
Between 2003 and 2018, Canada’s average PISA scores in math, science and reading declined.
(Appeared in National Newswatch) by Tegan Hill and Jake Fuss
Ottawa ran an unprecedented $354 billion budget deficit in 2020/21.
(Appeared in the Calgary Sun) by: Matthew Lau
In the second quarter of 2021, real GDP per capita fell to 2.9 per cent below fourth quarter 2019 levels.
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