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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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Canada’s Faltering Business Dynamism and Lagging Innovation
Canada displays many of the same symptoms of business malaise evident in European nations. Real GDP growth over the past decade was the slowest since the 1930s, productivity has stalled, and reduced competitiveness has hampered our ability to capitalize on trade deals, all of which have combined to lower our share of global GDP.
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An Assessment of Recent Economic Performance and Business Investment Growth in Ontario
Over the first two decades of the 21st century, Ontario has been mired in a prolonged period of slow economic growth.
Read More [[link removed]] Episode 7: Derek J. Allison [[link removed]]
Fraser Forum Podcast
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Who Makes the Call?: The Absence of Educational Choice in Canada
Education expert, senior fellow with the Fraser Institute, and professor emeritus at Western University, Derek J. Allison, shares his views on educational choice, or lack thereof, in Ontario and Canada more broadly. We explore the negative outcomes for students and parents alike, and even compare the school choice models adopted by Canada's neighbours.
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Commentary and Blog Posts
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The real election losers—balance sheet, health care, federalism [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the National Post) by Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, and Niels Veldhuis
Several political failures have made the headlines post-election including the Liberal failure to secure a majority, the decline in the Tory seat count, the NDP’s inability to materially increase its seat count, the collapse of the Green vote and the failure of the leader of the PPC to win back his old seat.
Canada needs more paycheque writers [[link removed]]
(Appeared in National Newswatch) by Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, and Niels Veldhuis
Total business investment declined by 0.2 per cent per year between 2016 and 2019.
Business ambition must be a Canadian value [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Financial Post) by Philip Cross
It’s well-documented that Canada’s economy has underperformed for more than a decade. Business investment has slumped, productivity growth has almost completely stalled, innovation has lagged and our major companies are no longer global leaders.
Nova Scotia increases public school spending while student results decline [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Halifax Chronicle Herald) by Paige MacPherson and Alex Whalen
With kids back in school (in schools that look different than years past), a new study shows one thing has remained constant—parents are spending more on public schools but students are getting less in educational results.
Ottawa’s climate plan ignores the science [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Ottawa Sun) by Robert P. Murphy
During the election, Prime Minister Trudeau ran as a bold leader in the fight against climate change. Yet even if we agree that the voters have given Trudeau’s Liberals a mandate to enact policies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, these policies should still make sense.
Alberta and Saskatchewan need new rules to save revenue [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Edmonton Sun) by Tegan Hill and Jason Clemens
Unfortunately, Albertans are familiar with the resource revenue roller-coaster. During periods of high resource revenue, the government increases spending to unsustainable levels. When resource revenues decline, which they inevitably do, the province incurs budget deficits.
Ontario’s economy—slow growth and weak business investment [[link removed]]
by Ben Eisen
Over the first two decades of the 21st century, Ontario has been mired in a prolonged period of slow economic growth. Warning signs began flashing throughout the 2010s as the province’s manufacturing centre shrank.
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