Having trouble viewing? Try the web version [link removed] of this email. Latest Research Aging population in Ontario leads to persistent deficits and increased health-care spending [[link removed]]
The Implications of an Aging Population for Government Finances in Ontario is a new study that finds health-care expenditures in the province will increase by an estimated 4.1 per cent annually (on average) over the next 20 years, and as a result of Ontario’s changing demographics, the province may not balance its budget until at least 2040/41 unless it makes changes to its spending.
Read More [[link removed]] Rosemarie Fike [[link removed]]
Only treating the part: economic freedom, women's well-being, and the limits of interceding policy
Instructor of economics at Texas Christian University, senior fellow at the Fraser Institute, and author of Fraser's Impact of Economic Freedom And Women’s Well-Being report, Rosemarie Fike, joins me this week to discuss the role economic freedom plays in women's welfare across the globe, and how well-intended policy often boils down to symptomatic treatment rather than holistic solutions. We even discuss the gender wage gap.
Commentary and Blog Posts Our green leaders hyperbolize while producing instability and rising costs [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Financial Post) by Ross McKitrick
Crushing Canada with inefficient climate policies will do nothing to change the rate of CO2 accumulation in the atmosphere.
Initiatives to equalize everyone will only result in disorder [[link removed]] (Appeared in National Newswatch) by Matthew Lau
When government gives some people the right to take things from other people, the powerful often do the taking.
Minimum wage hikes—not a good way to reduce poverty [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Edmonton Sun) by Tegan Hill
Over the past decade, the Alberta government has raised the minimum wage by 46 per cent.
COVID or not—Canada’s health-care system faces major challenges [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Mackenzie Moir and Bacchus Barua
Canada had 2.8 physicians per 1,000 population, ranking 26th out of 28 countries.
Ontario needs more business investment during the recovery and beyond [[link removed]] by Livio Di Matteo
The average annual growth rate in investment in residential structures was only 1.4 per cent.
Don’t scrap vital student assessments based on union complaints [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Kelowna Daily Courier) by Paige MacPherson
Parents need reliable information based on data to make informed decisions about education.
On the minimum wage, Ford once again follows Wynne’s lead [[link removed]] by: Ben Eisen
The Ontario government plans to increase the minimum wage to $15 in January.
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