Size of government on the rise across Canada

The Size of Government in Canada in 2019 is a new study that finds the size of government across Canada was on the rise even before the COVID-19 pandemic and recession. In fact, relative to the size of the provincial economies, the size of government increased in all but two provinces over the 2007 to 2019 period.

Australia reverses long-standing Canadian advantage, now enjoys higher living standard

Understanding the Prosperity Gap between Australia and Canada finds that from roughly the early 1950s to 2008, Canadians enjoyed a higher standard of living (as measured by per-person GDP, after adjusting for inflation) than Australians—but that advantage has been reversed since 2009 due in part to diverging levels of business investment.

Don't Retreat, Reload: The Fundamental Problem with Ottawa's 'Buy-Back' Program

Professor emeritus at Simon Fraser University and senior fellow at the Fraser Institute, Gary Mauser, joins me this week to discuss gun policy in Canada, specifically Ottawa's 'buy-back' program. We even get into different firearm classifications and what exactly is meant by 'assault-style' weapons.

Commentary and Blog Posts

Alberta faces future of declining resource revenues and aging population

(Appeared in the Edmonton Sun) by Tegan Hill

By 2043, Albertans aged 65 or older will account for a projected 19 per cent of the province's population.

Rules of the game matter, even in politics

by Jason Clemens and Niels Veldhuis

Rules that impose mandatory fiscal discipline help produce better and more responsible fiscal outcomes.

Federal government contradicts own objectives by raising taxes on lower-income families

by Jake Fuss, Milagros Palacios, and Nathaniel Li

On average, couples with children in the bottom 20 per cent pay $318 per year more than they did previously.

Waning presence of labour unions good for all workers

(Appeared in the Ottawa Sun) by Matthew Lau

Unions restrict worker choice, prevent job formation, discourage work effort and cut economic productivity.

Pursue natural gas in Atlantic region

(Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal) by Alex Whalen and Elmira Aliakbari

Atlantic Canada has the potential to alleviate Europe’s natural gas shortfall while generating investment and jobs here at home.

The evidence is clear—Alberta is no ‘petrostate’

by Ben Eisen

With respect to employment, Alberta’s was the most diversified economy in Canada in 2020.

Canada can promote world peace by reorienting climate policy

(Appeared in National Newswatch) by Kenneth P. Green

Prime Minister Trudeau plans to phase-out fossil fuel use in Canada.

Russia and its former satellites lag behind rest of Europe on per-capita GDP

by Livio Di Matteo

The Czech Republic has the highest per-capita GDP among former eastern bloc countries.

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