Having trouble viewing? Try the web version [link removed] of this email. Latest Research Adjusting for the Canada Child Benefit's Tax-Free Status

Despite the Canada Child Benefit (CCB) being one of the largest fed¬eral programs, no analysis to date has considered how the program’s tax-free benefits affect the distribution of overall CCB spending.

Read More [[link removed]] An Evaluation of the Proposed PMPRB Amendments

In May 2017, Health Canada proposed an amendment to Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) regulations governing patented medicines.

Read More [[link removed]] Economic Freedom in the Literature: What Is It Good (Bad) For?

Hundreds of studies in top-ranked academic journals show that economic freedom leads to positive outcomes for people, whether in increased prosperity, reduced conflict, or stronger human rights.

Read More [[link removed]] Commentary and Blog Posts Government policies should encourage—not stifle—economic growth [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Ottawa Sun) By: Jason Clemens and Steve Globerman

With Canada’s economy slowing, the U.S. economy in technical recession, high inflation and poor long-term prospects for economic growth, Ottawa and the provinces should have a clearer and more purposeful focus on policies that encourage economic growth.

Average Canadian family will pay almost $16,000 for health care this year [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Epoch Times) By: Bacchus Barua and Milagros Palacios

As inflation continues upward, many Canadians worry about the increasing cost of living and their household finances.

Privatize the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation—it’s a no-brainer [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Halifax Chronicle Herald) By: Alex Whalen

The Houston government made headlines recently by reducing the number of Crown corporations focused on economic development from five to two.

Alberta government must learn from spending history [[link removed]] By: Tegan Hill

Governments in Alberta have a long history of increasing provincial program spending during periods of relatively high resource revenue.

Net-zero—the pathway to Canadian decline [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Calgary Sun) By: Kenneth P. Green

A new (and profoundly bad) policy idea has gripped the world’s climate-obsessed leaders to address scenarios mostly generated by their own imaginative (and often wrong) predictive climate models.

Different groups of people earn different amounts of money—and there’s nothing wrong with that [[link removed]] (Appeared in the National Post) By: Matthew Lau

For decades, we’ve heard claims of gender wage gaps—women only earn 75 or 85 cents (or whatever the number may be) for every dollar men earn in the labour market.

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