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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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Five provinces recorded large increases in per-student spending (inflation-adjusted) in public schools prior to COVID
Education Spending in Public Schools in Canada, 2022 Edition finds that despite common misperceptions, spending on public schools across Canada increased in seven out of 10 provinces between 2012-13 and 2019-20, before COVID-related spending began.
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New essay highlights Joseph Schumpeter’s prediction of the rise of socialism over capitalism
Entrepreneurial Economist Predicted Socialism is a new essay that documents how the early 20th century economist Joseph Schumpeter predicted the end of capitalism as a result of capitalism’s very successes: the declining prominence of the innovator, increased calls for barriers to entry from successful businesses, and calls for government to limit the forces of creative destruction.
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Commentary and Blog Posts
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New Alberta premier should save surplus and resurrect rainy-day fund [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Globe and Mail) by Tegan Hill
The province went from spending $61 per person on provincial debt interest to roughly $562.
Science exposes Ottawa’s ill-founded war on plastics [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Edmonton Sun) by Kenneth P. Green
Alternatives to single-use plastics actually have worse impacts on the environment.
Schools must get back to basics [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Derek J. Allison
Ironically, teachers these days are much better educated and professionally prepared than teachers in previous generations.
Employment levels during COVID—some provinces fared better than others [[link removed]]
by Livio Di Matteo
B.C., Nova Scotia and Alberta experienced the strongest employment rebounds during the pandemic.
Private contracts—one important step towards health-care reform [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal) by Mackenzie Moir and Bacchus Barua
Last year, Canadians could expect to wait 25.6 weeks from referral by a family physician to elective surgical care.
Canada Child Benefit favours middle- and upper-income Canadians [[link removed]]
by Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, and Steven Globerman
Under the CCB, the share of total child benefit spending for families with incomes under $60,000 declined from 42.9 per cent to 29.7 per cent.
PISA results reveal similarities between some provinces and European countries [[link removed]]
by Derek J. Allison
In science, Alberta outscored highly-ranked countries including Estonia and Finland.
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