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New Alberta premier should save surplus and resurrect rainy-day fund(Appeared in the Globe and Mail) by Tegan HillThe province went from spending $61 per person on provincial debt interest to roughly $562. Science exposes Ottawa’s ill-founded war on plastics(Appeared in the Edmonton Sun) by Kenneth P. GreenAlternatives to single-use plastics actually have worse impacts on the environment. Schools must get back to basics(Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Derek J. AllisonIronically, teachers these days are much better educated and professionally prepared than teachers in previous generations. Employment levels during COVID—some provinces fared better than othersby Livio Di MatteoB.C., Nova Scotia and Alberta experienced the strongest employment rebounds during the pandemic. Private contracts—one important step towards health-care reform(Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal) by Mackenzie Moir and Bacchus BaruaLast 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 Canadiansby Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, and Steven GlobermanUnder 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 countriesby Derek J. AllisonIn science, Alberta outscored highly-ranked countries including Estonia and Finland. |
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