This week's featured research studies, commentaries, and blog posts.   Latest Research Oct 28-Nov 3, 2019 ‘Have-not’ provinces received $2.1 billion more in equalization payments due to program design flaw Why Is Equalization Still Grow…

Dear John, Today, the Fraser Institute released a new study, Why is Equalization Still Growing? This study finds that due to a flawed rule (created in 2009), total equalization payments to “have-not” provinces must grow every year, even if the gap between richer and poorer provinces shrinks. A…

This week's featured research studies, commentaries, and blog posts.   Latest Research Oct 21-27, 2019 Quebec high schools across the province show improvement The Report Card on Quebec’s Secondary Schools 2019 ranks 463 public, indepen…

This week's featured research studies, commentaries, and blog posts.   Latest Research Oct 14-20, 2019 Commercial property tax rates in Canada’s biggest cities two to four times higher than residential rates, with little rationale Who B…

Welcome back to Fraser Insight, the Fraser Institute's U.S. newsletter.   Issue 53 | October 2019 Welcome back to Fraser Insight, the Fraser Institute’s U.S. newsletter. This issue is highlighted by our In Print section, which is chock-full …

This week's featured research studies, commentaries, and blog posts.   Latest Research Oct 7-13, 2019 ‘Buy local’ food less safe—with limited environmental benefits The Myths of Local Food Policy: Lessons from the economic and social hi…

Dear John, Today, the Fraser Institute released a new study, The Myths of Local Food Policy: Lessons from the economic and social history of the food system. This study finds that despite common misperceptions, locally-grown food isn’t better for the environment, doesn’t provide a more stable …

This week's featured research studies, commentaries, and blog posts.   Latest Research Sep 30-Oct 6, 2019 Despite high health-care spending, Canada ranks last on number of hospital beds, wait times Comparing Performance of Universal Hea…

Dear John,   Today, the Fraser Institute released a new study, Comparing Performance of Universal Health Care Countries, 2019.   Canada is the second-highest spender among 28 developed countries with universal health-care systems.   What do we get for all that spending?   We r…

Dear John, Today, the Fraser Institute released a new study, Secondary school class sizes and student performance in Canada, which compares provincial class sizes and test scores from the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). This study finds that Saskatchewan had the s…

This week's featured research studies, commentaries, and blog posts.   Latest Research Sep 23-29, 2019 Ontario lost nearly 170,000 manufacturing jobs since 2007; Michigan added 47,000 above pre-recession levels The Power of Comprehensiv…

Dear John, Today, the Fraser Institute released a new study, The Power of Comprehensive Policy Reform: Lessons for Ontario from Michigan. This study finds that even though both jurisdictions were hard hit during the 2009 recession, Michigan has enjoyed a much more successful recovery in the pa…

This week's featured research studies, commentaries, and blog posts.   Latest Research Sep 16-22, 2019 Policymakers must consider automatic policy responses to recessions—EI benefits increased by nearly $5 billion in 2009 Fiscal Policy and Rece…

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