Reading Time: 3 minutes The government must craft a credible short-term plan to eliminate the budget deficit rather than continuing the bipartisan habit of kicking the can down the road
Author: The Fraser Institute
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Let charities care for the needy in society
Reading Time: 3 minutes Governments inevitably make a mess of social welfare programs, wasting money, discouraging work and encouraging dependence
More spending on public schools not producing better results in Ontario
Reading Time: 3 minutes Quebec spending per student is 13.6% less than in Ontario, and the lowest of any province, yet Quebec students achieve comparable results to students in Ontario
What the Biden administration means for Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes Increased U.S. government spending will put upward pressure on U.S. and Canadian interest rates
Ontario must quickly balance budget in wake of pandemic
Reading Time: 3 minutes Deficits might seem like an abstract problem for our future selves (or future generations) but in Ontario, this simply isn’t the case
Charitable giving on the wane in Nova Scotia, across the country
Reading Time: 3 minutes The rapid decline in giving in recent decades means Canadian charities are increasingly strapped for resources and face larger financial obstacles
Freer cross-Canada trade will most benefit Atlantic provinces
Reading Time: 3 minutes A number of restrictions inhibit labour mobility, as well as the free trade of goods and services. And trade barriers add regulatory burdens on businesses
Health-care wait times in Canada hit record high in 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutes Patients in Canada face the longest wait time for elective surgery on record
Higher electricity costs disproportionally hurt southwestern Ontario
Reading Time: 3 minutes The suffering of those in the region should be a cautionary tale about how higher energy prices lower competitiveness and damage economic prosperity
Atlantic Canada facing a political vulnerability
Reading Time: 3 minutes Fiscal federalism, the lifeblood of the region’s economy, faces increasing pressure for reform, especially in the post-COVID-19 world