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
Author: Jason Clemens
Jason Clemens is the Executive Vice President of the Fraser Institute and the President of the Fraser Institute Foundation. He has published over 70 major studies on a wide range of topics, including taxation, government spending, labor market regulation, banking, welfare reform, health care, productivity, and entrepreneurship.
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
Focus on getting aid to families in need
Reading Time: 3 minutes Federal government shows no interest in properly targeting assistance, despite growing deficits that will be paid by future generations
Federal government approach to finances anything but ‘prudent’
Reading Time: 4 minutes The government has consistently demonstrated a lack of prudence in its approach to public finances, leaving huge bills for future generations to pay
Trudeau government dodges democratic accountability
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s hard not to interpret the federal government’s ongoing refusal to deliver a full budget as yet another example of avoiding accountability
Canada moving towards U.S.-style ‘spend now, pay later’ government
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadians love receiving government largesse, as long as someone else is paying for it, even if it is their kids
Focus on economic growth and millennials will be okay
Reading Time: 4 minutes More growth, with more opportunities and higher wages for young Canadians, is the surest way to a more prosperous future
Feds should learn from Ontario’s green energy failure
Reading Time: 3 minutes But Ontario’s experience is being ignored and could lead to billions more spent and higher energy costs for Canadians
Federal COVID-19 assistance lacks targeting
Reading Time: 4 minutes Canada needs to ensure effective use of resources. That means making certain that relief funds go to those genuinely in need
Ontario budget update misses mark in face of COVID-19
Reading Time: 4 minutes The plan is based on unrealistic assumptions that pose real risks to Ontario finances and includes spending likely to be ineffective