Reading Time: 3 minutes The Alberta party’s proposal to increase funding for independent schools is unlikely to improve education in Alberta
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.
Upcoming government budgets must focus on competitiveness
Reading Time: 4 minutes Canadian governments have done nothing to signal to investors, entrepreneurs and businesses that they have a plan to return the country to competitiveness
Ballooning federal deficit will only worsen if economy sours
Reading Time: 3 minutes Based on historic trends, Canada is due for an economic slowdown. This means the government needs to move toward a balanced budget now
Are we really jeopardizing NAFTA over a regressive farm policy?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The federal government should deregulate supply-managed commodities, and tariffs should be abolished on imports of dairy and poultry products
Too much taxation attacks the foundation of our economy
Reading Time: 3 minutes Leaving more money in the hands of individual Canadians, rather than government, improves economic growth and job creation
Scaling back CEO pay will drive top talent away
Reading Time: 3 minutes Introducing new regulations and taxes to diminish executive pay will ultimately damage the Canadian economy
CPP reforms need a complete rethink
Reading Time: 3 minutes The 2016 CPP reforms were solutions in search of a problem – and don’t even solve the imagined problem
Real education reform long overdue in Ontario
Reading Time: 3 minutes But the Progressive Conservatives promise nothing more than a disappointing package that ensures education status quo in the province
Ontarians should brace for bigger – and costlier – government
Reading Time: 4 minutes Neither the Liberals nor the PCs recognize that it’s in the best interests of the province to reduce the size of government
Canada unprepared for an aging population
Reading Time: 3 minutes The adverse consequences of an aging population – deficits, debt and slowing economic growth – can be mitigated with prompt action