Reading Time: 3 minutes Inequality that results from entrepreneurship and innovation – as opposed to cronyism and corruption – provides enormous benefits to citizens
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.
Canadians shun moving to Quebec
Reading Time: 4 minutes Its inability to attract people is a sign of deep problems in the province
Health reform lessons from the Land of the Living Skies
Reading Time: 3 minutes Saskatchewan has gone from having one of the longest wait times, on average, for medical treatment to one of the shortest
CPP benefits vary widely depending on when you were born
Reading Time: 3 minutes Study shows a marked generational gap in the benefits received
Understanding CPP’s decline in rates of return for retirees
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s critical to consider the rather meagre rates of return offered to most current and future workers in any debate about CPP reform
Calls to end independent schools in Alberta wrong-headed
Reading Time: 4 minutes Private schools and charter schools actually reduce the strain on Alberta budget
Trudeau should learn from Chretien and Martin
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Chretien Liberals showed that smaller, smarter government, competitive taxes, and less debt is the foundation for a prosperous economy
Deficits in good times lead to trouble in bad times
Reading Time: 4 minutes Trudeau government has rejected the successful policies of the Chretien government in exchange for deficit-financed spending and higher taxes
Canada needs to recommit to prosperity-producing policies
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Chretien Consensus served Canadians well for more than a decade and can again
Finance minister former chair of CD Howe Institute
Reading Time: 4 minutes The research and ideas Morneau was exposed to during his time at the CD Howe Institute should help shape the Trudeau government’s policies