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Tag: Public sector
EDC’s lack of cash threatens taxpayers
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Crown corporation could be worth up to $30 billion if divested. But it could be worthless if it can’t realize its assets as cash
The private cost of health-care queues in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes Our closed government-heavy system stands in stark contrast to other universal health-care systems that have shorter wait times
CPP’s perpetual head start
Reading Time: 3 minutes Private pensions face regulatory burdens that the Canada Pension Plan does not
Trans Mountain pipeline will benefit Canada – at a very high price
Reading Time: 3 minutes Nationalizing the project is far from ideal. It’s an admission that Canada’s regulatory approval process is profoundly broken
Alberta sinks deeper into a sea of red ink
Reading Time: 3 minutes The more the government spends on servicing its debt, the less is left over for priorities that Albertans value such as health care
Canadians pay the price for unnecessary Crown corporations
Reading Time: 3 minutes With more than $1 trillion locked in underperforming assets, Crown ownership is a hugely important issue for public policy debate
The feds’ astonishing capacity for being tone-deaf
Reading Time: 3 minutes Turning the natural-gas-fired Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill into an LED version belittles our past and misunderstands our future
Ottawa’s rules make health care worse
Reading Time: 4 minutes We’ve seen decades of policy paralysis, with provinces constantly under threat of penalty for exploring policy options
Federal government should sell EDC before risks get too high
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Crown lender plays in an international vipers’ nest, so controversy and risk may be inevitable