The price of health care in Canada continues to rise, and with today’s physicians earning nearly four-and-half-times that of the average Canadian, one source of that increase is doctors themselves. A report published today by The School of Public Policy, written by Hugh Grant and Jeremiah Hurley, takes an in-depth look at the drastic rise […]
National strategies like the recent Economic Action Plan are not the best answer for combating job losses caused by recession, according to a report published today by The School of Public Policy written by Professor Ron Kneebone and Margarita Gres. “A nationally applied policy response will be appropriate for some regions of the country but […]
Canada’s approach to health care is primarily focused on treating people downstream, or when they become sick. An unanticipated consequence of Canadian medicare is that we have made illness and disease a growth industry and we are struggling to keep up with demand. The solution to our problem is not bigger hospitals and more doctors […]
The province of Ontario ended its fiscal year with a $12 billion deficit. Ontario may be in worse fiscal shape than well-known basket cases like the state of California. One would think that a province so financially debilitated would want to avoid giving complex and unnecessary tax breaks to resource companies. Yet, a review of […]
Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) has been thrust into the spotlight in recent weeks. A report published today by The School of Public Policy examines the effect of the program on the supply and demand of domestic labour. Author Kevin McQuillan finds that there is no general labour shortage here in Canada that […]
Nearly six decades after a royal commission recommended that the income tax system be changed to recognize total family household income, instead of each individual’s income, the federal Conservative government has at last suggested that it wants to level the playing field – a move considered long overdue by Jack Mintz, a noted economist and […]
Canadian policy-makers are faced with a slew of options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. A report published today by The School of Public Policy, written by Jennifer Winter and Trevor Tombe, finds that the most effective approach is to impose a carbon tax on a firm’s energy inputs. “Policy-makers seeking an approach to lower greenhouse […]
Recent evidence shows Canada faces increased cyber threats both from within and abroad. But is the country prepared to protect itself and what will this protection look like? In a report published today by The School of Public Policy, author Ron Deibert argues that Canada has potential to be a global leader in cyber security, […]
Two reports published today by The School of Public Policy offer empirical evidence that Canada is not suffering from a case of Dutch Disease. Jack Mintz and Matt Krzepkowski reveal that Canadian manufacturing has been in decline for the past 50 years and therefore should not be attributed to the recent run-up in the Canadian […]