As the Alberta government juggles countless options for reforming its cash-strapped health-care system, a report published today by The School of Public Policy offers direction on where focus and resources should fall. The report’s authors (Shannon Spenceley, Cheryl Andres, Janet Lapins, Robert Wedel, Tobias Gelber and Lisa Halma) argue the need for whole-system reform that […]
Canadians and governments agree, mobile wireless customers pay too much and more competition is needed. Canadian consumers are frustrated by high prices and the pressure is on government to ensure more competition. But are those assumptions correct? A report published today by The School of Public Policy evaluates the state of competition in wireless mobile […]
A report published today by The School of Public Policy suggests that Canadians may want to scrap the term “Dutch disease” as a means for describing how the country’s flourishing resource sector and high dollar has caused a decline in the manufacturing sector. “The term Dutch disease is a misnomer; the Canadian manufacturing sector was […]
On Tuesday, August 27, James (Jim) S. Palmer passed away at the age of 84. Originating from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Jim came to Calgary in 1952, with his wife, Barbara, as a fifth-generation lawyer. Here, Jim was well recognized as a leader in business, tax and international law, and for helping grow his firm, […]
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 […]