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Adrift without an Anchor

Adrift without an Anchor: Federal Fiscal Policy and Canada’s Long-Term Debt Ratio finds that that there is a 44 per cent chance that the federal debt to GDP ratio will increase by 2036-37, and a 59 per cent chance it will increase by 2046-47—meaning the federal government would fail to stick to its core fiscal goal.

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Alberta’s Underlying Budget Deficit finds that if not for historically high resource revenue, the Alberta government would run a large budget deficit this year and the next two years.

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Federal and Provincial Debt-Interest Costs for Canadians, 2024 Edition

Federal and Provincial Debt-Interest Costs for Canadians: 2024 Edition is a new study that finds taxpayers across Canada will pay a total of $81.8 billion on interest payments for the federal and provincial debts in 2023/24, with $46.5 billion alone spent on debt servicing charges.

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Stagnation in Atlantic Canada’s Private Sector

Stagnation in Atlantic Canada’s Private Sector: Measuring Progress 2007 to 2019 is a new study that analyzes the private sector in Atlantic Canada and across the country between 2007 and 2019, finding that the region's private sector trailed the rest of the country, failing to improve over the period.

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The Collapse of Student Testing in BC High Schools

The Collapse of Student Testing in BC High Schools is a new study that finds participation in B.C.’s provincewide student assessments has dropped, and at the same time, fewer students are meeting the proficiency standards in numeracy and literacy (with one out of every two Grade 10 student failing).

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The Role of Private Hospitals in Australia’s Universal Health Care System

The Role of Private Hospitals in Australia’s Universal Health Care System is a new study that finds Australia spends slightly less than Canada on its universal health care, but routinely outperforms Canada on key health indicators. It also delivers universal health-care differently by including a large role for private hospitals, with 41 per cent of all hospital care being delivered in private hospitals in 2021/22.

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Understanding the Nature of Canada’s Fiscal and Economic Challenges

Understanding the Nature of Canada’s Fiscal and Economic Challenges is a new essay—the first in the Institute’s upcoming series on federal policy reforms—that documents the marked deterioration of Canada’s finances, economic stagnation and the collapse in business investment the country has suffered since 2015.