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1. Renewed Controversy Over the Nobel for Economics

   The Nobel is viewed as endorsing a paper that has serious design flaws and contradicts the vast majority of research showing higher minimum wages lead to job losses. ...

2. Myth—the CPP is a low-cost pension plan

   As the debate about the Canada Pension Plan persists, with finance minsters meeting next week in Vancouver to discuss possible CPP expansion, a misleading argument made in favour of expansion is that the CPP is a low-cost public pension ...

3. Responding to critics of 'retirement income' and 'CPP' studies

   Since 2013, the Fraser Institute has published a number of studies examining aspects of the state of retirement income in Canada, including reforms to the Old Age Security, the true state of retirement income adequacy, the total costs ...

4. Dalton McGuinty blames outside forces for Ontario’s struggles during his tenure as premier

   Former Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty (pictured above) recently released his autobiography, Making a Difference. Despite its brevity, barely reaching 200 pages, the book provides valuable insights into how his government assessed the ...

5. Dalton McGuinty laments that the Great Recession stunted his plans to expand Ontario public services

   Former Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty (pictured above) recently released his autobiography, Making a Difference. Despite its brevity, barely reaching 200 pages, the book provides valuable insights into how his government assessed the ...

6. Dalton McGuinty’s autobiography displays astonishing faith in the public sector

   Former Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty (pictured above) recently released his autobiography, Making a Difference. Despite its brevity, barely reaching 200 pages, the book provides valuable insights into how his government assessed the ...

7. Lack of private-sector business investment helps drive Ontario's poor economic performance

   The previous two posts based on Philip Cross’ recent study Ontario: No Longer a Place to Prosper focused on economic growth and GDP, and the province’s poor performance in growing incomes and creating private-sector jobs. This final blog ...

8. Poor policies largely drive Ontario’s lagging labour market performance

   This second post on Ontario’s lack of prosperity focuses on unemployment in the province, a key measure of the performance of the labour market. Recall that the first post illustrated the poor economic growth recorded in the province vis ...

9. Poor policy responsible for Ontario’s dwindling share of Canadian economy

   The Institute recently released a major study by former chief analyst at Statistics Canada, Philip Cross, assessing the state of Ontario within Canada. The results are startling in terms of the economic decline of one of Canada’s ...

10. Watch Philip Cross on CBC: slow growth is not the 'new normal'

      Despite gloomy post-recession pronouncements from some analysts, slow economic growth is not preordained in Canada, finds a new Fraser Institute study by Philip Cross, former chief economic analyst for Statistics Canada, who talked ...