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  1. Fiscal Explosion: Federal Spending on Indigenous Programs, 2015–2022

    Previous studies published by Fraser Institute have documented the remarkable long-term rise in federal spending on Indigenous programs since the end of World War II. Since the election of the Liberal government headed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in ...

  2. Canadian Student Review: Fall 2021

    In this issue: 1st Place Essay: High School Category The Ideas of Joseph Schumpeter: Exploring the Concept of Creative Destruction 1st Place Essay: Undergraduate Category Exploring Schumpeter’s Concept of Creative Destruction: No Pain, No Gain 1st Place ...

  3. Canadian Climate Policy and Its Implications for Electricity Grids

    Along with many western developed countries, Canada has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 40–45 percent by 2030 from 2005 emissions levels, and to achieve Net Zero emissions by 2050. This is a huge challenge that, when considered on a ...

  4. Less Ottawa, More Province, 2021: How Decentralized Federalism is Key to Health Care Reform

    A significant body of research suggests that Canada’s health care system consistently underperforms relative to most peer jurisdictions with universal health care systems. This underperformance continues despite the fact that Canada is one of the world’s ...

  5. Prime Ministers and Government Spending: Updated 2021 Edition

    Per-person federal program spending (adjusted for inflation) reached $17,121 in 2020-21, by far the highest level in Canada’s history. Non-COVID-related per-person spending in 2020-21 was $11,165. Moreover, federal spending is estimated to reach ...

  6. The Investment Outlook for the Canadian and US Oil and Gas Sectors: Evidence from Financial Metrics

    Canada’s oil and gas industry has long been a driver of the country’s economic growth. Hence, the outlook for the industry’s future profitability is an important determinant of capital investment rates and employment trends for the industry and the ...

  7. Does the Canada Child Benefit Actually Reduce Child Poverty?

    This essay in the ongoing series on the Canada Child Benefit (CCB) focuses on empirically testing the federal government’s claim that the CCB has dramatically reduced child poverty. The principal analysis in this essay relies on Statistics Canada’s SPSD/M ...

  8. Rethinking Long-Term Care in Canada: Lessons on Public-Private Collaboration from Four Countries with Universal Health Care

    The long-term care sector in Canada has received a lot of media attention since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is not surprising, given the tragic consequences that have affected the residents of public and private nursing homes and their ...

  9. Canada’s Faltering Business Dynamism and Lagging Innovation

    Canada displays many of the same symptoms of business malaise evident in European nations. Real GDP growth over the past decade was the slowest since the 1930s, productivity has stalled, and reduced competitiveness has hampered our ability to capitalize ...

  10. An Assessment of Recent Economic Performance and Business Investment Growth in Ontario

    Over the first two decades of the 21st century, Ontario has been mired in a prolonged period of slow economic growth. This bulletin provides the context for this situation by examining the extent of Ontario’s economic weakness since the turn of ...