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  1. Manitoba budget—cutting independent school funding may actually increase education costs

    Appeared in the Winnipeg Sun, April 11, 2017 Manitoba’s provincial government is expected to table its budget today. Premier Brian Pallister should be commended for his goal to reduce the deficit—and education spending should be scrutinized during the ...

  2. Teacher compensation and union contract extensions in Ontario

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, October 8, 2016 With an eye on the next election, Premier Kathleen Wynne is attempting to secure labour peace in the K-12 education sector in Ontario by proposing an extension of existing teacher contracts. But a recent Fraser ...

  3. Understanding the Increases in Education Spending in Public Schools in Canada, 2016 Edition

    : Education spending on public schools in Canada increased by $18.2 billion (41.1%) between 2004/05 and 2013/14, from $44.3 billion to $62.6 billion. Compensation (salaries and wages, fringe benefits, and pensions) accounts for most of the increase ...

  4. Reality of education spending in Quebec

    Appeared in National Newswatch, September 9, 2016 It’s that time of year again—the kids are back to school after the summer break. And when parents meet in the schoolyards and drop-zones for the first time in months, conversations may turn to “cuts” in ...

  5. Reality of education spending in British Columbia

    Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, September 1, 2016 It’s that time of year again when parents across British Columbia are preparing their kids to return to school after the summer break. And when parents meet in the schoolyards and drop-zones for the first ...

  6. Reality of education spending in Ontario

    Appeared in the Globe and Mail, September 1, 2016 It’s that time of year again when parents across Ontario are preparing their kids to return to school after the summer break. And when parents meet in the schoolyards and drop-zones for the first time in ...

  7. Education Spending and Public Student Enrolment in Canada, 2016 Edition

    To accurately understand education spending, both enrolment changes and the effects of price changes must be considered. For Canada as a whole, over the last decade (2004-05 to 2013-14), the increase in per-student spending in public schools is 25 ...

  8. The reality of public education in Canada: spending up, enrolment down

    I regularly receive enquiries about the trends I see emerging in education. I’m not positioned to make predictions, but the work we’ve done in the past year in the Barbara Mitchell Centre does point to some dramatic changes in the last ...

  9. Hold the line on compensation in public schools in Ontario

    Appeared in the Globe and Mail, October 27, 2015 Over the past decade, government spending on public education in Ontario has grown at an unsustainable rate, driven largely by significant growth in employee compensation costs. To help fight the province’s ...

  10. Reality of education spending in Ontario

    Appeared in the London Free Press, September 15, 2015 As a new school year begins, labour strife is once again affecting Ontario’s public schools. Elementary school teachers are engaged in a “work to rule” campaign and the possibility of a strike looms. ...