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1. A Comparative Analysis of Mortality Rates Associated with Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery in Ontario and Select US States

   The purpose of this study is threefold: first, to ascertain whether there are differences between mortality rates associated with coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery in Ontario hospitals that perform such surgeries; second, to test whether the ...

2. Hospital Report Card: Ontario 2008

   The Fraser Institute's Hospital Report Card: Ontario 2008 is constructed to help patients choose the best hospital for their inpatient care by providing them with information on the performance of Ontario acute-care hospitals. The information in this ...

3. Ontario Industrial Electricity Demand Responsiveness to Price

   In March 2003, the Ontario wholesale electricity Market Surveillance Panel examined the extent of demand response since the market was opened in 2002. The present paper updates aspects of the 2003 analysis in order to determine whether industrial demand ...

4. Voluntary Accountability Doesn't Work

     Late last week, the Toronto Star asked a very interesting question: Why can’t Ontarians compare or assess the quality of care inside their province’s hospitals? Indeed, while The Fraser Institute’s recently released Hospital Report Card: Ontario 2006 ...

5. Hospital Report Card: Ontario 2006

   The Fraser Institute's Hospital Report Card: Ontario 2006 is constructed to help patients choose the best hospital for their inpatient care by providing them with information on the performance of Ontario acute-care hospitals. https://www ...

6. Where Does the Money Go? A Study of Worker Pay in Ontario's Hospitals

   Ontario spends almost $32 billion on public sector health programs, up 60 percent in nominal terms over the past decade. And this amount, equal to 6.4 percent of the provincial economy, is set to rise even further under the McGuinty government's four ...

7. Let the Funding Follow the Children: A Solution for Special Education in Ontario

   The 2001 Annual Report of Ontario's Provincial Auditor indicates that the public school system is failing special needs students. Adequacy of funding does not appear to be the source of the problem. https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files ...

8. Fiscal Choices for an Ontario Government in Deficit

   This commentary outlines the fiscal choices and outcomes that are possible over the next five months and through the rest of the government’s mandate. It is the government’s task to choose which of these paths can move Ontario’s economy and fiscal affairs ...

9. Ontario Prosperity, Is Best of Second Best Good Enough?

   In this study, we examine four key components of prosperity in Ontario. First, we evaluate Ontario's economic performance. Second, we present research on the relationship between the size of government in a jurisdiction and its economic performance. ...

10. The Harris Government: A Mid-Term Review

    In The Harris Government: A Mid-term Review, authors Marc Law, Howard Markowitz, and Fazil Mihlar argue that the overall performance of the Harris government has been satisfactory, and award the Ontario government an overall letter grade of C+. The ...