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1. Subsidized childcare and its effect on the child: what we know and what we don’t

   New research suggests that certain types of childcare can bring substantial, long-lived disadvantages to children. ...

2. Job numbers prove economy never sleeps

   Anyone paying attention to Canada's current federal election campaign has heard—dozens of times—that the Canadian economy either was or was not in a recession in the first half of this year. Whether it really was or not, economists ...

3. Note to American capitalists: don’t emulate Scandinavia (or Canada)

   It is commonplace for the chatting classes to view Scandinavian (and, to some degree, Canadian) social democracy through rose tinted lenses. The usual refrain goes roughly as follows. Across a wide range of socio-economic indicators, ...

4. Leader’s economic debate: missing the forest for the trees

   In last night’s debate on the economy on issues of job creation, energy, infrastructure, immigration, housing, fiscal policy and taxation, all three party leaders wandered about essentially missing the forest for the trees. While all ...

5. A primer on equalization in Canada

   Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall’s call for changes to Canada’s system of equalization makes an overview of Canada’s equalization system timely. Equalization is a per capita transfer to provincial governments with below average fiscal ...

6. A national drug insurance program would likely subsidize those who don’t need it

   Calls for a government-operated national drug insurance program, commonly referred to as Pharmacare, are getting louder. However, it seems as though the proponents of such a program lack perspective on what additional coverage a national ...

7. Canadians Celebrate Tax Freedom Day on June 10, 2015

   On Tax Freedom Day, the average Canadian family has earned enough money to pay the taxes imposed on it by the three levels of government: federal, provincial, and local. In 2015, Canadians celebrate Tax Freedom Day on June 10. That is, Canadians will have ...

8. Comparing Government and Private Sector Compensation in Canada

   With heightened interest in how wages and non-wage benefits in the government sector compare with those in the private sector, this study estimates wage differentials between the government and private sector in Canada. It also evaluates four available ...

9. Capital gains tax reform may mitigate Canada’s damaging demographic trends

   Number of new start-ups per 100 incumbents, various size of firms, 2001-2012. Business startups and entrepreneurship drive productivity and economic growth. However, the rate of business startups in Canada is on the wane, falling 16.2 ...

10. Municipal Fire Services in Canada: A Preliminary Analysis

    This bulletin examines trends in fire service spending and the incidence of reported fires in Canada. It finds that the number of firefighters and spending on fire services is increasing even as the incidence of reported fires is decreasing based on ...