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  1. Furniture and the free economy

    I have been admiring the superbly crafted furniture of Thomas Moser while in Maine this week. March and April are commonly hot periods for the furniture (and interior design) industry, and Moser is particularly hot this year. On April 2 ...

  2. Dispelling myths (Part 2): that worker choice "causes a widespread ‘free rider’ problem”

    This is the second of three blog posts responding to objections from those who oppose giving Canadian workers more choice when it comes to union membership and dues payment (see Part 1 here). A repeated concern is that, without mandatory ...

  3. Dispelling myths: that worker choice "leads to lower wages”

    In a recent Fraser Institute report, we noted that one way to dramatically improve Canada’s private sector labour relations laws—which govern the interactions between workers, unions, and employers—is to ensure workers have a choice ...

  4. Raising the minimum wage is not the right policy to help struggling families

    Appeared in the Vancouver Sun The B.C. government recently announced it will increase the minimum wage in September to $10.45 per hour. Thereafter, annual increases will be automatically pegged at the rate of inflation. Shortly after the announcement, ...

  5. How Compensation Spending Consumes Provincial Government Resources in Ontario

    This report measures the growth in provincial government compensation spending in Ontario and how such spending has consumed government resources from 2005/06 to 2013/14 (latest year of available data). Over the period, increases in compensation spending ...

  6. Compensation in Quebec’s government sector outpaces private sector

    Appeared in the Montreal Gazette As the Quebec government struggles to eliminate its deficit and rein in the largest debt burden in Canada, it has identified government-sector compensation as a way to restrain spending and balance the budget in 2015/16. ...

  7. Comparing Government and Private Sector Compensation in Quebec

    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 Quebec. It also evaluates four available ...

  8. Government compensation outpacing the private sector in Ontario

    Appeared in the Financial Post The Ontario government is currently neck deep in negotiations with public sector unions including those representing bureaucrats, teachers, and police officers. On compensation costs, finance minister Charles Sousa said: “We ...

  9. Comparing Government and Private Sector Compensation in Ontario

    Ontario’s serious fiscal challenges are well documented. As the provincial government struggles to eliminate its deficit and rein in growing government debt, it has signaled that managing public sector compensation (which totals over half of its program ...

  10. Government workers' compensation out of line with the private sector

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald As Alberta’s provincial and municipal governments grapple with declining oil revenues and a weakening economy, a sober review of government spending should be part of any belt-tightening initiative. One place to start is the ...