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1. Canada’s supply management system increases air pollution

   In the last few years, a growing number of scholars and activists have tied our meat consumption with climate change. The reason is simple—animals emit large quantities of greenhouse gases as a result of   enteric fermentation (i.e. ...

2. When pharmaceutical innovators take risks, we end up with new drugs that lengthen our lives

   A few weeks ago, the Nobel Prize in Economics was granted jointly to William Nordhaus and Paul Romer. In the midst of the series of reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, most of the attention went to Nordhaus. One ...

3. Quebec’s experience with government-subsidized daycare should serve as a warning for B.C.

   The Quebec government spent $2.3 billion last year, or $9,772 per child, on its daycare program. ...

4. Ontario ignores warning signs from Quebec, announces subsidized child care plan

   On the eve of their provincial budget release, the Ontario Liberals have announced their intention to make child care services “free” in the province. Starting in 2020, Premier Kathleen Wynne promises that all children between the age of ...

5. Subsidized Daycare—What British Columbia Can Learn from Quebec’s 20-Year Experiment

   Main Conclusions British Columbia’s NDP government recently announced a series of new policies intended to lay the foundation for “universal”, government-subsidized, $10-per-day daycare across the province. This major policy intervention seems unnecessary ...

6. Quebec’s Daycare Program: A Flawed Policy Model

   Main Conclusions In 1997, Quebec instituted a system of subsidized daycare, providing daycare spots at a daily rate of $5 per day regardless of parental income. Despite some modest reforms, this “universal” daycare program retains its original structure. ...