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Housing Codes, Homelessness, and Affordable Housing
Homelessness is a growing problem in Canada; 235,000 people have been homeless at one time or another during any given recent year. Furthermore, at any one time perhaps as many as 5,000 or more are homeless. While there are many causes of ...
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Next prime minister should eschew interventionist ‘industrial policy’
In the second quarter of 2021, real GDP per capita fell to 2.9 per cent below fourth quarter 2019 levels. ...
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Spending on public schools increases across Canada while student results decline
Between 2003 and 2018, Canada’s average PISA scores in math, science and reading declined. ...
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Federal debt accumulation will disproportionately burden younger Canadians
Over a two-year span, Ottawa is expected to add more than $500 billion in federal debt. ...
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What's the Best Foot Forward: the economics of climate change in Canada
Is a carbon tax the way to combat emissions in Canada? Ross McKitrick, Professor of Economics at the University of Guelph, joins me to discuss environmental policy in Canada and the oft-ignored economic impact. We also discuss various models of the carbon ...
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Campaign fearmongering on health care ignores experiences of other universal care countries
Last year, 62 per cent of patients in Canada waited more than four months for a specialist appointment compared to 31 per cent in the Netherlands. ...
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Economic Freedom of the World: 2021 Annual Report
The index published in Economic Freedom of the World measures the degree to which the policies and institutions of countries are supportive of economic freedom. The cornerstones of economic freedom are personal choice, voluntary exchange, freedom to enter ...
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Martin van Staden
Martin van Staden is a member of the Executive Committee and the Rule of Law Board of Advisors of the Free Market Foundation (FMF), where he also previously served as the Head of Legal (Policy and Research). ...
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Nijdar S. Khalid
Nijdar S. Khalid is an economics writer and researcher and a doctoral student in Economics at the Institute of Economics, Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen-Nuremberg. ...
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The expensive truth about a universal basic income
Ottawa ran an unprecedented $354 billion budget deficit in 2020/21. ...