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1. Ontario plays chicken with generic drug prices

   Appeared in the National Post Once again the Ontario government is meddling with generic drug prices in a vain attempt to save a few bucks. Having dug itself into an enormous fiscal hole, the province just announced it will further lower the prices it ...

2. Europe beats Canada on private property rights

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald Many people often look to Europe as an example of what Aristotle called the good life—think of their pleasant cities and obvious regard for art and history. But here’s something else Canadians can learn from Europe: how many ...

3. Let the market determine Canada's immigration level

   Appeared in the Globe and Mail Since the early 1980s, Canada’s immigration selection policies have focussed on the principal applicant’s highest educational achievements and language skills, explicitly to ensure that immigrants would be suitable for ...

4. Lifting the veil on hospital performance

   Appeared in the Kelowna Daily Courier Last week the Canadian Institute for Health Information lifted the veil of secrecy surrounding the performance of Canadian hospitals with its Canadian Hospital Reporting Project, an interactive web site that measures ...

5. Flaherty has opportunity to deliver the prudent budget that Falcon didn't

   Appeared in Business in Vancouver With economic uncertainty lurking around every corner, it’s critical that governments across Canada show fiscal discipline and put forth prudent budgets. Here in B.C., Finance Minister Kevin Falcon reassured British ...

6. Canadians Celebrate Tax Freedom Day on June 6, 2011

   The Fraser Institute annually calculates Tax Freedom Day in order to provide a comprehensive and easily understood indicator of the overall tax burden faced by the average Canadian family. Tax Freedom Day is the day in the year by which the average ...

7. Canadians Celebrate Tax Freedom Day on June 5, 2010

   On Tax Freedom Day, the average Canadian family has earned enough money to pay the taxesimposed on it by the three levels of government federal, provincial, and local. Main Conclusions On Tax Freedom Day, the average Canadian family has earned enough ...

8. Canadian Health Policy Failures

   Canadian health policy is increasingly failing patients and taxpayers. Canadians spend a lot on health care relative to comparable countries. Yet our high relative level of spending does not buy Canadians as many health care resources as patients in other ...

9. Hospital Report Card Alberta 2009

   The Fraser Institute's Hospital Report Card Alberta 2009 is constructed to help patients choose the best hospital for their inpatient care by providing them with information on the performance of acute-care hospitals in Alberta. https://www ...

10. Canadians Celebrate Tax Freedom Day on June 6, 2009

    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. Main Conclusions On Tax Freedom Day, the average Canadian family has earned enough ...