Risk & Regulation

Canada's Regulatory Overburden

— Apr 26, 2024

Canada’s Regulatory Overburden is the latest essay in the Institute’s series on federal policy reforms. It finds Canadian businesses are overburdened by excessive and costly regulations, which deter investment and stifle economic growth.

Canada’s Growing Housing Gap: Comparing Population Growth and Housing Completions in Canada, 1972–2022

— Oct 12, 2023

Canada’s Growing Housing Gap: Comparing Population Growth and Housing Completions in Canada, 1972-2022 finds that the gap between the number of homes built and the number of additional people in Canada is the widest it’s been in 50 years.

Recent Risk & Regulation Commentaries and Blog Posts

Don’t stop at beer—Ford government should privatize all liquor sales

Grady Munro, Jake Fuss

Appeared in the Hamilton Spectator, March 4, 2024

The Beer Store owns a monopoly on all 12-pack and 24-pack beer sales in the province.

Federal government should scrap ‘supply management’ and save Canadians money

Alex Whalen, Jake Fuss

Appeared in National Newswatch, February 5, 2024

The supply management system costs the average Canadian household an estimated $300 to $444 annually.

Myth-busting will help accelerate ESG retreat

Matthew Lau

Many environmental and social problems are better handled by bottom-up market forces, not top-down initiatives.

Canadian provinces should deregulate bus transport

Vincent Geloso

Appeared in National Newswatch, December 25, 2023

Without these regulatory barriers, people could more easily become transit providers on a part-time basis.

Ottawa’s plan to lower prices won’t make life more affordable for Canadians

Steven Globerman

Appeared in the Hub, December 6, 2023

Tariffs on imported dairy and other food products help inflate prices at the checkout line.

Ford government should finally privatize liquor sales in Ontario

Jake Fuss, Alex Whalen

Appeared in the Financial Post, May 30, 2023

Alberta’s liquor product selection has grown from 2,200 in 1993 to more than 31,000 today.

Deregulation can help Canada avoid or shorten recessions

Vincent Geloso

Appeared in the Hub, May 5, 2023

Barriers to competition limit the incentives of firms to innovate, cut costs and expand their activities.

Risk & Regulation Research Experts

Pierre Desrochers

Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute
Jock Finlayson

Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute
Kenneth P. Green

Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute
Marc Law

Professor of Economics, University of Vermont
Ross McKitrick

Professor of Economics, University of Guelph
Matthew D. Mitchell

Senior Fellow in the Centre for Economic Freedom, Fraser Institute
Finn Poschmann

Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute
Joel Wood

Associate Professor of Economics, Thompson Rivers University
Moin Yahya

Professor of Law, University of Alberta

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Risk & Regulation

Canada's Regulatory Overburden

Canada’s Growing Housing Gap: Comparing Population Growth and Housing Completions in Canada, 1972–2022

Risk & Regulation Research Experts