Risk & Regulation

Ottawa’s Regulatory Assault on the Extraction Sector and Its Impact on Investment

— Jul 4, 2024

Ottawa’s Regulatory Assault on the Extraction Sector and its Impact on Investment is the latest installment in the Institute’s essay series on federal policy reforms. Authored by Senior Fellow Kenneth Green, this essay spotlights the excessive regulatory burden that has been imposed on the oil and gas sector in Canada over the past 10 years and highlights how much-needed business investment in the industry has declined as a result.

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

Federal government seems committed to killing investment in Canada

Kenneth P. Green

Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, July 24, 2024

The government's new regulations will likely raise costs and curtail oil and gas production.

No reliable evidence that ESG investing produces above-average returns

Steven Globerman

Appeared in the Financial Post, July 3, 2024

The investment industry should provide reliable information about the performance of ESG-focused investment products.

Ottawa’s EV mandate may destroy Canadian auto industry

Ross McKitrick

Appeared in the Financial Post, June 28, 2024

A large part of our economy is organized around making and using gasoline-powered cars.

Forget the Loblaws boycott—Canada should scrap supply management instead

Jake Fuss, Alex Whalen

Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, June 26, 2024

Low-income Canadians spend an estimated one-fifth of their income on food.

Government red tape strangling Canada’s economy

Kenneth P. Green

Appeared in the Calgary Sun, May 22, 2024

Small businesses pay up to five times more for regulatory compliance per-employee than larger businesses.

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.

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

Ottawa’s Regulatory Assault on the Extraction Sector and Its Impact on Investment

Canada's Regulatory Overburden

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

Risk & Regulation Research Experts