Septembre 6, 2024 2:30AM

Central bank ‘forward guidance’—a valuable tool when used wisely

Lawrence Schembri, Steven Globerman

The Bank of Canada recently lowered its policy rate, making it three cuts in a row.

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Historic decline in Canadian living standards officially reaches five-year mark

Jake Fuss, Grady Munro

While the aggregate economy grew, inflation-adjusted GDP per person declined during the second quarter of 2024.

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Test scores help predict level of ‘knowledge capital’ entering the economy

Derek J. Allison

The production of knowledge capital helps fuel economic growth and prosperity.

Sujet:

Education

Étiquettes:

pisa scores, student achievement, student performance, standardized tests, education spending, student spending

Août 24, 2024 3:00AM

Virtual care will break the Canada Health Act—and that’s a good thing

Bacchus Barua

Patients will simply bypass the Canadian system entirely by having virtual consultations with doctors abroad.

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Health Care

Étiquettes:

canada health act, virtual care, canadian medical association, online medical information

Août 23, 2024 1:30PM

Federal government’s capital gains tax hike is worse than you think

Jake Fuss, Grady Munro

Inflationary gains represent a significant share of the capital gains Canadians are currently realizing.

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Government Spending & Taxes

Étiquettes:

capital gains tax, capital gains, taxes, tax hike, inflation, income tax

Août 21, 2024 11:35AM

B.C. woman’s plight underscores need for urgent health-care reform

Bacchus Barua, Mackenzie Moir

Patients in the province faced a 34.8-week wait to receive neurosurgical treatment.

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Health Care

Étiquettes:

health care reform, wait times, universal health insurance, cost sharing, health care costs

Août 13, 2024 8:47AM

Endless spending increases will not fix Canada’s health-care system

Mackenzie Moir, Jake Fuss

From 1993 to 2023, health-care wait times have increased by 198 per cent.

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Government Spending & Taxes, Health Care

Étiquettes:

health care spending, health care costs, health care wait times, wait times, waiting for treatment, physician supply

Août 11, 2024 4:30AM

Nighttime light intensity exposes failure of autocratic regimes

Vincent Geloso

Nighttime light is artificial so its level should depict—all else being equal—levels of development.

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Economic Freedom

Étiquettes:

economic freedom, economic development, GDP, autocrats

Août 9, 2024 2:49PM

Government meddling contributes to doctor exodus in Quebec

Bacchus Barua, Yanick Labrie

Australia’s health-care system costs less than Canada’s yet delivers more rapid access to health-care services.

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Health Care

Étiquettes:

accessory fees, Quebec health care, universal health care, health insurance, user fees, health care costs, canada health act

Août 8, 2024 4:38PM

Dearth of medical resources harms Canadian patients

Mackenzie Moir

Canada ranked 25th of 29 comparable countries with universal health care on the number of MRIs.

Sujet:

Health Care, Other Topics

Étiquettes:

patients, waiting for health care, doctor shortage, physician shortage

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Central bank ‘forward guidance’—a valuable tool when used wisely

Historic decline in Canadian living standards officially reaches five-year mark

Test scores help predict level of ‘knowledge capital’ entering the economy

Virtual care will break the Canada Health Act—and that’s a good thing

Federal government’s capital gains tax hike is worse than you think

B.C. woman’s plight underscores need for urgent health-care reform

Endless spending increases will not fix Canada’s health-care system

Nighttime light intensity exposes failure of autocratic regimes

Government meddling contributes to doctor exodus in Quebec

Dearth of medical resources harms Canadian patients

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