Canadian Student Review: Spring 2024

In this issue:

Welcome Message

Student Article
Fraser Institute Intern, Alicia Kardos, explains why a Smithian solution could solve the Canadian Healthcare Crisis.

Fraser Institute Blog
The article recommends reevaluating Canada’s single public-health system, proposing cost-sharing measures to improve healthcare despite legal restrictions.

Podcast
Senior research fellow Jayme Lemke joins host Rosemarie Fike to discuss Nobel Prize winning economist Elinor Ostrom and why community is best served and best empowered through grassroots movements that enable solutions tailored to their specific needs.

Fraser Institute Blog
This article explains why the federal government should refocus attention on its trade relationship with its largest trading partner: the United States of America.

Infographic
This recent infographic presents a comparison of the annual change in population (population growth) and annual housing completions in Canada as well as in all 10 provinces between 1972 and 2022.

Fraser Institute Study
This study underscores the prevalence of mental illness, combined with the now well-understood impacts on employment, productivity, and social engagement for ill individuals, helps to explain the increased attention this area of health care has received in recent years and the numerous calls for additional tax-funded expenditures on mental health care.

Quote wall
A quote by Paul Zak, founding Director of the Center for Neuroeconomics Studies and Professor of Economics, Psychology and Management at Claremont Graduate University in California.

Webinars
Our Explore Public Policy Issues webinars are available on demand. Check out our recorded webinars.