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Comparing Performance of Universal Health Care Countries, 2024

Comparing Performance of Universal Health Care Countries, 2024 finds that despite high levels of spending, Canada has among the lowest availability of doctors, hospital beds, and most medical technologies—and some of the longest wait times—when compared to a group of 31 high-income countries that also have universally accessible health care.

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K-12 Education Reform in British Columbia

K-12 Education Reform in British Columbia finds that from 2012/13 to 2021/22, per-student spending (adjusted for inflation) increased in BC from $13,839 to $14,767, but over the same 10-year period, student performance declined substantially. In fact, the average scores for BC students on the international Programme for International Assessment (PISA) tests in math dropped from 522 in 2012 to 496 in 2022. Scores also declined in reading (535 to 511) and science (544 to 519).

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An Avalanche of Money: The Federal Government’s Policies Toward First Nations

An Avalanche of Money: The Federal Government’s Policies Toward First Nations finds that while federal spending on Indigenous affairs has almost tripled since 2015, the uptick in Indigenous living standards is due primarily to the Canada Child Benefit, an unrelated federal program for families with children.

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Report Card on Quebec’s Secondary Schools

The Report Card on Quebec’s Secondary Schools 2024 ranks 465 public, independent, francophone and anglophone schools based on provincewide test results in French, English, science and mathematics during the 2022/23 academic year, finding that the province’s fastest-improving school— de la Rive in Lavaltrie —improved its rating from 1.4 (out of 10) in 2017 to 4.6 in 2023.

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A Tale of Two Provinces: Economic and Fiscal Performance of Ontario and Quebec in the 21st Century

A Tale of Two Provinces: Economic and Fiscal Performance of Ontario and Quebec in the 21st Century is a new study that finds Ontario’s economic and fiscal performance over the past two decades has been comparatively weak and noticeably worse than neighbouring Quebec, as Ontario’s GDP-per-person in 2000 was the 2nd highest across the country before falling to 5th in 2022.

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The Effect of Government Debt on Economic Growth in the Canadian Provinces

The Effect of Government Debt on Economic Growth in the Canadian Provinces finds that in 2022, combined federal and provincial government debt in seven Canadian provinces surpassed their total economic output, stalling economic growth and leading to stagnant living standards.

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The Growing Imperative to Create a More Integrated Internal Economy in Canada

The Growing Imperative to Create a More Integrated Internal Economy in Canada is the latest installment in the Institute's series on federal policy reforms. It argues that Canada's trade relationship with the U.S. will likely face future challenges no matter who wins the U.S. presidential election, since both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have signaled they'll pursue protectionist trade policies. As such, governments across Canada should work to eliminate existing barriers to interprovincial trade and labour mobility in order to counteract any diminished trade with the U.S.

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