The Private Cost of Public Queues for Medically Necessary Care, calculates that waits for surgeries and medical treatments in 2014 cost Canadians $1.2 billion in lost income and productivity.  In other words, the 937,345 patients waiting for surgery last year bore an average personal cost of $1,289.

De-Amalgamation in Canada: Breaking Up is Hard to Do builds on the mounting research that suggests the controversial merging of Canadian municipalities hasn’t resulted in meaningful cost savings or efficiencies. In light of that research and the lingering resentment by some residents of communities forced to consolidate by provincial governments, the study finds that amalgamations can be successfully reversed given the right set of circumstances.

Fiscal Policy Lessons for Alberta’s New Government from other NDP Governments reviews the fiscal records and economic outcomes of the Saskatchewan and Ontario NDP governments of the early 1990s. It finds that Premier Rachel Notley would be better off emulating the fiscal prudence of Roy Romanow’s NDP government in Saskatchewan rather than the tax and spend policies implemented by Bob Rae’s NDP in Ontario.  The study also debunks the belief that a new government’s approach to fiscal policy can accurately be predicted by simply looking at its political label or brand.