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This is a chapter from the book What States Can Do to Reform Health Care: A Free-Market Primer. Seven leading scholars contributed chapters to this book, which focuses on Medicaid, health insurance, hospital certificate-of-need laws, malpractice liability, physician quality assurance, prescription piracy, and pharmaceutical costs.

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The Report Card on Alberta's High Schools: 2006 Edition collects a variety of relevant, objective indicators of school performance into one, easily accessible document so that anyone can analyze and compare the performance of individual schools. The Report Card assists parents when they choose a school for their children and encourages and assists all those seeking to improve their schools.

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Report Card on Ontario's Elementary Schools: 2006 Edition 2006-06-01 The Report Card on Ontario's Elementary Schools: 2006 Edition collects a variety of relevant, objective indicators of school performance into one, easily accessible public document so that anyone can analyz

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In this third volume of Canada Strong and Free, Mike Harris and Preston Manning propose to revitalize and rebalance Confederation to make Canada the best governed democratic federation federation in the world.

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The Report Card on British Columbia's Elementary Schools: 2006 Edition collects a variety of relevant, objective indicators of school performance into one, accessible document so that anyone can analyze and compare the performance of individual schools. The Report Card assists parents choose a school for their children and encourages and assists all those seeking to improve their schools.

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This study evaluates the extent to which labour relations laws bring flexibility to the labour market while balancing the needs of employers and employees.

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This book is a summary of the latest results of a Fraser Institute project that began in July, 1975. Its objective was to find out how much tax, in all forms, Canadians pay to federal, provincial, and municipal governments and how the size of this tax bill has changed over the years since 1961. In the interim, 13 editions of this book have been published.

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Recent Commentaries & Blog Posts

British Columbia should replace PST with an HST

Bev Dahlby, Tegan Hill

Appeared in Business in Vancouver, July 1, 2024

The tax leads to higher operating costs that hurt the competitiveness of businesses in the province.

Canada’s economic stagnation—a big problem for Canadians

Ben Eisen

Under Prime Minister Trudeau, annual per-person economic growth has averaged just 0.3 per cent.

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.

Nova Scotia government’s smartphone restrictions don’t go nearly far enough

Paige MacPherson, Alex Whalen

Appeared in the Halifax Chronicle Herald, June 28, 2024

Six out of 10 students said they were distracted by the digital devices of other students in math class.

Alberta government must further restrain spending to stabilize provincial finances

Tegan Hill

This year, program spending will reach a projected $14,334 per Albertan, which is $1,603 higher than the original plan.

Canadians face serious economic costs due to health-care wait times

Mackenzie Moir

Appeared in the Winnipeg Sun, June 26, 2027

Wait times for non-emergency treatment in 2023 cost Canadians $3.5 billion in lost wages and productivity.

Don’t use Alberta’s Heritage Fund to pick ‘winners and losers’

Lennie Kaplan

The province's taxpayers lost more than $2 billion from failed loans, guarantees and share purchases in major projects.

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.

Alberta government peddles fanciful numbers for film and TV tax credit returns

Matthew Lau

Appeared in the Calgary Herald, June 25, 2024

By shifting resources and money, the government is simply shifting jobs into film and away from other sectors.

Nova Scotia’s massive government stifling economic growth

Fred McMahon

Appeared in the Macdonald Notebook, June 25, 2024

Governments often dole out money for political gain.

Alberta government’s new smartphone restrictions won’t eliminate digital distraction in classrooms

Paige MacPherson, Tegan Hill

Appeared in the Globe and Mail, June 24, 2024

The province's math scores have fallen 45 points in the last two decades.

Government funding for independent schools saves B.C. taxpayers many millions each year

Paige MacPherson

Appeared in the Western Standard, June 22, 2024

More than 92 per cent of the province's independent schools are non-elite.

June 23 is Balanced Budget Tax Freedom Day in Canada

Grady Munro, Jake Fuss

Canadians should consider the $69.9 billion in combined federal and provincial deficits as deferred taxes.

Ontario’s future as dynamic economy in doubt—if employment trends continue

Livio Di Matteo

A drop in self-employment means a drop in the number of small businesses and a decline in entrepreneurship.

Alberta’s credit upgrade belies risk of red ink on the horizon

Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios

Appeared in the Financial Post, June 20, 2024

Compared to the government’s 2022 mid-year plan, it will spend $6.1 billion more in 2023/24.

Canadians right to worry about ‘big government’ agenda

Matthew D. Mitchell, Jake Fuss

When governments limit economic freedom, citizens find it harder to buy and sell what they want.

Alberta parents want balance—not bias—in the classroom

Tegan Hill, Paige MacPherson

Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, June 19, 2024

Seventy-four per cent of parents in the province believe teachers should present both sides of controversial issues.

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