Unless the Ontario government reverses course on its transformation of the province’s electricity system, power rates will continue to soar, finds a new study by Ross McKitrick and Tom Adams. The study, What Goes Up...Ontario's Soaring Electricity Prices and How to Get Them Down, to prevent further electricity rate increases, the province could halt all new hydroelectric, wind and solar projects. And to reduce rates, the province could terminate (where possible) existing contracts between renewable energy companies and the OPA.

Despite a decline in the crime rate, crime cost Canadians $85 billion in 2009 (the latest year with comprehensive data) including $47 billion incurred by crime victims, finds a new study by Stephen Easton, Hilary Furness, and Paul Brantingham. The study, The Cost of Crime in Canada 2014, measures the overall costs of police, courts, prisons, rehabilitation and education. And the varied costs incurred by crime victims due to stolen or damaged property, crime prevention, lost health and productivity, and less tangible costs associated with anger, frustration and fear.