On health care, despite a high level of spending, Canadians have comparatively poor access to technology and doctors, and long wait times for surgery.
education spending
August 31, 2016
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July 19, 2016
1:50PM
Almost half of all independent schools in Ontario have a religious orientation.
April 25, 2016
9:00AM
Independent schools and charter schools leverage public dollars towards cost-effective alternative approaches to education.
March 4, 2016
3:00AM
From 2003/04 to 2012/13, enrolments in public schools in Canada declined by 4.9 per cent compared to 17.2 per cent in Newfoundland and Labrador.
February 3, 2016
3:00AM
With more prudent education spending, Ontario could have reduced its provincial deficit by two-thirds.
November 2, 2015
9:41AM
Over the past decade, government spending on public education in Ontario has grown at an unsustainable rate, driven largely by significant growth in employee compensation costs.
October 7, 2015
4:00AM
When comparing overall operating expenditures, on-reserve students receive the same amount (on average) as other Canadian students, and in some cases, more.
September 24, 2015
11:34AM
In some quarters, it is taken as a given that Alberta’s schools are underfunded. Critics cite rising class sizes and slipping international test scores (in some areas) as evidence that more money is needed.
September 16, 2015
3:35PM
As a new school year begins, labour strife is once again affecting Ontario’s public schools. Elementary school teachers are engaged in a “work to rule” campaign and the possibility of a strike looms.