The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) will post a report entitled “Fiscal Analysis of Sick Leave in the Federal Public Service” on the website at www.pbo-dpb.gc.ca. This report responds to a request received from a parliamentarian that the PBO undertake an independent fiscal analysis of absenteeism in the public service. Call 613-992-8026.
The Fraser Institute will release a new study examining the consequences of stimulus spending introduced in response to the 2008/09 recession. The study Post-Stimulus Spending Trends in Canada looks at spending and programs created by Canada’s federal and provincial governments and their effect on government budgets. The study will also be available for download as … Read more
The Fraser Institute will release its Report Card on Ontario’s Elementary Schools 2014, the go-to source for measuring school improvement. The Report Card ranks 3,030 public and Catholic schools (and a small number of private schools) based on results from annual provincewide reading, writing and math tests. It spotlights special needs and ESL percentages in each … Read more
The Fraser Institute will release a new study examining the state of Canada-U.S. relations. The study, Canada’s Catch-22: The State of Canada-U.S. Relations in 2014, outlines the trade barriers and disputes that hurt Canadian producers and consumers, and Canada’s relative decline in competitiveness with the U.S. since 2007. The report will be available for download … Read more
The Fraser Institute will release a new study examining the effects of Ontario’s shift from a “have” to a “have not” province. The study, “Equalization, Ontario, and the politics of division,” notes the dramatic shift in the economic balance of the Canadian federation ever since Ontario became eligible for equalization payments. The report will be available for download … Read more
As more Canadian municipalities consider adopting so-called living wage laws, the Fraser Institute will release a new report examining the effects of these laws on low-paid workers. The report, The Economic Effects of Living Wage Laws, reviews scholarly research on living wage laws in the United States, where more than 140 municipalities have the legislation, and … Read more
The Bank of Canada will make an announcement on interest rates and will release a monetary policy report. On eight scheduled dates each year, the bank issues a press release announcing its decision for the overnight rate target, together with a short explanation of the factors influencing the decision. Four times a year, the bank’s governing council presents … Read more
The Winter issues of the Business Outlook Survey and the Senior Loan Officer Survey will be released on the Bank of Canada website. at 10:30 a.m. (EDT).
The Fraser Institute will release a new book about government size, economic growth and social progress. The book, Measuring Government in the Twenty-first Century: An International Overview of the Size and Efficiency of Public Spending, examines a wide range of international data to measure the size of government and how it affects economic growth and … Read more
The Canadian Armed Forces are marking more than 12 years of service in Afghanistan. The largest deployment of Canadian Armed Forces personnel since the Second World War will draw to a close on March 31, 2014. Beginning on Dec. 22, 2013, the Department of National Defence will highlight one photograph a day taken during the mission for a … Read more
