The summer issue of the Bank of Canada Review, a quarterly publication featuring articles related to the Canadian economy and to central banking, will be released online. More information is available online. Call 613-782-8782.
The Fraser Institute will release a new report calculating how much Canadian families will pay for public health insurance this year. The Price of Public Health Care Insurance: 2013 Edition uses data from Statistics Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information to measure the amount of tax dollars Canadian families will pay to all … Read more
When the 2008 global recession hit Canada and unemployment rates began to rise, the federal government was quick to implement its “Economic Action Plan” to help boost job numbers. But were these efforts effective, and should this type of recession-fighting stimulus be used in the future? In a webinar, professor Ron Kneebone will release a report … Read more
The Fraser Institute will release a new report measuring the value of time and productivity Canadians lost in 2012 due to wait times for surgery and other therapeutic treatments. The Private Cost of Public Queues for Medically Necessary Care uses data from the Fraser Institute's annual survey of health care wait times to calculate how … Read more
The Fraser Institute will release a new report measuring the abundance and quality of Canada's freshwater supply. The full report will also be available as a free PDF download at www.fraserinstitute.org. Call 604-688-0221 x 513.
The Bank of Canada will announce its decision on the target for the overnight rate. The bank will also publish its quarterly Monetary Policy Report (MPR) at the same time as the rate decision.
The interim parliamentary budget officer (PBO) will post a report entitled “First Nations School Infrastructure Funding Requirements: British Columbia” online. The report responds to a request from a parliamentarian to follow-up on a 2009 PBO report, using new data to estimate the costs of First Nations K‑12 educational infrastructure in British Columbia. This report uses … Read more
The Fraser Institute will release a new report measuring the economic benefits of strengthening intellectual property protection in Canada's pharmaceutical industry. The Trade and Economic Benefits of Enhanced Intellectual Property Protection for Pharmaceuticals in Canada examines whether the higher cost of medicines that would result from enhanced IP protection are outweighed by potential gains from … Read more
The summer issues of the Bank of Canada's Business Outlook Survey and the Senior Loan Officer Survey will be released online. Call 613-782-878.
The National Steering Committee on Resident Duty Hours will release Canada’s first comprehensive, collaborative and evidence-based report examining the hotly debated issue of how much fatigue is too much fatigue for Canada’s approximately 12,000 resident physicians. With funding from Health Canada, the report, Fatigue, Risk and Excellence: Towards a Pan-Canadian Consensus on Resident Duty Hours, … Read more
