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 released by the Fraser Institute. The study, The Cost of Crime in Canada: 2014 Report, measures the overall costs of police, courts, prisons, rehabilitation … Read more
The current dispute between Netflix and the CRTC, which may ultimately be decided in court, highlights the need for the deregulation of Canada’s broadcasting industry, finds a new essay released by the Fraser Institute. “With the rising popularity of Netflix and other online broadcasters, Canada needs to readjust what was already a fundamentally flawed attitude towards broadcasting,” said Steven Globerman, … Read more
Once again, Canada ranks among the world’s most economically free countries, ranking seventh overall according to the Fraser Institute’s annual Economic Freedom of the World report, released at an international event in Brussels. The report measures the economic freedom (levels of personal choice, ability to enter markets, security of privately owned property, rule of law, … Read more
Policy-makers should carefully consider the implications of the pause or “hiatus” in global warming when crafting climate policy, concludes a new study released by the Fraser Institute. The study, Climate Policy Implications of the Hiatus in Global Warming, spotlights the warming hiatus, and what it means for public policy in Canada and around the world. The full study is … Read more
If Ontario adopted British Columbia’s model for funding and delivering K-12 education, the province could save up to $1.9 billion per year, finds a new study released by the Fraser Institute. The study, Restructuring Education in Ontario, estimates the financial benefits of Ontario adopting B.C.’s K-12 education model, with its publicly funded anglophone and francophone … Read more
As the Quebec government orders a review of the province’s tax system, Quebecers continue to pay some of the highest taxes in North America, finds a new study released by the Fraser Institute. The study, Quebec’s Tax Competitiveness: A Barrier to Prosperity, compares Quebec’s tax rates (personal, corporate, payroll) to other Canadian provinces and American … Read more
Canadian cities such as Winnipeg and Windsor, Ont., burden taxpayers with overstaffed police departments, finds a new study published by the Fraser Institute. The study, Police and Crime Rates in Canada, analyzes policing levels, local crime rates and other socio-economic factors (i.e. median family income, unemployment rates, youth populations) using StatsCan data over a 10-year … Read more
Capital in the 21st Century, the best-selling book from French economist Thomas Piketty, is fundamentally flawed, and its Euro-centric view does not apply to North America, says Philip Cross, former chief economic analyst for Statistics Canada. In his review, published by the Fraser Institute, Cross targets the major themes in Capital including Piketty’s fixation on … Read more
Incentive pay for teachers improves student performance, finds a new study released by the Fraser Institute. The study, Teacher Incentive Pay that Works, examines several teacher incentive pay programs based on student performance in school systems around the world. The full study is available online.
The cost of running the Canada Pension Plan has more than tripled, the result of transaction fees and external management fees, finds a new study released by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. The study, Accounting for the True Cost of the Canada Pension Plan, spotlights the costs of administering the … Read more
