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Op-Ed
Published in the Globe & Mail on January 7, 2014 By Christopher Ragan I usually don’t make New Year’s resolutions, but when writing a regular column, it is helpful to make a plan, and what’s a plan if not a resolution? The topic for a column should satisfy two conditions. First, the topic should be worth discussing, and hopefully one on which the author can add some clarity to the…
Media Release
May 27, 2014 – Despite having more family physicians per capita than many other jurisdictions, Quebec lags Ontario and Western Europe when it comes to access to primary care, according to a report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “The Case of the Vanishing Quebec Physicians: How to Improve Access to Care,” author Claude E. Forget, former Quebec Minister of Health and Social Services, calls for…
Media Release
January 29, 2014 – The 2014 edition of the C.D. Howe Institute’s annual Shadow Federal Budget reinforces Ottawa’s near-term focus on budgetary surplus, and presents a number of measures to foster growth over the longer term. In “Equipping Canadians for Success: A Shadow Budget for 2014,” authors William B.P. Robson and Alexandre Laurin urge a near-term focus on the average compensation cost of…
Op-Ed
Published in the Globe and Mail on September 23, 2014 By Christopher Ragan Christopher Ragan is an associate professor of economics at McGill University and a Research Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute. Last week my friend sent me a link to a short video ranting about our monetary system. I immediately recognized it as another in a large collection of videos I have seen, many of…
Op-Ed
Published in the Montreal Gazette on June 4, 2014 By Claude Forget Claude Forget is a former Quebec health minister. His C.D. Howe Institute study The Case of the Vanishing Physicians: How to Improve Access to Care, can be found at www.cdhowe.org. For years, Quebecers and Quebec doctors have documented poor access to health-care services in the province. This situation ought…
Op-Ed
Published in the Financial Post on January 10, 2014 By Lawrence Herman The Trans-Pacific Partnership (or TPP) trade negotiations, the biggest floating trade game on the planet, will be re-engaging in earnest this year, having missed their 2013 deadline, an impossible goal to begin with. A lot is at stake. Should the talks succeed, Canada and all TPP participants will gain from the effects of…