As Alberta's provincial government continues to struggle with deficits and as it tries to constrain spending, there is heightened interest in how wages and non-wage benefits (i.e., total compensation) in the public sector compare with those in the private sector. This study replicates a...

The essays collected for this publication are designed to provide readers and particularly those in Ontario a better sense of where the province's debt stands today, the expectations for the future, and warnings about the likely costs of inaction. Part of the motivation for this publication was...

This Fraser Institute survey of independent schools throughout the Lower Mainland found that 57.3 percent of schools reported a wait-list for enrollment in 2011/12. Of those schools, almost 80 percent said that wait-lists had been the norm for the past three years. In 2011/12, more than 2,170...