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Is Updating a Few Thousand Readers Worth a Half Million Taxpayer Dollars?
Assessing alternate models for Canadian news media
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Do Indigenous Canadians Benefit From Government Support?
Aside from payments for pensions and benefits through Employment and Social Development Canada and for interest payments on our debt, Canada spends more…
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Replay: Our Government Sponsors "Transformative" Research
Or does it? And is there any way to know for sure?
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Does Immigration Drive Up Canadian Housing Prices?
The Free Press recently published a fascinating article claiming that immigration is not a significant cause of housing cost increases in the U.S.
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Veterans Affairs: Research Funding
I recently published an attempt to understand how the federal government cares for our veterans.
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What an Effective All-of-Government Program Review Might Look Like
More than once in this space I’ve advocated for a comprehensive all-of-government review to find and eliminate waste and corruption.
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Do High-Rise Developments Depress Fertility Rates?
Canada’s sharp downward trend in fertility rates has appeared in this space before. For many reasons I see this as a looming crisis. Here, to refresh…
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December 2024

Welcome to the Brave New World of AI Opinion Polling
Opinion polling is dead. Long live opinion polling!
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David Clinton
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Global Affairs Canada Foreign Aid: An Update
Back in early November I reached out to Global Affairs Canada (GAC) for a response to questions I later posed in my What Happens When Ministries Go…
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David Clinton
The Strange Case of the Disappearing Public Accounts Report
A few days ago, Public Services and Procurement Canada tabled their audited consolidated financial statements of the Government of Canada for 2024. This…
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David Clinton
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Replay: What's Your University Degree Really Worth?
Assessing a major university advocacy group's arguments in support of their product
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David Clinton
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The Audit at One Year
And what comes next?
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