Archive - The Audit

Canada’s Housing Policy: Lots of Funding, Not So Much Housing

Housing prices in Canada’s larger cities have dropped over the past 12 months, which has certainly helped ease the affordability crisis.

Sep 20 • David Clinton

Canada’s Unserious Foreign Policy

It’s been one year since Canada recognized the State of Palestine. Last week, in coordination with the UK and France, Canada announced what they…

Sep 15 • David Clinton

How Foreign Government Funding Impacts Canadian Universities

The real story here is that there’s no data.

Sep 9 • David Clinton

Some Stuff Still Works

I once read about a fellow who said he wasn’t interested in seeing how shiny and powerful a new car looked in the dealer’s showroom.

Sep 6 • David Clinton

Living With Media Bias

Sometimes there’s no easy way past a problem.

Sep 2 • David Clinton

August 2026

Canada's Citizen Civil Service: the True Cost of Regulatory Compliance

I’ve already written about the internal costs regulatory compliance efforts impose on government operations.

Aug 30 • David Clinton

AI Integrations Will Make Governments More Efficient...and Then Unbearable

The federal government’s AI Strategy for the Federal Public Service exists to guide public sector adoption of AI tools.

Aug 26 • David Clinton

How Much of Federal Program Results-Tracking is Garbage?

The insight around which this post is built might expose some serious internal government dysfunction.

Aug 23 • David Clinton

The Case of the Disappearing Healthcare Services Industry

Understanding the threat of private equity roll-ups

Aug 19 • David Clinton

Why Is There So Much Hard Currency out There?

Here’s something I absolutely did not see coming.

Aug 16 • David Clinton

How Global Affairs Canada Manages Research Grants to Foreign Institutions

Through the past decade, Global Affairs Canada (GAC) awarded grants worth around 31 billion dollars to the International Development Assistance Program…

Aug 12 • David Clinton

When Municipal Policy Goes Off the Rails

It’s said that spending time in a meat processing plant reduces the likelihood that you’ll eat hot dogs any time soon.

Aug 9 • David Clinton

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