Archive - The Audit

Are Administrators Choking the Healthcare and Education Sectors?

If you’re like me you’ve probably heard the claim that administrators are consuming ever-growing proportions of education and healthcare budgets.

22 hrs ago • David Clinton

Are Wealthy Canadians Leaving the Country?

Matt Gurney recently suggested that growing numbers of wealthy Canadians are “stealth emigrating”.

May 6 • David Clinton

Assessing the Public Funding Crisis Impacting Canadian Universities

It’s been a while since I last wrote about higher education in Canada but the industry’s steady clamor for more public funding hasn’t gone anywhere.

May 3 • David Clinton

April 2026

What Canadians Actually Think About Free Speech

I’ll be honest.

Apr 29 • David Clinton

Assessing Institutional Corruption

I’ve previously written about measurable declines in institutional trust among Canadians.

Apr 26 • David Clinton

Why Canada Can't Create Anything Useful Anymore

Here’s how other countries build infrastructure:

Apr 22 • David Clinton

What Can Charity Concentrations Tell Us About Program Fraud?

The discovery of some massive regional pockets of government program fraud in American states like Minnesota captured a lot of attention.

Apr 19 • David Clinton

What Interprovincial Migration Tells Us About Priorities

What can migration patterns teach us about the economic and social environments that provinces offer their residents?

Apr 15 • David Clinton

Shifting Incentives in Criminal Courts

The vast majority of violent crimes are apparently committed by a very small number of repeat offenders.

Apr 12 • David Clinton

Municipal Planning: Where Housing Policy Hits the Street

...And the street may never recover

Apr 5 • David Clinton

Assessing Canadian Charities for Value

There are more than 82,000 registered charities competing for your donations in Canada.

Apr 1 • David Clinton

March 2026

Could Prediction Markets Corrupt Canada's Political Process?

I wouldn’t advise Canadians to place bets on a prediction market platform like Polymarket.

Mar 29 • David Clinton

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