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Category: Canada

Inter-provincial Differences in Borrowing and Debt

I recently published some time series data on student debt in Canada, to wit: Figure 1: Average Student Debt at Graduation, Various Sources in constant $2021, Canada, 1982-2021 *indicates data from the Canada University Consortium; otherwise data is from the National Graduates’ Survey As is often the case, national figures obscure provincial differences. So today I wanted to put some data out there to provide those nuanced regional figures. Let’s start with the issue of annual borrowing.  In Figures 2

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October 4, 2021 1 Comment

Yawn

So, did anything happen last night? Kidding.  Of course it didn’t.  We’re in for another minority parliament led by Liberals who will claim to have listened to Canadians, look to make Parliament work, etc. right up until the moment, 18-24 months from now, when they go back to the polls yet again looking for a majority.  So, what does this mean for policy in Canada and specifically our favourite areas of higher education, science and innovation?  Well, I don’t think

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September 20, 2021 1 Comment

Interpreting the Manifesto Commitments

Morning all.  Today’s the day where I try to sum up and compare what the various parties are promising in different areas and what that likely means for the sector.  For greater detail on individual party platforms for PSE, you may wish to consult the previous analyses: Conservative, NDP, Liberal and Green. Let’s start with the issue of transfers to provinces.  In previous years, but particularly in the two decades following the major cutbacks embedded in the Liberal government’s 1995

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September 16, 2021 No Comments

2021 PSE Election Manifestos – The Liberal Party

This is the fourth and final election manifesto analysis of this godforsaken election.  You can find previous analyses of the Conservative Party platform here, the New Democratic Party platform here and the absolute flaming garbage fire of a Green Party platform here.  I am not doing the Bloc because their platform is “Ottawa should go pound sand” (for which I have some sympathy, but it doesn’t make for a good blog post), and I don’t do the PPC because their

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September 14, 2021 No Comments

2021 PSE Platforms – The Green Party

This is the third in the series of party platform analyses.  The analysis of the Conservative platform analysis is available here, and that for the New Democratic Party platform is here.  Today’s analysis is the Green Party, which is every bit the piece of dramatic flaming ludicrousness we have come to expect from them. I will start by being as nice as I can possibly be.  <deep breath>  There’s a somewhat odd reference to removing the 2% cap in post-secondary education funding for

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September 13, 2021 1 Comment

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