Public Sector Reform

5-minute read

The Mismanagement of the Société de l’Assurance Automobile du Québec and Its Effect on Quebecers

Quebec drivers pay more than their Albertan counterparts and have access to fewer service points when it comes time to renew their drivers’ licences and vehicle registrations, finds this MEI Viewpoint. “Notably by entrusting licence and registration renewals to the private sector, Alberta has managed to reduce costs for drivers and to offer more service points,” says Gabriel Giguère, co-author of the publication.

15-minute read

Manifesto for a Genuinely Competitive Patient-Centred Healthcare System

Reforming Canada’s healthcare systems in order to make private provision accessible within the public health insurance scheme would help improve access to care for Canadian patients, recommends this MEI Research Paper. “The best performing universal healthcare systems in the world are not those where the public sector has a monopoly,” says Professor Marcel Boyer, distinguished senior fellow at the MEI and author of the paper.

8-minute read

More Choice, Better Results: Building on Charter School Success in Alberta

Alberta could see better student outcomes and higher parental satisfaction by making the charter school option more accessible, finds this MEI report. “Alberta is the only Canadian province to allow charter schools, which form an integral part of its pluralistic, market-driven education system,” says Emmanuelle B. Faubert, economist at the MEI and co-author of the report.

4-minute read

A federal bureaucracy we can ill afford

Given the size of our deficit and the costly inefficiencies in our bureaucracy, the taxpaying-public deserves, and should demand, a thorough spending review from the federal government.

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