George Mason

Sep 26, 2024 | fraserinstitute.org | George Mason

Canada Post wants to increase the price of a stamp by 25 cents to $1.24 to keep up with inflation and rising costs. But Canada Post has often relied on this reasoning for previous price increases since it stopped being a government department and became a Crown corporation in 1981. Since then, it’s jacked up prices every time it’s had “financial difficulties.”The source of these difficulties has changed over time.

Dec 26, 2023 | fraserinstitute.org | George Mason

Appeared in National Newswatch, December 25, 2023 Due in part to the pandemic, which changed the way many workers do their jobs, public transit is in trouble in Quebec and Atlantic Canada. And while bus companies in these provinces already receive millions in subsidies from taxpayers, advocates are now calling for even more. But this is the wrong route to follow. Subsidies often incentivize bad “cost control” behaviours by firms as they slack on managerial efficiency.

Apr 4, 2023 | fraserinstitute.org | George Mason

The Chair in Energy Sector Management at HEC Montreal recently came out with a report showing that industrial greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) due to energy consumption in Quebec had fallen only 3 per cent between 1990 and 2020. Seeing this as a disappointing performance, multiple pundits and politicians have called for more government interventions on top of those that already exist.