Civil Service has much to learn from other countries, according to the Cabinet Office Minister. And why would Britain not want to compare itself against best practice from other countries? After all, many gold medallists are coached by the best in the world who are...
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Britain Unleashed: David Cameron Needs a Change of Heart – and Some Fire in His Belly: The Prime Minister David Cameron wants to tweak the status quo, but he should smash it to show decline is not inevitable, says Allister Heath.
This Government’s great tragedy is that it is run by a group of youngish, privileged men who have never known what it is like to be truly excited by economic and political ideas. David Cameron and George Osborne are creatures of the establishment, prisoners of the received wisdom, too interested in power for power’s sake.
Federal Government Office Space Grows even as Public Service Shrinks
The Conservatives talk constantly about ensuring taxpayers get value for money. But the reality is the politicians don’t control the spending process as tightly as they like to think they do. The bureaucracy is the real power in the land – and its interests are often best served by growing the size of government.
Our Yes Minister Civil Service “Cuts”
But the real story is missing from the popular narrative. Since the federal Tories came to power in 2006 the body count in the federal civil service til recently had expanded by 32,000.
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A Year of LNG Royalties/Taxes from a Single Pipeline Could Pay for …
Sitting on top of one of the world’s largest and richest natural resource warehouses is turning into quite a disconcerting distraction. While much of Canada’s population – the heavily urban part for whom “rural” means Whistler, Muskoka, or Mont Tremblant – likes to...
Medical Martial Law – Never Again
The economic upheaval now roiling over the world’s financial markets, rapidly lowering living standards, and even threatening to freeze Europeans this winter, is all directly related to the radical decision most western leaders took in March of 2020., when a new...
Niels Veldhuis, Senior Research Economist, The Fraser Institute
To become economically competititve, Manitoba needs to reduce the size of its public sector and reform its taxation and labour policies.
A Conversation with Niels Veldhuis
Niels Veldhuis is Senior Research Economist at The Fraser Institute. Since joining the Institute in 2002 he has authored or co-authored 10 comprehensive studies on a wide range of topics including, taxation, labour markets, government debt, government failure, fiscal...
Government for Hire
The efficient contracting out of public services improves them, but it depends on a fundamental change in the culture of government.
Back Ends
A look at the humble beginnings of standardized measurements.
Bold Tony pushes Timid Tony aside
Why Tony Blair will accelerate public sector reform in Britain.
Canada Needs to Decentralize
Decentralizing power to the provinces is long overdue in Canada.
WINNIPEG POLICE IN 2003: HIGH STAFFING, LOW CLEARANCE RATES
Although the performance of the Winnipeg Police Service improved slightly in 2003, its relative efficiency is still lower than that of most other large metropolitan forces in Canada. In 2003, Winnipeg had the third highest level of police strength among Canadian...
Ten Years of Tony Blair
New Labour is moving into new territory, as Tony Blair abandons big-spending solutions for healthcare and education in favour of consumer-based reforms.
Need an electoral fix?
Australia’s preferential ballot system is a neat compromise between first past the post and proportional voting model systems.