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Jul 29, 2014

How Ontario lost 300,000 manufacturing jobs (and why most aren’t coming back)

July 29, 2014

Automation, globalization, exchange rates, and low productivity help explain why manufacturing employment has dropped from 15.8% to 10.3% of Ontario’s workforce.

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Jul 23, 2014

Better Outcomes for Public Services

July 23, 2014

Achieving social impact through outcomes-based funding

The latest from Mowat in our ongoing Shifting Gears research partnership with KPMG, this study looks at the growing global trend toward outcomes-based program funding. Read More

Jul 14, 2014

That federal budget surplus? It’s coming from your EI Premiums

July 14, 2014

Four reasons why using EI Premiums to balance the budget is bad for the country—and Ontario in particular.

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Jul 14, 2014

Policy Lessons from Google Autocomplete

July 14, 2014

When Canadians want information, they turn to Google. It reliably points them to information about the most important questions of our time, like why Canada is just a fantastic place to live (though cold). Read More

Jul 11, 2014

Canada’s Finance Minister is entitled to his own opinions, but not his own facts

July 11, 2014

This week, the National Post published my op-ed addressing recent comments made by Canada’s federal Finance Minister regarding Ontario’s long-standing criticism of federal policies governing fiscal transfers and their impact on Ontario’s balance sheet.
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Jul 10, 2014

Not Just Equalization—Many Federal Transfer Programs Fail Basic Tests of Transparency, Efficiency and Fairness, Says New Mowat Analysis

July 10, 2014

A substantial portion of the $163 billion in annual federal transfers to provinces is doled out in ways that fail to meet basic tests of transparency, efficiency and fairness, according to a new study released today by the Mowat Centre.
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Jul 08, 2014

Oliver’s flawed facts: Ontario a net contributor to Canada, Ottawa’s assertions notwithstanding

July 8, 2014

Federal tinkering has cost Ontario $1.2-billion–more than other provinces
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Jul 03, 2014

Visit from The Development Research Centre of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China

July 3, 2014

The DRC sent a delegation of 21 individuals from the Chinese think tank to visit Canada and meet with various organizations. Mowat was honoured to be one of their stops. Read More