— Nov 16, 2024

The Report Card on Quebec’s Secondary Schools 2024 ranks 465 public, independent, francophone and anglophone schools based on provincewide test results in French, English, science and mathematics during the 2022/23 academic year, finding that the province’s fastest-improving school— de la Rive in Lavaltrie —improved its rating from 1.4 (out of 10) in 2017 to 4.6 in 2023.

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A Tale of Two Provinces: Economic and Fiscal Performance of Ontario and Quebec in the 21st Century

— Nov 13, 2024

A Tale of Two Provinces: Economic and Fiscal Performance of Ontario and Quebec in the 21st Century is a new study that finds Ontario’s economic and fiscal performance over the past two decades has been comparatively weak and noticeably worse than neighbouring Quebec, as Ontario’s GDP-per-person in 2000 was the 2nd highest across the country before falling to 5th in 2022.

BC’s Descriptive Grading on Report Cards Has Parents Yearning for the ABCs

— Oct 24, 2024

B.C.’s Descriptive Grading on Report Cards Has Parents Yearning for the ABCs finds that the vast majority of parents in Canada easily understand letter grades on report cards but are confused by the new “descriptive” grading recently adopted in British Columbia.

British Columbia’s Descent into Debt

— Sep 10, 2024

British Columbia’s Descent into Debt finds that the B.C. provincial government continues with its current fiscal plans, it will become the third-most indebted province in the country by 2029/30.

The End of Accountability in British Columbia High School Student Performance

— Aug 29, 2024

End of Accountability in BC High School Student Performance

The End of Accountability in British Columbia High School Student Performance finds that the B.C. government’s new student “assessments” in high schools are much less valuable and useful than the previous exams in measuring student and school performance.

Understanding Alberta’s Outsized Contribution to Confederation

— Aug 13, 2024

Understanding Alberta’s Outsized Contribution to Confederation finds that from 2007 and 2022, Albertans’ contributed $244.6 billion to the federal government in taxes and other payments in excess of the money Ottawa spent or transferred to Alberta – more than five times as much as was contributed (on net) by either British Columbians or Ontarians.