Is the government of Canada planning to give all the land back?
The Fraser Institute has a new study out, called “ Fiscal explosion ,” on the spike in federal spending on Indigenous matters since 2015. It’s by Tom Flanagan, emeritus professor of political science at the University of Calgary and former adviser, campaign manager, and chief of staff to Stephen Harper. Flanagan is maybe our best example of a noted academic who entered what Teddy Roosevelt called the arena. His little book on game theory, using real-word examples from Canadian politics, is one of the best introductions to the subject I know. There aren’t many like him. Jean-Yves Duclos, a top-flight economist who is now federal health minister, is one. Let’s hope Duclos brings serious economics to health policy — starting maybe by figuring out what Ottawa is doing in a provincial field.
