This policy brief summarizes SecondStreet.org’s research into patients dying while waiting for surgery and other medical appointments (June 2021 edition).

This policy brief includes public opinion research on COVID-19, climate change and natural resource issues

In late 2020, the Government of Canada announced the carbon tax would rise from $30 per ton to $170 per ton by 2030. SecondStreet.org hired market research firm Leger to learn more about how Canadians feel about the proposed tax change.

After COVID-19 emerged in Canada, governments postponed thousands of surgeries and procedures. SecondStreet.org examined the situation more closely.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) and public policy think tank SecondStreet.org examines 10 ways municipal governments could reduce expenditures and property taxes.

This policy examines the number of surgical cancellations in 2018-19 that were due to the patient passing away.