Trevor Schleihauf

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Why a Minimum Wage Is Not a Win for Labor Advocates

12/07/2021 Power & Market Trevor Schleihauf

After scrapping the plan three years ago, Ontario Premier, Doug Ford, has decided to raise the minimum wage to $15/hour. Naturally, this move has sparked a fair amount of discussion around what the...

Canada’s Wait Times for Healthcare Are Huge. Activists Blame Free Markets.

07/21/2021 Mises Wire Trevor Schleihauf

For the past sixteen months, headlines have been broadcast across our televisions cautioning us that the elderly and vulnerable populations are most at risk of this life-threatening COVID-19 virus if...

Canada’s Alcohol Laws Are Stuck in the Past

07/01/2021 Mises Wire Trevor Schleihauf

If there is one thing that the never-ending lockdowns have taught us, it’s that Canadians LOVE to drink. This has become especially clear during the pandemic. Unfortunately, Ontario residents are...

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Canada’s Wait Times for Healthcare Are Huge. Activists Blame Free Markets.

08/06/2021 Trevor Schleihauf

Canada's "private" long-term care homes are anything but private. But the fact a small sliver of the marketplace is allowed to charge fees for services means activists want even more socialized medicine.

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