Fraser Institute News Release: Employment rate for Canadians 15-64 at record levels, but aging population limiting overall labour market recovery
July 28, 2022 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The employment rate for Canadians between 15 and 64 years of age (working age) is at a historic high, but the overall labour market has...
Fraser Institute News Release: How to resurrect the venerable Doing Business report
July 27, 2022 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
TORONTO, July 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- When the World Bank cancelled its Doing Business report last year, it created a massive information void for economists and governments seeking to spur...
Fraser Institute News Release: Maritimes experienced slowest growth in business investment nationwide from 1990 to 2018, contributing to lower living standards in the region
July 21, 2022 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business investment in the three maritime provinces has been below the average for the rest of Canada since at least 1990, and that has...
Fraser Institute News Release: Ottawa’s emission cap on oil and gas sector targets only 1/4 of GHG emissions; contradicts rationale for carbon tax
July 19, 2022 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- If policymakers want to reduce CO2 emissions in Canada, they should allow industry to do so in a way that imposes the least costs on...
Fraser Institute News Release: Current federal government has increased per-person debt by 35.3 per cent since 2015, the third highest amount since World War II
July 14, 2022 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prime Minister Trudeau’s government has increased per-person debt by 35.3 per cent since 2015, the third highest amount since World War...
Fraser Institute News Release: Debt-financed government spending—even with low interest rates—imposes real costs on Canadians and the economy
July 07, 2022 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Contrary to what many Canadians, and interestingly some policymakers and even economists think, debt-financed government spending has...
Fraser Institute News Release: Annual Indigenous spending expected to reach $35.5 billion in 2026, largely due to judicial settlements
June 28, 2022 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The federal government’s recent substantial increase of Indigenous spending is mainly due to judicial settlement payouts, finds a new...
Fraser Institute News Release: Ottawa’s plan to reach zero plastic waste by 2030 will have virtually no effect on the environment, but will impose high costs on Canadians
June 23, 2022 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Earlier this week, the federal government announced the first phase of its plan to reach zero plastic waste by 2030, which will have...
Fraser Institute News Release: Canada second highest debt accumulator (as a share of the economy) out of 33 countries from 2019-21
June 21, 2022 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canada experienced the second highest increase in its total debt relative to the size of the economy (GDP) from 2019 to 2021 compared...
Fraser Institute News Release: Today is Tax Freedom Day—when Canadian families start working for themselves
June 15, 2022 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today—Wednesday, June 15—Canadians celebrate Tax Freedom Day, the day in the year when they start working for themselves, not...