Fraser Institute News Release: Don’t squander the resource boom (again); Edmonton needs to constrain spending and save resource windfall
February 03, 2022 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
CALGARY, Alberta, Feb. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rather than continuing to spend one-time, volatile resource revenues, Alberta should save a significant portion of resource revenues to...
Fraser Institute News Release: Ontarians continue to be poorer than neighbours: per-person GDP now more than $19,000 below regional average
February 01, 2022 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
TORONTO, Feb. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The average income (as measured by per-person GDP) in Ontario is C$19,219 lower than the average in nearby U.S. states, finds a new study released today by...
Fraser Institute News Release: More than 80% of Canadian parents of kids in K-12 schools support standardized testing
January 27, 2022 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
TORONTO, Jan. 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eighty-four per cent of parents of school-aged children in Canada support standardized testing to understand how their child and their child’s school are...
Fraser Institute News Release: New essay celebrates key ideas and contributions of economist and Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom
January 25, 2022 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new essay—part of a new book that examines the lives and ideas of women who helped shape the free and prosperous societies we enjoy...
Fraser Institute News Release: 86% of middle-class families face higher federal personal income tax burden
January 20, 2022 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Contrary to rhetoric from Ottawa, the vast majority of middle-class Canadian families pay higher federal personal income taxes due to...
Fraser Institute News Release: Higher inflation and higher unemployment make Canada 6th most “miserable” country among 35 advanced economies
January 18, 2022 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canada’s higher inflation rate coupled with higher unemployment make it the 6th most miserable countries among 35 advanced economies...
Fraser Institute News Release: 10-years-to-save-the-climate is based on flawed forecasting and distracts from real solutions
January 13, 2022 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The increasingly accepted idea that the world has 10-years to avoid catastrophic climate change is overstated because it’s largely...
Fraser Institute News Release: Only about half of B.C.’s grade 10 students wrote mandatory student assessments in 2019/20, with majority not proficient in numeracy
January 11, 2022 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Only half of B.C.’s grade 10 students wrote mandatory literacy and numeracy assessments in 2019/20, with 60 per cent of those students...
Fraser Institute News Release: New book explores key ideas of natural law
January 07, 2022 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new book about natural law, a philosophical and scholarly tradition that began during the era of Plato and was greatly expanded prior...
Fraser Institute News Release: Job growth in GTA and Ottawa exceeds national average while the rest of the province lags
January 05, 2022 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
TORONTO, Jan. 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- While the rate of job creation in the Toronto and Ottawa area exceeds the national average, most other cities, smaller towns and rural areas outside these...