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Fraser Institute News Release: Canada is only one of six industrialized countries (out of 28) that doesn’t have cost-sharing; introduction could improve Canadian health-care
June 07, 2022 05:00 ET | Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Among 28 industrialized countries in the world with universal health-care, Canada is only one of six that does not use any form of...
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Fraser Institute News Release: Average per person income in the Maritimes trails behind the rest of Canada (minus Alberta) by $11,000; back to late 90s levels, undoing progress in the 2000s
June 02, 2022 05:00 ET | Fraser Institute
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, June 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Average per person income in the Maritimes has been falling behind the rest of Canada (minus Alberta) since 2010 and now amounts to roughly...
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Fraser Institute News Release: Canada risks European-like energy crisis if similar policies continue to be pursued
May 31, 2022 05:00 ET | Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Europe’s current energy crisis should serve as a cautionary tale for Canada as the federal government is pursuing the same set of...
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Fraser Institute News Release: Shrinking ratio of Canadian workers to seniors will strain government finances in coming years; only 3 working age individuals for every senior by 2027
May 26, 2022 05:00 ET | Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As Canada’s population ages, the number of working-aged Canadians relative to the number of seniors has declined from 5.4 in 2000 to 3.4...
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Fraser Institute News Release: Reforming the Indian Act to facilitate Indigenous property rights key to increasing First Nations entrepreneurship
May 19, 2022 08:03 ET | Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The federal government could improve First Nations entrepreneurship, which is key to prosperity, by further removing barriers to...
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Fraser Institute News Release: Continued government deficits jeopardize economic recovery
May 17, 2022 05:00 ET | Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As the height of the COVID-19 pandemic passes and temporary support programs wind down, governments in Canada should be moving...
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Fraser Institute News Release: Holding the line on spending, would allow Alberta’s provincial government to re-establish rainy day account and get off the resource roller coaster
May 12, 2022 05:00 ET | Fraser Institute
CALGARY, Alberta, May 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Alberta provincial government is experiencing a windfall in resource revenues, which is an opportunity to stabilize Alberta’s government...
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Fraser Institute News Release: Reforms needed to improve student testing in most provinces
May 10, 2022 05:00 ET | Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Provincewide testing of K-12 students in most provinces could be improved by ensuring the tests are consistent, transparent, and count...
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Fraser Institute News Release: Support for national dental care, pharmacare and $10-a-day daycare drops to 4-in-10 Canadians (or less) when tax increases are included, poll finds
May 03, 2022 05:00 ET | Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Support plummets to well below half of Canadians for new federal government programs, including dental care, pharmacare and $10-a-day...
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Fraser Institute News Release: Raising an extra dollar of personal income tax revenue costs the Canadian economy $2.86
April 26, 2022 05:00 ET | Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For an additional ($1) dollar of personal income tax revenue collected by the federal government, $2.86 is lost in economic activity...