Fraser Institute News Release: Per-worker business investment down 20% since 2014 and falling further behind U.S.
June 29, 2023 05:00 ET
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CALGARY, Alberta, June 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business investment per worker—a key driver of income gains and living standards—has declined in Canada since 2014, finds a new study published...
Fraser Institute News Release: Ottawa’s wasteful COVID spending will cost taxpayers more than $110 billion by 2032/33
June 27, 2023 05:00 ET
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CALGARY, Alberta, June 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The total cost of the federal government’s wasteful COVID spending—money that was poorly targeted or sent to ineligible recipients—will eclipse...
Fraser Institute News Release: Actual climate measurements—not speculative models—should drive climate policy debate
June 22, 2023 05:00 ET
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Relying on speculative climate models that try to predict the future rather than actual measurements of climate change has led to...
Fraser Institute News Release: Today, June 19, is Tax Freedom Day—8 days later than in 2019, the last year before the pandemic
June 19, 2023 05:00 ET
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canadians celebrate Tax Freedom Day, the day in the year when they start working for themselves, not government, finds a new study...
Fraser Institute News Release: Polish incomes nearly quadrupled after Poland transitioned from socialism to market democracy
June 15, 2023 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to many key metrics including incomes and life expectancy, life in Poland improved dramatically after the country...
Fraser Institute News Release: Major Ontario cities dominate the rankings of lowest growth in Canada for median employment income
June 13, 2023 05:00 ET
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TORONTO, June 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Major cities in Ontario, as defined by Statistics Canada’s Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs), rank among the lowest in the country for growth in median...
Fraser Institute News Release: Despite housing shortage, 1-in-4 neighbourhoods in Canadian cities saw number of housing units actually decline from 2016-2021
June 08, 2023 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
TORONTO, June 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Despite a housing shortage in many cities across the country, the number of housing units in 26.4 per cent of Canada’s urban neighbourhoods—more than...
Fraser Institute News Release: Provinces risk their finances by relying on federal transfers for programs in areas of provincial jurisdiction
June 06, 2023 05:00 ET
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CALGARY, Alberta, June 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As the federal government promises to increase spending in areas of provincial jurisdiction, including pharmacare, dental care, and childcare...
Fraser Institute News Release: Reality of socialism in Poland serves as a stark warning to the 50% of young Canadians who favour socialism
May 24, 2023 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Younger Canadians aged 18 to 24—50 per cent of whom favour socialism as their preferred economic system—need to understand the real...
Fraser Institute News Release: Ottawa-Gatineau metropolitan area had highest employment incomes nationwide in 2019
May 16, 2023 05:00 ET
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TORONTO, May 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canada’s national capital region had the highest median employment incomes in the country in 2019—the last year unaffected by COVID—while energy-centred...