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Fraser Institute News Release: New Fraser Institute rankings of Alberta elementary schools out today
September 04, 2024 05:00 ET | Fraser Institute
CALGARY, Sept. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Fraser Institute today released its annual rankings of Alberta elementary schools, allowing parents to compare the academic performance of schools...
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Fraser Institute News Release: New Fraser Institute rankings of Ontario elementary schools out today
August 29, 2024 05:00 ET | Fraser Institute
TORONTO, Aug. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today the Fraser Institute released its annual rankings of Ontario elementary schools, allowing parents to compare the academic performance of schools...
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Fraser Institute News Release: B.C.’s new student ‘assessments’ vastly inferior to previous exams in measuring student and school performance
August 29, 2024 05:00 ET | Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The British Columbia government’s new student “assessments” in high schools are much less valuable and useful than the previous exams...
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Fraser Institute News Release: ESG will impose considerable harm on Canadian workers, doesn’t reflect the reality of how markets actually work
August 27, 2024 05:00 ET | Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The ESG movement—which calls for public companies and investors in public companies to identify and voluntarily implement...
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Fraser Institute News Release: Six out of 10 provinces increased per-student spending on public schools, even after adjusting for inflation
August 22, 2024 05:00 ET | Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Despite common misperceptions, per-student spending on public schools increased in six of the 10 provinces over a 10-year period (after...
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New Fraser Institute Research: Health-care costs for typical Canadian family will reach almost $18,000 this year
August 20, 2024 05:00 ET | Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A typical Canadian family of four will pay an estimated $17,713 for public health-care insurance this year, finds a new study released...
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Fraser Institute News Release: Canada’s debt ranking falls from best in G7 to 7th worst of 32 advanced countries when total debt is measured
August 15, 2024 05:00 ET | Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canada’s relative debt position is much worse than the federal government suggests when a larger group of advanced countries are...
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Fraser Institute News Release: Albertans continue to contribute disproportionately to Canadian federalism—net contribution totaled $244.6 billion between 2007-2022
August 13, 2024 07:00 ET | Fraser Institute
CALGARY, Alberta, Aug. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Between 2007 and 2022, Albertans continued to contribute disproportionately to Canadian federalism in terms of the amount of federal taxes paid...
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Fraser Institute News Release: Canada’s record of underperforming international peers pre-dates COVID
August 07, 2024 05:00 ET | Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Over the last business cycle (2007 to 2019), and long before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Canada was already underperforming other...
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Fraser Institute News Release: Ford government recorded two of Ontario’s three- highest per-person spending years since 1965
August 01, 2024 05:00 ET | Fraser Institute
TORONTO, Aug. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Despite political rhetoric while in opposition, the Ontario government of Premier Doug Ford has recorded two of the three highest per person spending...