Fraser Institute News Release: Ontario recorded lowest GDP per-person growth nationwide from 2000-2022, now it’s Canada’s economic laggard
13. November 2024 05:00 ET
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TORONTO, Nov. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontario’s economic and fiscal performance over the past two decades has been comparatively weak, and noticeably worse than neighbouring Quebec, which now...
Fraser Institute News Release: 7-in-10 provinces had combined government debt burdens that exceeded the size of their entire economies in 2022, curbing economic growth
07. November 2024 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Combined federal and provincial government debt in seven provinces exceeded the value of all goods and services produced in those...
Fraser Institute News Release: Ottawa’s plan to decarbonize Canada’s electricity by 2035 not feasible and would require equivalent of 23 Site C hydroelectric dams
29. Oktober 2024 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The federal government’s plan to make all electricity generation in Canada carbon-free by 2035 is impractical and highly unlikely,...
Fraser Institute News Release: More than 50% of parents in Canada say new ‘descriptive’ grading terms are difficult to understand
24. Oktober 2024 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
TORONTO, Oct. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The vast majority of parents in Canada easily understand letter grades on report cards but are confused by the new “descriptive” grading recently adopted...
Fraser Institute News Release: Job growth in government exceeded the private sector in 8 out of 10 provinces from 2019-23
22. Oktober 2024 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In eight of 10 provinces the rate of government job growth has been higher than the private sector, finds a new study published today...
Fraser Institute News Release: Canadians have less economic freedom today than they did in late-1970s due partly to growth of government
16. Oktober 2024 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
TORONTO, Oct. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Most countries curtailed economic freedom in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and Canada is no exception, finds the annual Economic Freedom of the World...
Fraser Institute News Release: Reforming Canada’s business taxes could improve investment crisis and raise living standards
10. Oktober 2024 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canada has an opportunity to change the way it taxes businesses and in doing so, could vastly improve the country’s attractiveness for...
Fraser Institute News Release: Alberta high schools can improve student performance despite challenges
08. Oktober 2024 07:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
CALGARY, Alberta, Oct. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Fraser Institute today published the annual rankings of Alberta secondary schools, the most easily accessible tool for parents to compare the...
Fraser Institute News Release: Wages and salaries lower in every province compared to all 50 U.S. states including Mississippi and Louisiana
03. Oktober 2024 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The median employment earnings—wages, salaries and self-employment income—of workers were lower in every Canadian province than in...
Fraser Institute News Release: 96% of television news coverage of Ottawa’s child care, dental care and pharma care programs failed to report on costs
26. September 2024 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Roughly four per cent of CBC (3.7 per cent) and CTV’s (4.1 per cent) coverage of the federal government’s child care, pharma care and...