Fraser Institute News Release: Federal government could balance the budget by 2026/27 with modest spending restraint
February 13, 2024 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The federal government could balance its budget in one or two years with only modest spending restraint, finds a new study released...
Fraser Institute News Release: Federal day-care program has resulted in little-to-no change for industry employment nor the female labour force participation rate
February 08, 2024 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
TORONTO, Feb. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Despite the federal government’s commitment to raising the labour force participation rate of women through the expansion of childcare, employment in the...
Fraser Institute News Release: Federal day-care program has resulted in little-to-no change in the female labour force participation rate or industry employment
February 06, 2024 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
TORONTO, Feb. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Despite the federal government’s commitment to raising the labour force participation rate of women through the creation of a federal subsidized daycare...
44 per cent chance Ottawa increases debt over 10-year period; likelihood of failure jumps to 59 per cent over 20 years
February 01, 2024 07:28 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With current fiscal policies, and prior to the 2024 budget being presented, the federal government faces a 44 per cent chance the...
Fraser Institute News Release: Alberta surplus turns to $4.8 billion deficit if resource revenue was at 20-year average
January 30, 2024 06:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
CALGARY, Alberta, Jan. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- If not for historically high resource revenue, the Alberta government would run a large budget deficit this year and the next two years, finds a...
Fraser Institute News Release: Canadians in every province will pay more than $1,750 per person in 2023-24 on government interest costs amounting to $81.8 billion
January 25, 2024 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canadians in every province will pay more than $1,750 per person in 2023/24 on government interest costs, finds a new study published...
Fraser Institute News Release: Nova Scotia’s private sector largely trails the rest of the country; failed to improve between 2007-2019
January 23, 2024 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Jan. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nova Scotia’s private sector trailed the rest of the country and failed to improve over the period 2007 to 2019, which covers the last full...
Fraser Institute News Release: Student participation rates—and scores—in provincewide tests plummet in BC high schools; less than half of Grade 10 students met numeracy standard in 2021/22
January 18, 2024 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- One out of every two Grade 10 students in British Columbia failed to meet the proficiency standard in math, and participation rates in...
Fraser Institute News Release: Australia’s universal health-care system outperforms Canada on key measures including wait times, costs less and includes large role for private hospitals
January 16, 2024 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Australia spends slightly less on its universal health care as a share of its economy, but routinely outperforms Canada on key health...
Fraser Institute News Release: Canada’s combined federal-provincial debt will approach $2.2 trillion in 2023/24
January 11, 2024 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
TORONTO, Jan. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Combined federal and provincial debt in Canada has nearly doubled from $1.18 trillion in 2007/08 (the year before the last recession) to a projected $2.18...