Fraser Institute News Release: Ottawa’s new building energy efficiency regulations will add $55,000 to cost of new homes in Canada by 2030
September 12, 2023 05:00 ET
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The cost of a newly constructed home in Canada will increase by $55,000, on average, by 2030 as a result of the federal government’s...
Fraser Institute News Release: COVID school closures across Canada lasted 50 to 135 days minimum depending on province; imposing life-long costs on children
September 07, 2023 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The prolonged COVID-19 school closures across Canada from 2020 to 2022 imposed life-long costs on children, despite evidence available...
Fraser Institute News Release: Government sector accounts for more than 86% of new jobs in Canada since pandemic began
September 01, 2023 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
TORONTO, Sept. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The government sector accounted for 86.7 per cent of all new jobs in Canada since the pandemic began in early 2020, finds a new study released today by...
Fraser Institute News Release: Eight out of ten provinces recorded increases in per student spending (inflation-adjusted) in public schools
August 29, 2023 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Despite common misperceptions, education spending, specifically per student spending in public schools across Canada increased in 8 of...
Fraser Institute News Release: Only 2 Canadian cities rank in top half of 141 metropolitan cities in Canada and the US on employment income
August 24, 2023 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
TORONTO, Aug. 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a ranking of employment incomes in the largest 141 metropolitan areas in Canada and the United States, only two Canadian cities rank in the top half,...
Fraser Institute News Release: The average Canadian family paid more in 2022 on taxes than it did on housing, food and clothing combined
August 22, 2023 05:00 ET
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CALGARY, Alberta, Aug. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The average Canadian family spent 45.3 per cent of its income on taxes in 2022—more than housing, food and clothing costs combined, finds a new...
Average Swedes pay high taxes to finance large government
August 17, 2023 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Despite common misperceptions, middle-class workers in Sweden—a country often celebrated by social democrats in Canada—pay relatively...
Fraser Institute News Release: Populist regimes erode economic freedom, research shows
August 15, 2023 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the absence of strong institutional checks on government power such as constitutional rules that protect minority rights and an...
Fraser Institute News Release: New Brunswick’s spending restraint creating tax relief opportunity of more than $3,600 per tax filer
August 10, 2023 10:47 ET
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Fraser Institute
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Aug. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The New Brunswick government’s recent spending restraint could allow for a much-needed tax relief equivalent to $3,604 less per tax filer,...
Fraser Institute News Release: B.C.’s provincial debt projected to hit $97.2 billion by 2025/26 because of higher debt-financed spending
August 10, 2023 10:41 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Following nearly two decades of fiscal restraint in British Columbia, program spending per person, has increased 25.9 per cent since...