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...
Fraser Institute News Release: Canada’s aging population could lower per person income (broadly measured) by $11,200 over the next 20 years
August 03, 2023 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Under fast-aging population projections, Canada’s aging population could lower per person GDP, a broad measure of income, by $11,200 by...
Fraser Institute News Release: Top 20% of Canadian income-earning families pay 53% of all taxes
August 01, 2023 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
CALGARY, Alberta, Aug. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The top 20 per cent of income-earning families pay more than half (53.1 per cent) of total taxes including personal income, sales and...
Fraser Institute News Release: Health-care costs for typical Canadian family will reach almost $17,000 this year
July 27, 2023 08:41 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A typical Canadian family of four will pay an estimated $16,950 for public health-care insurance this year, finds a new study released...
Fraser Institute News Release: Sweden isn’t socialist, despite what socialist advocates outside the country may claim
July 20, 2023 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Despite mischaracterizations by advocates of socialism outside of Sweden, the country is not socialist. And in fact, it has a long...
Fraser Institute News Release: 58% of Canadians believe personal income tax rates should not exceed 50%
July 13, 2023 08:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
CALGARY, Alberta, July 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The top combined personal income tax rate in every province (except Alberta and Saskatchewan) currently exceeds 50 per cent—yet the majority of...
Fraser Institute News Release: Canada’s per-person GDP growing at slowest rate since the Great Depression
July 11, 2023 05:00 ET
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Fraser Institute
TORONTO, July 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canada’s per-person GDP is growing at its slowest rate since the 1930s and the Great Depression, finds a new study published today by the Fraser Institute,...