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Fraser Institute News Release: With spending restraint, Alberta can re-introduce a rainy-day fund worth $9.8 billion by 2025/26
October 17, 2023 05:00 ET | Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With spending restraint, Alberta can re-introduce a rainy-day fund worth $9.8 billion by 2025/26 that could help insulate the...
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Fraser Institute News Release: Housing completions not keeping pace with population—2018 to 2022, population growth averaged more than 550,000 per year compared to only 200,000 new homes
October 12, 2023 05:00 ET | Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In Canada, the gap between the number of homes built and the number of additional people is the widest it’s been in 50 years, finds a...
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Fraser Institute News Release: Canada ranks 22nd out of 28 countries with universally accessible health care on psychiatric care beds
October 10, 2023 05:00 ET | Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canadians endure relatively poor access to mental health services when compared to what is available in other developed nations with...
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Fraser Institute News Release: Denmark's economic prosperity rooted in tradition of low taxes, limited government and open trade
September 28, 2023 12:33 ET | Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Despite common misperceptions, high levels of economic freedom—that is, relying more on entrepreneurs, businessowners and workers to...
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Fraser Institute News Release: 1-in-6 government-funded surgeries in Quebec now take place in private clinics
September 28, 2023 11:09 ET | Fraser Institute
MONTRÉAL, Sept. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Private surgical clinics play an increasingly large role in Quebec’s universal health care system, and now perform 1-in-6 government-funded day...
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Fraser Institute News Release: Despite progress, Ottawa can do much more to promote success of permanent immigrant workers
September 21, 2023 05:00 ET | Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- While the federal government has made progress, it should enact more reforms to improve the economic performance of permanent...
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Fraser Institute News Release: Hong Kong drops from #1 rank for the first time in history; Singapore takes top spot
September 19, 2023 05:00 ET | Fraser Institute
TORONTO, Sept. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For the first time Hong Kong has not ranked number one in economic freedom and is expected to drop even further in future years, according to the Fraser...
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Fraser Institute News Release: Canada trails U.S. in annual economic freedom ranking; Hong Kong falls out of the top spot in economic freedom for the first time
September 19, 2023 05:00 ET | Fraser Institute
TORONTO, Sept. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canada has one of the fastest growth rates in size of government in the world, suppressing the space for free exchange and Canadians’ economic freedom,...
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Fraser Institute News Release: Federal spending restraint could have provided $18.7 billion in tax relief for Canadians and a budget surplus in 2023/24
September 14, 2023 05:00 ET | Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- If the federal government had self-imposed some meaningful spending restraint since 2015/16, it could have provided $18.7 billion of...
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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 | Fraser Institute
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...