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June 21, 2018 05:00 ET | Source: Fraser Institute

Ottawa’s $5.7 billion in ‘specific claim’ settlements fails to improve First Nations living standards

CALGARY, Alberta, June 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The federal government has paid nearly $6 billion over the past four decades to hundreds of First Nations in Canada to settle “specific claims”...
June 20, 2018 07:00 ET | Source: Fraser Institute

Fraser Institute Media Advisory: Have ‘special claims’ settlements improved living standards for First Nations? New study coming Thursday, June 21

CALGARY, June 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Thursday, June 21—National Indigenous Peoples Day—the Fraser Institute will release a new study on Canada’s First Nations. Specific Claims and the...
June 19, 2018 08:00 ET | Source: Fraser Institute

Fraser Institute ranks 253 B.C. secondary schools in annual Report Card

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Fraser Institute today released its Report Card on British Columbia’s Secondary Schools, the most easily accessible tool for...
June 19, 2018 05:00 ET | Source: Fraser Institute

Fraser Institute News Release: 91% of minimum-wage earners in Ontario don’t live in low-income families

TORONTO, June 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Despite misperceptions and false claims, raising the minimum wage would do little to reduce poverty in Ontario because the vast majority of minimum-wage...
June 18, 2018 10:00 ET | Source: Fraser Institute

Fraser Institute Media Advisory: Fraser Institute’s annual ranking of British Columbia secondary schools coming Tuesday, June 19

VANCOUVER, June 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Tuesday, June 19, the Fraser Institute will release its annual Report Card on British Columbia’s Secondary Schools, the go-to source for measuring...
June 18, 2018 07:00 ET | Source: Fraser Institute

Fraser Institute Media Advisory: Who earns the minimum wage in Ontario—and would increasing it help the province’s most vulnerable workers? New study coming Tuesday, June 19

TORONTO, June 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Tuesday, June 19, the Fraser Institute will release a new study on the minimum wage in Ontario. Ontario’s minimum wage increased to $14 in January, and...
June 16, 2018 07:00 ET | Source: Fraser Institute

Fraser Institute News Release: Fraser Institute ranks 262 Alberta high schools in annual Report Card

CALGARY, Alberta, June 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Fraser Institute today released its Report Card on Alberta’s High Schools, the most easily accessible tool for parents to compare the academic...
June 15, 2018 08:00 ET | Source: Fraser Institute

Fraser Institute’s annual ranking of Alberta high schools coming Saturday, June 16

CALGARY, Alberta, June 15, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Saturday, June 16, the Fraser Institute will release the Report Card on Alberta’s High Schools, 2018, the go-to source for measuring school...
June 11, 2018 05:00 ET | Source: Fraser Institute

Fraser Institute News Release: Canadian families are finally working for themselves—not to pay taxes

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 11, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canadians celebrated Tax Freedom Day, which means they are finally working for themselves and not to pay taxes, according to the Fraser...
June 10, 2018 05:00 ET | Source: Fraser Institute

Fraser Institute News Release: June 10 is Tax Freedom Day, when Canadians start working for themselves and not government

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canadian families celebrate Tax Freedom Day on June 10 this year, according to the Fraser Institute’s annual calculations. Tax Freedom...