Having trouble viewing? Try the web version [link removed] of this email. Latest Research The average Canadian family paid more in 2022 on taxes than it did on housing, food and clothing combined [[link removed]]

Taxes versus the Necessities of Life: The Canadian Consumer Tax Index 2023 Edition is a new study that finds in 2022, the average Canadian family earned an income of $106,430 and paid $48,199 in total taxes--meaning, the average Canadian family spent 45.3 per cent of its income on taxes compared to 35.6 per cent on basic necessities.

Read More [[link removed]] Only 2 Canadian cities rank in top half of 141 metropolitan cities in Canada and the US on employment income [[link removed]]

Comparing Median Employment Income in Large Canadian and American Metropolitan Areas compares median employment income—wages, salaries and commissions from paid and self-employment income (net) before taxes and government transfers—in the 141 largest metropolitan areas in Canada and the United States, finding that of the 14 Canadian CMAs included in the study, only two rank in the top half, ultimately lagging far behind their American counterparts.

Read More [[link removed]] Commentary and Blog Posts Rapid transition to low-carbon world simply not realistic [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Ottawa Sun) by Jock Finlayson

Global energy consumption in 2023 will be higher than last year.

Reform—not more money—will improve health care in Alberta [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Edmonton Sun) by Mackenzie Moir and Tegan Hill

Last year, Albertans waited 33.3 weeks between referral and medically necessary non-emergency treatment.

Reading skills on the wane in Canadian schools [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Epoch Times) by Michael Zwaagstra

Without systematic instruction in phonics, students are unlikely to become proficient readers.

Government policies frustrating mining potential in Nova Scotia [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Halifax Chronicle Herald) by Alex Whalen and Julio Mejía

Wages in the mining-sector are more than 40 per cent higher than the average in all other sectors in the province.

Americans won’t accept Swedish-style taxes [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Daily Caller) by Jason Clemens and Steven Globerman

The top tax rate in Sweden applies to income starting at roughly US$62,000 compared to between US$535,000 and US$1 million in the United States.

Nazi-Soviet pact sealed the fate of several countries [[link removed]] by Matthew D. Mitchell

The new allies agreed to carve up Europe, splitting Poland down the middle.

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