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FRASER UPDATE
A weekly digest of our latest research, commentary, and blog posts.
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Latest Research Mar 9-14, 2020
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New book summarizes key ideas of John Locke, which underpin free societies of today
The Essential John Locke (by Eric Mack, professor emeritus of philosophy at Tulane University) and its accompanying website and animated videos provide an overview of the key ideas of John Locke, an English philosopher commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism” whose pioneering ideas about equality, individual rights and the role of the state helped lay the foundation for modern societies.
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Adding UN declaration on Indigenous peoples on top of Canadian law will lead to legal chaos
Squaring the Circle: Adopting UNDRIP in Canada finds that the federal government's plan to legislate a recent United Nations declaration on Indigenous people conflicts with Canadian constitutional law and will likely cause legal chaos.
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Recent Commentary and Blog Posts
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Things the Liberal government knows that just ain’t so—Canada is the ‘best place to invest’ ([link removed])
(Appeared in the Hill Times) by Niels Veldhuis and Milagros Palacios.
In 2019, nearly $35 billion in investment left the country.

Alberta careening towards fiscal disaster ([link removed])
(Appeared in the Calgary Sun) by Ben Eisen and Steve Lafleur.
The province has added an average of nearly $10 billion in debt annually since 2015/16.

Policymakers across Canada should study Michigan’s success ([link removed])
(Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Robert P. Murphy.
Michigan replaced its complex business tax with a flat corporate income tax of 6 per cent.

China sees trade as tool of state policy, diplomatic weapon ([link removed])
by Livio Di Matteo.
Someone should ask Ambassador Peiwu how much property Canadians own in China.

Trudeau should learn from B.C. and rethink legislating UN declaration into federal law ([link removed])
(Appeared in the Globe and Mail) by Tom Flanagan. 
Many Indigenous advocates interpreted Bill 41 as having made UNDRIP and FPIC the law in B.C.

Kenney government squanders opportunity to strengthen path to balanced budget ([link removed])
by Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios, and Ben Eisen. 
Alberta's 2020 budget calls for $1.75 billion in additional government spending.

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