Having trouble viewing? Try the web version [link removed] of this email. Latest Research [[link removed]] Canada’s record of underperforming international peers pre-dates COVID [[link removed]–2019&utm_medium=Fraser_Update&utm_content=Learn_More&utm_term=550]
A Comparative Analysis of the Economic Performance of Canada and Its OECD Competitors, 2007-2019 finds that over the last business cycle (2007 to 2019), and long before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Canada was already underperforming other advanced countries on important investment, employment and productivity measures that are key to higher living standards.
Read More [[link removed]–2019&utm_medium=Fraser_Update&utm_content=Learn_More&utm_term=550] Making BC’s carbon tax revenue neutral again and removing redundant regulations would alleviate economic burdens of the carbon tax [[link removed]]
Reforming British Columbia’s Carbon Tax Plan is the latest installment in the Institute’s series spotlighting potential policy reforms for British Columbia. It shows that BC’s current carbon tax has serious design flaws that unnecessarily harm the economy, and highlights ways the province could mitigate those negative economic impacts, while still achieving its goal.
Read More [[link removed]] Commentary and Blog Posts High-income earners pay disproportionate share of taxes despite Ottawa’s rhetoric [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Financial Post) By: Jake Fuss and Grady Munro
With its recent focus on “fairness,” the Trudeau government has reignited the debate around whether high-income earners pay their “fair share” of taxes.
Corporate head offices are fleeing Canada [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Toronto Sun) By: Jock Finlayson
Canada is losing corporate head offices. Between 2012 and 2022, one-in-20 head offices closed or merged with other companies, according to Statistics Canada data, which track the number of large and mid-sized Canadian-based companies over time.
Fossil fuel consumption rising despite ‘net-zero’ plans worldwide [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Hill Times) By: Julio Mejía and Elmira Aliakbari
During a recent speech in Brazil, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that “many sources”—including governments—must spend “no less than $3 trillion” each year for the world to achieve “net-zero” global carbon emissions by 2050.
Bad government policy made Venezuela’s downfall inevitable [[link removed]] (Appeared in Inside Sources) By: Matthew D. Mitchell
In 1970, Venezuelans were the wealthiest people in Latin America. With annual incomes comparable to those of the Finns and the Japanese, they earned two-and-a-half times what the average Latin American earned.
Federal government policies help fuel doctor shortage [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Epoch Times) By: Matthew Lau
Canada already has a severe shortage of doctors, but recent Trudeau government policy failures—even those seemingly having nothing to do with health care—are making things worse.
Focus on tangible policies—not political finger-pointing— to reduce fire risks [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Edmonton Sun) By: Kenneth P. Green
With the picturesque town of Jasper badly damaged by fire, Albertans and Canadians across the country are wondering how such destruction was allowed to happen.
Nova Scotia government must correct bad policy to unleash mining potential [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Macdonald Notebook) By: Julio Mejía and Alex Whalen
Earlier this year, the Houston government launched a new strategy to boost production of critical minerals, which are “important for renewable energy, food production and healthcare.”
Dearth of medical resources harms Canadian patients [[link removed]] By: Mackenzie Moir
Whether it’s a lack of family physicians or other health-care workers, Canadians know we have a serious health-care labour shortage on our hands.
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