Having trouble viewing? Try the web version [link removed] of this email. Latest Research Economic freedom declining in Canada [[link removed]]

This year’s Economic Freedom of the World report finds that global economic freedom declined for the fourth straight year, including in Canada.

Read More [[link removed]] Top 20% of income-earning families in Ontario pay 58% of all taxes in the province [[link removed]]

Measuring Provincial Tax Progressivity in Canada measures tax progressivity in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec (the four most populous provinces in 2025) finding that in all four, the top 20 per cent of income-earning families pay more than half of the total taxes collected by all levels of government.

Read More [[link removed]] Commentary and Blog Posts Federal policies continue to block oil pipelines [[link removed]] (Appeared in the National Post) by Tegan Hill and Elmira Aliakbari

This heavy reliance on a single customer leaves Canada exposed to policy shifts in Washington.

Canadian universities should do more to protect freedom of speech [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Hub) by Michael Zwaagstra and Matthew D. Mitchell

Eighty-eight per cent of Canadian university professors vote for parties of the left and only 9 per cent support parties on the right.

Ontario government should learn lesson about ‘school choice’ benefits [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Ottawa Sun) by Matthew Lau

In B.C., Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Quebec, the government funds a portion of independent school tuition.

Here’s a list of ways the Carney government can unshackle Canada’s energy sector [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Western Standard) by Kenneth P. Green

To spur investment, Canada needs major regulatory reform not more fiat governance.

Tariffs eroding economic freedom—the cost of backsliding [[link removed]] (Appeared in Barron's Magazine) by Matthew D. Mitchell and Robert A. Lawson

The U.S. helped invent the low-tariff world by negotiating free trade agreements after the Second World War.

Carney government should scrap plan to kill fish farming in Canada [[link removed]] by Kenneth P. Green

Atlantic salmon farming industry employs between 10,000 and 14,000 people in the country.

Canada's 'supply management' system favours the affluent and burdens the poor [[link removed]] (Appeared in National Newswatch) by Fred McMahon

Marketing boards benefit a tiny minority of farmers while damaging the majority and increasing prices for all Canadians.

Here’s how the next government can fix Newfoundland and Labrador’s fiscal mess [[link removed]] (Appeared in the St. John's Telegram) by Alex Whalen

Up until recently, the government funnelled 100 per cent of oil and gas revenue into the provincial budget each year.

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