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FRASER UPDATE
A weekly digest of our latest research, commentary, and blog posts
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Latest Research
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Across all income levels, Canadians pay higher personal income taxes than Americans
Canada’s Rising Personal Tax Rates and Falling Tax Competitiveness, 2020 finds that workers in Canada—across all income levels—pay higher personal income tax rates than workers in the United States, which can deter professionals, entrepreneurs and businessowners from working and investing in Canada.
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Canada’s comparatively weak intellectual property protections limit access to life-saving drugs
Biologics and Biosimilars: A Primer finds that Canadian patient access to potentially life-saving biologic medicines is comparatively limited because Canada’s protection of intellectual property in the life sciences—including biology and biochemistry—lags behind other industrialized countries.
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Commentary and Blog Posts
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COVID-19 isn’t the only reason for our mega-deficit [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Financial Post) by Jason Clemens, Tegan Hill, and Milagros Palacios
The national debt is approaching $1 trillion.

Trudeau government’s fiscal ‘snapshot’ doubles down on uncertainty [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Vancouver Sun) by Niels Veldhuis and Milagros Palacios
Policy uncertainty is at an all-time 35-year high in Canada.

The finance minister said what? Part 5 [[link removed]]
by Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss
The Trudeau government ran consistent deficits and accumulated significant debt over its first four years in office.

Trudeau government should target high tax rates during COVID recovery and beyond [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Vancouver Province) by Tegan Hill and Ben Eisen
In total, 48 U.S. jurisdictions have lower top PIT rates than every Canadian province.

Fiscal snapshot highlights deteriorating state of federal finances [[link removed]]
by Jake Fuss
This year's federal budget deficit will be an estimated $343.2 billion.

Kenney must target Alberta’s income tax problem during COVID recovery [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Calgary Sun) by Tegan Hill and Ben Eisen
In 2016, the Trudeau government added a new top personal federal income tax rate, increasing the top rate to 33 per cent.

Trudeau tax hikes would do more harm than good [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press)
by Jake Fuss and Tegan Hill
Canada’s personal income tax rates are among the highest in the industrialized world.


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