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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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Existing problems in EI shouldn’t be forgotten as reforms considered
The Issues Facing Canada’s Employment Insurance Program is a new study that finds the current design of Canada’s employment insurance program creates regional disparities, distorts labour markets, provides inadequate coverage for part-time workers and the self-employed, and will impose a financial burden on Canadians.
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Ontario hasn’t solved its electricity problems, just shifted them from consumers to taxpayers
Ontario Government Perpetuates Poor Electricity Policy is a new study that examines the current Ontario government's inability to resolve the province’s long-running electricity problems. Crucially, government subsidies for electricity producers and consumers in Ontario makes it nearly impossible for Ontarians to determine the true costs of electricity since they are incurring costs both in their hydro bills and with their taxes.
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Commentary and Blog Posts
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Kenney government should learn from past deficit-reduction plans [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Edmonton Sun) by Ben Eisen
Alberta will run a projected $20 billion budget deficit this year.
China targets everyone in the world [[link removed]]
(Appeared in National Newswatch) by Fred McMahon
Chinese officials are pulling books from schools and libraries and purging teachers and professors.
Trump’s TikTok move sends clear warning to Canadian companies [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Steven Globerman
The Trump administration has repeatedly promoted mercantilist industrial policy.
Ontario budget deficit will reach historic levels [[link removed]]
by Ben Eisen
The province's deficit this year will be 4.6 per cent larger than the Ontario economy.
Employment insurance produces more drawbacks than benefits for Atlantic Canadians [[link removed]]
by Jake Fuss and Alex Whalen
Some workers remain unemployed because the benefits are generous.
Minister McKenna should re-consider plans for stimulus [[link removed]]
by Jake Fuss and Tegan Hill
Evidence suggests that a 1.0 percentage point increase in spending produces a 0.75 percentage point drop in economic growth.
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