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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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Wealth taxes reduce economic prosperity while raising little revenue, and wealth inequality is already shrinking in Canada
Does Canada Need a Wealth Tax? is a new study that finds not only will implementing a wealth tax reduce Canada’s economic growth and recovery post-COVID, but that it is unnecessary as the wealth inequality gap is shrinking in Canada. A wealth tax in Canada would constrain economic growth by discouraging savings and investment, especially when wealth taxes are layered on top of existing taxes.
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Commentary and Blog Posts
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Trudeau government’s plastic ban all pain, little gain [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Robert P. Murphy
Canada’s ban will have virtually no impact on plastic waste in the ocean.

New Brunswick must improve investment climate during COVID recovery [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal) by Alex Whalen and Steven Globerman
The province's non-residential investment declined by -0.1 per cent annually.

China’s attack on Hong Kong’s freedom must be fully exposed [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Calgary Sun) by Fred McMahon
Hong Kong’s score in our report will surely decline due to increased aggression from China.

Massive surgery backlog latest symptom of Ontario’s health-care problem [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Ottawa Sun) by Mackenzie Moir and Alex Whalen
Provinces continue to discourage the development of a parallel private health-care sector—in stark contrast to other countries.

Our aging population—a serious problem for Canada [[link removed]]
by Jake Fuss
The share of the population over 65 is projected to grow from about 18 per cent to nearly 26 per cent.

Plastics ban one more blow to Alberta’s energy sector [[link removed]]
by Tegan Hill, Elmira Aliakbari
Investment in Canada’s oil and gas sector has declined by 35 per cent.


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