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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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Average federal child benefit increases nearly the same for households earning $120,000 and households earning less than $20,000
The Distribution of the Canada Child Benefit by Family Type and Income Level, part three of an essay series on the Canada Child Benefit (CCB), finds that families with between $100,000 and $120,000 of annual household income received (on average) roughly the same increase in cash benefits from the new CCB program than families with less than $20,000 of income.
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B.C. elementary schools can improve student performance despite location, student characteristics
The Fraser Institute today released its annual Report Card on British Columbia’s Elementary Schools 2020, which ranks 931 public and independent elementary schools based on 10 academic indicators derived from provincewide Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA) results.
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Windsor falls from 10th highest median household income to 25th; London falls from 15th to 27th (out of 36 Canadian metropolitan centres)
Economic Performance in Ontario CMAs: A National Comparative Perspective is a new study that shows how urban centres in southwestern Ontario, including London and Windsor, fell from being amongst the most prosperous cities nationwide to the some of the least prosperous from 2000 to 2015, the latest year of available census data.
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Commentary and Blog Posts
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Housing affordability will continue to decline absent basic reforms [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Steve Lafleur
Housing prices increased 111 per cent in Toronto and 82 per cent in Vancouver.
Alberta key reason for Canada’s pre-COVID fiscal strength [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Edmonton Sun) by Ben Eisen
Between fiscal years 2014/15 and 2018/19, Alberta’s net contribution to Confederation was $94.9 billion.
Provinces should remove trade barriers to accelerate economic recovery [[link removed]]
by Jake Fuss
Eliminating trade barriers would decrease prices and raise household incomes.
Canada’s fiscal situation near crisis levels [[link removed]]
by Livio Di Matteo
Federal net debt for 2020-21 will likely exceed $1.1 trillion.
New Brunswick’s waning economic freedom part of region-wide crisis [[link removed]] (Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal)
by Fred McMahon
In 2019, government spending equaled a remarkable 55 per cent of Atlantic Canada's economy.
Alberta fiscal update projects budget deficits over next three years—with consequences [[link removed]]
by Tegan Hill
The update projects a $21.3 billion provincial budget deficit in 2020/21.
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