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FRASER UPDATE
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Latest Research
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Federal government interest costs could increase to $35 billion if costs return to 2019-20 levels
Interest Cost Risks to Government Budgets is a new study that examines what would happen to government interest costs (essentially the interest paid on outstanding debt) and government budgets if interest costs returned to the near-historically low levels of 2019-20. Crucially, government interest costs could increase to $35.2 billion in 2021-22, a rise of $13.1 billion from the current projection based on the latest government budgets.
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Commentary and Blog Posts
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Ottawa should make equalization more fair and shrink payments [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Edmonton Sun) by Ben Eisen and Tegan Hill
Albertans will likely vote on equalization in October.

First Nations make common cause with petroleum industry in own self-interest [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Globe and Mail) by Tom Flanagan
As environmental opposition threatens their royalties and jobs, many First Nations have teamed up with the petroleum industry.

Alberta operates remarkably inefficient health-care system with huge price tag [[link removed]]
by Mackenzie Moir and Bacchus Barua
The province had the capacity to perform more than 1.3 million CT exams but only 419,000 were actually performed.

Fauci lies and makes mistakes—just like the rest of us [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Matthew Lau
Fauci now admits that this coronavirus could have escaped from a lab in China.

Plastics help green the Earth despite Trudeau government plans [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the National Post) by Pierre Desrochers and Joanna Szurmak
Refined petroleum and synthetic products have reduced demand for whales, trees and human labour in many forms.

New report underscores Alberta’s fiscal woes [[link removed]]
by Jake Fuss and Tegan Hill
Between 2008/09 and 2019/20, the province's net debt increased by $71.8 billion.


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