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FRASER UPDATE
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Latest Research
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New rules—including inflation-proofing and dividends for Albertans—would improve Heritage Fund
Repairing Alberta's Heritage Fund for the Long Term finds that the Alberta government can learn from Alaska and introduce better rules for the province’s Heritage Fund, which would include inflation-proofing the fund and paying dividends to Alberta residents.
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Commentary and Blog Posts
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Next federal government should spur business investment to help raise living standards [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Ottawa Sun) by Steven Globerman
A majority of industries in Canada reduced investments in machinery, equipment and intellectual property products.

Food ‘self-sufficiency’—recipe for disaster [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the National Post) by Pierre Desrochers and Joanna Szurmak
Coal-powered transportation ended widespread hunger and misery in advanced economies.

Biden’s plea to OPEC+ undermines his own climate policies [[link removed]]
by Jairo Yunis and Elmira Aliakbari
The president revoked the permit for Keystone XL, which would have brought 830,000 barrels per day of Albertan oil to the United States.

Alberta needs robust fiscal rules that survive tough times [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Calgary Sun) by Tegan Hill
By making fiscal rules constitutional in nature, governments can protect them from being ignored.

‘Fair share’ debate long on rhetoric, low on facts [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Epoch Times) by Jake Fuss and Tegan Hill
The top 20 per cent pays nearly two-thirds of all federal and provincial income taxes.

Governments and central bankers may have paved way for severe pain in near future [[link removed]]
by Livio Di Matteo
Governments around the world—including Canada—have injected an enormous amount of liquidity into the financial system.

Learn from ‘Nixon shock’—control central bankers, limit ability to debase currency [[link removed]]
(Appeared in National Newswatch) by Robert P. Murphy
President Nixon ended the convertibility of the U.S. dollar into gold.


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