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FRASER UPDATE
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Latest Research
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Replacing Canada’s coal-fired power plants with wind and solar would cost between $16.8 and $33.7 billion annually
Canadian Climate Policy and its Implications for Electricity Grids is a new study that finds replacing coal-fired power in Canada with wind and solar (and building natural gas capacity as a backup source of power) would increase the costs of operating the electricity grid by between $16.8 billion and $33.7 billion a year, while reducing Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions by 7.4 per cent. Crucially, the 7.4 per cent emissions reduction would fall short of the federal government’s target to be 40 per cent to 45 per cent below 2005 emissions levels by 2030.
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Chretien-era reductions in federal welfare regulations provide a blueprint for health-care reforms
Less Ottawa, More Province, 2021: How Decentralized Federalism is Key to Health Care Reform is a new study that examines two of the most important ongoing public policy challenges facing Canada: the deterioration of government finances, and the comparative underperformance of our health care system. Fundamental reform of Canada’s health care system can be achieved by replicating changes made by the Chretien government in the 1990s when Ottawa removed strings to federal funding for welfare, providing the provinces with more autonomy and flexibility.
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FRASER FORUM
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Episode 10: Philip Cross [[link removed]]

Where is the Line?: minimum wage and poverty rates in Canada
Former chief economic analyst for Statistics Canada and senior fellow at the Fraser Institute, Philip Cross, joins me this week to discuss the relationship between minimum wage and poverty rates, and the state of markets in Canada. We even discuss the impact, and costs, of a wealth tax in Canada.


Commentary and Blog Posts
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Teacher unions make solid case for school choice [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Matthew Lau
In Ontario, monopolistic policies prevent families from using their tax dollars to support private education.

New COVID spending may do more harm than good [[link removed]]
by Jake Fuss
Several businesses, particularly in the service industry, are struggling to find workers.

Rising oil prices won’t solve Canada’s oil and gas problems [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the National Post) by Steven Globerman
Investors will invest in energy projects where expected risk-adjusted returns are highest.

Trudeau’s record-high spending hasn’t translated into strong economic growth [[link removed]]
by Tegan Hill and Jake Fuss
During the Trudeau period, business investment actually declined by 0.2 per cent.

Bad government policies create energy crisis [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Calgary Sun) by Robert P. Murphy
In Canada, gasoline prices have increased by 33 per cent.

Policymakers will ban fossil fuels at our peril [[link removed]]
by Pierre Desrochers and Joanna Szurmak
Quebec may soon ban all oil and natural gas development in the province.


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