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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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Federal Net-Zero Emissions legislation fundamentally misunderstood and ineffectual; not legally binding and lacks details
Is Canada’s Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act a Parliamentary Placebo? contends that the new federal "net-zero" law is unnecessary, not legally-binding, and potentially very costly for Canadians.
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Ottawa’s additional spending pre-COVID led to $160 billion in debt
Ottawa’s Pattern of Excessive Spending and Persistent Deficits is a new study that finds between 2015/16 and 2019/20, the federal government ran five consecutive deficits, causing the federal debt to rise by $112.2 billion—all prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, weakening federal finances as Canada headed into it.
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Fraser Update
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School choice and learning during COVID-19 [[link removed]]
In Everyone's Best Interest: School choice and learning during COVID-19
Associate director of education policy at the Fraser Institute, Paige MacPherson, joins me this week to discuss school choice in Canada, the growing popularity of learning pods, and the impact COVID has had on educational outcomes. We even get into how many parents are beginning to rethink the public education model.
Commentary and Blog Posts
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Poor climate policies spur Europe’s energy debacle [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Calgary Sun) by Jairo Yunis and Elmira Aliakbari
In Germany, the spike in natural gas prices caused electricity prices to rise.
Canada’s lost LNG opportunities due to dearth of export facilities [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Financial Post) by Elmira Aliakbari and Jairo Yunis
European natural gas prices have risen more than 30 per cent since Russia invaded Ukraine.
Student Enrolment in Canada, Part 3: More families choosing to homeschool [[link removed]]
by Paige MacPherson
The Prairie provinces have higher homeschooling enrolment than other provinces.
Ontario economy lags far behind nearby U.S. states [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Ottawa Citizen) by Ben Eisen
Compared to Ontario, the average per-capita GDP is 32.7 per cent higher in the rest of the Great Lakes region.
The economic problem of the 1.5°C climate ceiling [[link removed]]
by Kenneth P. Green
The Trudeau government wants to achieve "net-zero" carbon emissions by 2050.
More Canadian families choosing independent schools [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Hub) by Paige MacPherson
Independent schools offer a variety of pedagogical and curricular approaches.
President Biden doubles down on statism [[link removed]]
by Daniel Mitchell and Robert P O'Quinn
The president scuttled the Keystone XL pipeline and suppressed domestic production of oil and natural gas.
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