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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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New collected essays by leading female scholars celebrate key ideas and contributions of influential women
This International Women’s Day, a new essay series examines the lives and ideas of women who helped shape the free and prosperous societies we enjoy today.
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Alberta’s economy as diversified as most other provinces
Four Myths about economic diversification in Alberta is a new study that finds despite misperceptions, oil and gas production in the province does not dominate economic activity or employment in Alberta to the point that the provincial economy is notably less diversified than other provinces. In fact, with respect to employment, Alberta’s was the most diversified provincial economy in Canada in 2020.
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Commentary and Blog Posts
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Freeland and Trudeau face fiscal test with upcoming federal budget [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the National Post) by Jason Clemens, Jake Fuss, and Milagros Palacios
Ottawa will likely have more revenue—perhaps considerably more—than forecast when the government tables the budget.
Alberta’s health-care reforms don’t go far enough [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Globe and Mail) by Bacchus Barua, Tegan Hill and Mackenzie Moir
Albertans waited 32.1 weeks for medically necessary treatment—6.5 weeks longer than the Canadian average.
Soaring pipeline price tag underscores problems with government-run projects [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Edmonton Journal) by Jairo Yunis and Elmira Aliakbari
The Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion's cost has increased from $7.4 billion to $21.4 billion.
Ontario government doles out corporate welfare [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Matthew Lau
The province plans to give $500 million in loans and grants to a steel manufacturer in Hamilton.
Age of eligibility for government retirement programs—Canada remains an outlier [[link removed]]
by Ben Eisen
In 2015, the federal government scrapped plans to increase the age of eligibility for OAS and GIS.
Western countries demonize oil and gas at their peril [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Calgary Sun) by Robert P. Murphy
Normally when a product experiences record-high prices, suppliers expand production capacity to meet demand.
Sudbury’s debt binge may come back to bite [[link removed]]
by Livio Di Matteo
The municipality's average per-capita debt increased from $196 to a projected $2,700.
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