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FRASER UPDATE
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Latest Research Nov 18-24, 2019
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Household income per person in Atlantic Canada nearly $5,000 less than the rest of Canada
Catching Up with Canada: A Prosperity Agenda for Atlantic Canada is the first study from the Institute’s new Atlantic Canada Initiative. It finds that even though Atlantic Canada currently lags the rest of the country in several key economic indicators—including household incomes, GDP per capita and the employment rate, among others—the region could close the gap by pursuing pro-growth policy reforms similar to those enacted recently in Michigan and Ireland. In fact, if Atlantic Canada could achieve an inflation-adjusted economic growth rate of 1.6 per cent—0.9 percentage points above forecasted growth for the rest of Canada—the region would catch up with the rest of Canada within 20 years.
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Alberta Energy Regulator should cut red tape, reduce approval delays and uncertainty
Evaluating Alberta’s Energy Regulator finds that any meaningful reform of the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) must target the corporation’s regulatory objectives, decision-making process and procedures because a sleeker, more efficient AER would be a big step in the right direction for Alberta and Canada as a whole.
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Recent Commentary and Blog Posts
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Canada’s gloomy economic outlook may put federal finances at risk ([link removed])
(Appeared in the Globe and Mail) by Tegan Hill, Jake Fuss, and Jason Clemens. 
The Bank of Canada recently reiterated its long-term expectation that economic growth will decline to 1.3 per cent.

Property tax rates in Calgary and Edmonton much higher for businesses than residents ([link removed])
(Appeared in the Calgary Sun) by Josef Filipowicz and Steve Lafleur.
The total value of office space in Calgary has dropped by 31 per cent.

‘Eat local’ food movement doomed to fail in Ontario and beyond ([link removed])
(Appeared in National Newswatch) by Pierre Desrochers. 
Backyard chickens have appeared in increasing numbers in animal shelters.

B.C. performs poorly in eyes of oil and gas investors ([link removed])
by Ashley Stedman. 
Disputed land claims remain a concern for investors.

Canadians will pay for Trudeau government’s red ink ([link removed])
(Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Jake Fuss and Tegan Hill.
By 2024/25, federal debt is expected to hit $787.4 billion.

Eliminating barriers to competition—the overlooked remedy for high cellphone bills ([link removed])
by Vincent Geloso. 
Canada has the second-highest levels of barrier to entry into the telecoms industry of all OECD countries.

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