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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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Continued government deficits jeopardize economic recovery
When is it Appropriate to Run Budget Deficits? and James M. Buchanan and the Political Economy of Debt Financing are two essays in a new series on government deficits that address the federal government’s habit of running deficits, and emphasize lessons pioneered by Nobel-laureate economist James Buchanan on government deficits and the burden on future generations.
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Reforming the Indian Act to facilitate Indigenous property rights key to increasing First Nations entrepreneurship
The Indian Act—A Barrier to Entrepreneurship finds that Ottawa could improve First Nations entrepreneurship, which is key to prosperity, by further removing barriers to property rights within the Indian Act.
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Fraser Forum Podcast
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The Non-Compete Cause: Supply Management in Canada [[link removed]]
Associate professor of economics at the University of Lethbridge and senior fellow at the Fraser Institute, Danny Le Roy, joins me this week to discuss the politics and economics of the dairy industry and agriculture in Canada, specifically how supply management works. We even get into who the real winners and losers are under this model.
Commentary and Blog Posts
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Alberta court ruling pushes back on Ottawa’s energy project assessment regimen [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Financial Post) by Bruce Pardy
The new Act's assessment factors include gender-based analysis and climate change accounting.
Canadians suffering from Ottawa’s ‘fairy dust’ approach [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Jason Clemens and Niels Veldhuis
Last election, the prime minister said he doesn’t worry about monetary policy.
B.C. government’s move toward secret union voting unfair to workers [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Globe and Mail) by Alex Whalen
The province has underperformed compared to other provinces in attracting business investment.
Alberta government should resist urge to spend more amid resource revenue windfall [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Calgary Sun) by Tegan Hill
The province's revenues could be up to $28 billion higher over the next two years.
Future generations of Canadians will pay for today’s deficit spending [[link removed]]
by Jake Fuss
The federal government projects a $52.8 billion budget deficit for 2022/23.
Size of government—a pre-pandemic problem [[link removed]]
by Alex Whalen
Government spending represented 40.4 per cent of the country's economy in 2019, up from 37.4 per cent in 2007.
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