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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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Atlantic Canada’s private sector underperforms the rest of the country
The State of Markets in Atlantic Canada is a new study that finds private markets in the Maritimes generally underperformed those in the rest of Canada, with Nova Scotia ranking last among all provinces for private sector investment in 2019 (the most recent year of available data prior to the COVID-19 pandemic), and New Brunswick ranking 8th.
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Annual Indigenous spending expected to reach $35.5 billion in 2026, largely due to judicial settlements
Indigenous Spending in Budget 2022 finds that the federal government’s recent substantial increase of Indigenous spending—which will reach a projected $35.5 billion in 2026-27—is mainly due to judicial settlement payouts.
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Commentary and Blog Posts
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Quebec has latest ‘Balanced Budget Tax Freedom Day’ of any province [[link removed]]
by Jake Fuss
The federal and provincial governments will run combined deficits of $86 billion in 2022.
Federal government should help increase productivity to tame inflation [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Calgary Sun) by Steven Globerman
Ottawa should stop imposing costly ESG reporting mandates on companies.
Low voter turnout no reason to change Ontario’s electoral system [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Toronto Star) by Lydia Miljan
Rather than blame the electoral system, perhaps parties should look first at their ability to attract votes.
Canada’s economy underperformed during COVID—despite massive debt accumulation [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Financial Post) by Tegan Hill and Milagros Palacios
From 2019 to 2021, Canada had the second-highest increase in gross debt as a share of the economy out of 33 countries.
Politicians made horrific error closing schools during COVID [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Matthew Lau
In Ontario, schools were closed for a cumulative 29 weeks during the pandemic.
Ottawa wages costly war on ‘plastics’ problem [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Calgary Herald) by Kenneth P. Green
Ninety-nine per cent of plastics used in Canada are disposed of safely via recycling, incineration or landfilling.
Tax Freedom Day in Nova Scotia—not much to celebrate [[link removed]]
by Evin Ryan and Alex Whalen
The average Nova Scotia family will pay more than 44 per cent of their income on taxes this year.
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