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FRASER UPDATE
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Latest Research Dec 2-8, 2019
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Alberta’s deficit reduction takes longer and reduces spending less than previous reform-minded governments
What’s Changed, By How Much, and What Remains to be Done: An Analysis of Alberta’s Budget finds that the Alberta government’s plan to eliminate the provincial deficit by reducing program spending by 1.6 per cent over the next four years is less aggressive—both by timeline and by the amount of spending reductions—than previous successful deficit-reduction plans by other governments across Canada, including in Alberta, Saskatchewan and at the federal level.
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Recent Commentary and Blog Posts
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Throne speech ignores realities of federal finances ([link removed])
by Jake Fuss and Tegan Hill.
The unemployment rate rose to 5.9 per cent, in the biggest one-month jump since the 2009 recession.

Overall average provincial scores drop in all three PISA test subjects ([link removed])
by Derek J. Allison.
Three years later B.C. has fallen to fourth place in reading, science and math.

Climate change—to pay, or not to pay? ([link removed])
(Appeared in the Edmonton Sun) by Kenneth P. Green. 
The Ecofiscal Commission says carbon taxes must rise to $210 per tonne of greenhouse gas emissions.

More money from Ottawa the wrong solution to Ontario’s fiscal challenges ([link removed])
(Appeared in the Ottawa Sun) by Ben Eisen. 
The Canada Health Transfer will eclipse $40 billion this year.

Middle-class prosperity in Canada—some facts ([link removed])
by Vincent Geloso.
Mona Fortier is the new “minister for middle-class prosperity.”

Vancouver’s latest policy on rental development—big bang, or more timid tinkering? ([link removed])
by Josef Filipowicz. 
The more floors allowed in new projects, the more feasible they become.

Alberta’s reform budget in perspective ([link removed])
by Tegan Hill, Milagros Palacios, and Jason Clemens.
The budget includes a 1.6 per cent nominal spending reduction over four years.

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