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FRASER UPDATE
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Latest Research
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Middle-income Atlantic Canadians face much higher personal income tax burdens than Western Canadians with similar incomes
Comparing Provincial Marginal Tax Rates for Middle Income Earners Across Canada finds that middle-income workers in Atlantic Canada pay much higher provincial personal income tax burdens than Western Canadians earning similar amounts. In fact, whereas Atlantic Canadian workers who earn the national average income ($52,750 in 2022) face provincial personal income tax burdens ranging from $4,463 in New Brunswick to $5,318 in Nova Scotia, workers in Western Canada earning the same amount pay provincial income tax burdens of between $2,353 in British Columbia and $3,914 in Saskatchewan.
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Canada lags behind Australia on productivity—more business investment key to increased living standards
The Canadian-Australian Productivity Gap: Comparative Institutions and Policy Settings finds that if Canada followed Australia’s lead in several key policy areas, it could help increase productivity growth and raise living standards for Canadians.
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B.C. elementary schools can improve student perfomance despite challenges
The Report Card on British Columbia’s Elementary Schools 2021, which ranks 927 public and independent elementary schools based on 10 academic indicators derived from the provincewide Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA), suggests that every school is capable of improvement regardless of type, location and student characteristics.
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Commentary and Blog Posts
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Tide may be turning towards greater economic freedom [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the National Post) by Niels Veldhuis
Lower marginal taxes encourage individuals to work, invest and undertake entrepreneurial activities.
Alberta’s revenue windfall—don’t just spend it [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Calgary Sun) by Tegan Hill
The province will run a $13.2 billion projected surplus in 2022/23 due largely to resource revenue.
Ottawa’s ‘luxury tax’ will hurt the economy and Canadians [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Windsor Star) by Matthew Lau
The top one per cent of earners paid 18 per cent of the income tax—double the combined income tax payments of the bottom 50 per cent of earners.
Public and private sector—a tale of two recoveries [[link removed]]
by Ben Eisen
Between February 2020 and July 2022, public-sector employment increased by 366,800 jobs compared to 56,100 jobs in the private sector.
Understanding universal health care: Cost- Sharing for Patients in Australia, Part 1 [[link removed]]
by Mackenzie Moir and Bacchus Barua
Australian patients can choose to be treated in hospital as either a public or private patient.
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