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FRASER UPDATE
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Latest Research
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New Brunswick’s Blaine Higgs ranks highest for fiscal management among recent and current Canadian premiers
Measuring the Fiscal Performance of Canada's Premiers, 2022 is a new study that ranks Canadian premiers (seven current and four former) based on three fiscal policy categories: government spending, taxes, and deficits and debt up to the fiscal year 2021/22. Premiers who managed spending more prudently, balanced the budgets, and or paid down debt ranked higher.
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All Canadian provinces now languish in bottom half of North American economic freedom rankings
According to this year’s Economic Freedom of North America report, which measures government spending, taxation and labour market restrictions, every Canadian province now ranks in the bottom half of jurisdictions in our annual rankings of economic freedom.
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Commentary and Blog Posts
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Ottawa can help tame inflation—here’s how [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Ottawa Sun) by Jock Finlayson
The federal government continues to run and plan for substantial budget deficits.

Trudeau government is all gas and no brake on spending [[link removed]]
by Jake Fuss
According to forecasts, federal spending will be $89.2 billion higher than previously projected for 2022/23 and $80.7 billion higher in 2023/24.

Alberta should start saving resource revenue now [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Edmonton Sun) by Tegan Hill
In 2022/23, resource revenue is projected to be $28.4 billion, the highest level on record.

Here's what school choice in Ontario could look like for parents [[link removed]]
(Appeared in True North) by Paige MacPherson
In Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and B.C. the government helps fund independent schools.

P.E.I. should follow New Brunswick’s lead on fiscal policy [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Charlottetown Guardian) by Alex Whalen and Jake Fuss
During Premier King’s tenure, spending has grown on average by more than 9 per cent annually in P.E.I.

Ford government abandons any notion of debt reduction [[link removed]]
by Ben Eisen
The government plans to increase spending by 8.6 per cent.

Teach students how to think—not what to think [[link removed]]
(Appeared in True North) by Michael Zwaagstra
Students are sometimes labelled “privileged” or “oppressed” based solely on their skin colour.

Middle-income earners in Nova Scotia face higher tax rates than other Canadians [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Halifax Chronicle Herald) by Ben Eisen and Alex Whalen
At the national average income level, Nova Scotians face a provincial tax rate of 14.95 per cent on the next dollar they earn.


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