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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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Market Forces Already Address ESG and “Stakeholder Capitalism” Concerns
This is a new essay in the Institute’s ongoing series on ESG investing that spotlights how competitive forces including contracts negotiated among a firm’s stakeholders and consumer preferences work better to address the issues raised by proponents of stakeholder capitalism and ESG than top-down government regulations.
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Unrealistic government climate policies—and ESG regulations—stifle energy security, economic growth, and global stability
The Fallacies Undermining Energy Security is a new essay in the Institute’s series on ESG (environmental, social and governance) investing that highlights how important it is for Canada and the world to increase the supply of oil and gas, but how doing so is currently hampered by unrealistic government climate policies and regulations.
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Pandemic exposes inept risk-management abilities of governments worldwide
COVID-19: The Risk in Perspective finds that humanity’s experience with COVID-19 has proven once again that human beings are not particularly adept at perceiving, understanding and rationally acting upon issues involving risk.
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Commentary and Blog Posts
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Surprise surplus should spell end for Ontario's ‘temporary’ tax hikes [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal) by Ben Eisen
The province's top income tax bracket to 53.53 per cent, the third-highest rate in North America.
Trudeau government targets law-abiding gunowners, again [[link removed]]
by Gary Mauser
Research shows that previous legislation prohibiting the possession and acquisition of certain firearms made no discernable impact on homicide rates.
Alberta government must restrain spending despite large surplus [[link removed]]
by Tegan Hill
Governments in Alberta have a long history of increasing provincial spending during periods of high resource revenue, which inevitably leads to deficits once resource revenues decline.
Another reason to oppose Ottawa’s carbon tax [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Calgary Sun) by Kenneth P. Green
The carbon tax is undermining the authority of provinces to set their own taxes on other things.
Data refute claims of ‘white supremacy’ in standardized testing [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Matthew Lau
Ninety-two per cent of immigrant parents of K-12 children support standardized testing in schools.
High income tax rates take bite out of middle-income New Brunswickers [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph Journal) by Ben Eisen and Alex Whalen
To boost their after-tax income by $100, workers at the national average income in New Brunswick must earn an additional $154.60 compared to only $139.30 in B.C.
Despite high spending, Canada’s health-care system is failing badly [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Winnipeg Fee Press) by Mackenzie Moir and Bacchus Barua
Canada ranked last among universal health-care countries for specialist appointment waits and receipt of elective surgery.
Newfoundland government can deliver ongoing cheques to residents—here’s how [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the St. John's Telegram) by Tegan Hill and Alex Whalen
A portion of earnings from Alaska's fund are paid to Alaskan citizens as dividends.
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