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FRASER UPDATE
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Latest Research
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Canadian generosity hits lowest point in 20 years
Generosity in Canada: The 2022 Generosity Index finds that the total amount donated to registered charities by Canadians in 2020—just 0.49 per cent of their income—is the lowest amount since at least 2000. Moreover, the number of Canadians donating to charity—as a percentage of all tax filers—has fallen from 25.5 per cent to 19.1 per cent over the past two decades.
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Commentary and Blog Posts
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Government failure not unique to Trudeau government [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Globe and Mail) by Jason Clemens and Jake Fuss
Overpayment recipients included 1,522 prisoners, 391 dead people and 434 children too young to be eligible.
AG confirms billions in COVID spending was poorly targeted—continuing a troubling trend [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Jake Fuss
Ottawa apparently gave nearly $10 billion to businesses that did not need the money.
More school choice would help Ontario families flee unsafe schools [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Financial Post) by Michael Zwaagstra
Ontario is one of five provinces that still refuses to allow taxpayer money to follow the student.
Ontario government should not give government workers large pay increases [[link removed]]
by Ben Eisen and Jake Fuss
Government workers in the province enjoy higher wages and benefits compared to similar private-sector workers.
Smith government must begin new era of spending restraint in Alberta [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Calgary Sun) by Ben Eisen
The province's net asset position deteriorated by nearly $23,000 per person between 2007 and 2021.
Mainers make considerably more than New Brunswickers [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal) by Alex Whalen
The province's median earnings were $29,323 compared to $41,341 in nearby Maine.
Detractors of Ontario's new housing plan must offer alternative solutions to affordability crisis [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Hub) by Josef Filipowicz and Steve Lafleur
In the 1970s roughly one home was built annually for every 1.2 new Ontarians compared to 2.4 new Ontarians in the most recent decade.
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