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According to this year’s Human Freedom Index, for the first time since 2012, Canada does not rank among the top 10 freest countries worldwide.
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Comparing Government and Private Sector Compensation in Ontario, 2023 Edition finds that the wages of government employees in Ontario are 34.4 per cent higher, on average, than wages in the private sector in 2021, the most recent year of available comparable data from Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey.
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Comparing Government and Private Sector Compensation in Quebec, 2023 Edition finds that the wages of government employees in Quebec are 32.2 per cent higher, on average, than wages in the private sector in 2021, the most recent year of available comparable data from Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey.
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(Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Kenneth P. Green
Natural gas is critically important to produce electricity at affordable costs.
(Appeared in the Edmonton Sun) by Ben Eisen and Jake Fuss
The province's top combined income tax rate increased from 39 per cent in 2014 to 48 per cent today.
(Appeared in Business in Vancouver) by Ben Eisen
The province has the highest average level of tax on new investment of any large province.
(Appeared in National Newswatch) by Tegan Hill and Bacchus Barua
Patients in the province faced a median wait of 20.3 weeks between seeing a general practitioner and receiving treatment in 2022.
(Appeared in the Epoch Times) by Michael Zwaagstra
Half of all provinces, including Ontario, still refuse to allow money to follow the student.
(Appeared in the Halifax Chronicle Herald) by Ben Eisen and Alex Whalen
Government employees in the province retire three years earlier (on average) than private-sector workers.
(Appeared in the South Florida Sun Sentinel) by Matthew D. Mitchell
Economically free states are more likely to experience higher wages and more entrepreneurial activity.
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