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Federal and Provincial Debt Interest Costs for Canadians, 2023 edition is a new study that finds Canadians in every province will pay more than $1,300 per person in 2022/23 on government interest costs, totalling $68.6 billion on interest payments for the federal and provincial debts.
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Measuring British Columbia’s Prosperity Gap finds that, among eight peer jurisdictions (including Alberta and Washington State), B.C. in 2019 had the lowest median employment income, a key indicator of economic well-being.
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The Circular Economy: (Re)discovering the Free Market is the latest installment in the Institute’s essay series on the ESG (environmental, social and governance) movement. It documents how current calls for a centrally-planned “circular economy” ignore the historical evidence that shows, in fact, entrepreneurs and market economies have been innovating ways to re-use industrial byproducts and waste for centuries.
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(Appeared in the Calgary Sun) by Tegan Hill
Alberta's fund was valued at just C$16.2 billion compared to US$65.3 billion for Alaska’s fund.
(Appeared in the Ottawa Sun) by Jake Fuss
Since 2015, the federal government has run eight consecutive deficits.
(Appeared in the Surrey Now-Leader) by Ben Eisen and Jake Fuss
The province's top combined income tax rate increased from 43.7 per cent to 53.5 per cent.
(Appeared in the Western Standard) by Michael Zwaagstra
Instead of learning the standard algorithms for mathematics, students were expected to invent their own.
by Josef Filipowicz and Steve Lafleur
Insufficient supply relative to demand means fewer homes available to renters and buyers alike.
by Livio Di Matteo
Crimes rates in the province have grown since 2015, except for a sharp drop in 2020.
by Ben Eisen
During the restraint period, per-person spending increased by $44 per year compared to $401 from 2016/17 to 2019/20.
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