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An interview with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) will air on CTV News Channel. Check local listings for details. Call 613-957-5555.

The Fraser Institute will release a new study examining the inequality gap in Canadians’ living standards. The study, Consumption Inequality in Canada: Is the Gap Growing?, spotlights how consumption and income inequality has changed over the past 40 years. The full study will be available online.

The Bank of Canada will announce its decision on the target for the overnight rate. The decision will be posted online. Call 613 782-8782.

The Fraser Institute will release a new study analysing public school spending and enrolment changes in Canada. Education Spending and Public School Enrolment in Canada, 2016 Edition spotlights public school funding, per-student spending levels and public school enrolment changes nationally and by province over the last 10 years. The full release will be available online.

The Fraser Institute will release a new essay comparing Canada’s first-past-the-post voting system to the alternatives. First-Past-The-Post: Empowered Voters, Accountable Government spotlights the differences between various voting systems — FPTP, proportional representation, preferential voting, single transferable vote, and mixed member proportional — and notes which system typically produces the most accountable government. The full study will be … Read more

CMHC will release its 2016 Second Quarter Financial Report, which includes unaudited quarterly consolidated financial statements and explanatory notes for the fiscal quarter and year-to-date and comparative information for the preceding fiscal year while also reporting on the use of appropriations. The report will be released online.

The Fraser Institute will release a new study spotlighting how much Canadians pay in taxes compared to the basic necessities of life. The study, Canadian Consumer Tax Index 2016, tracks the total tax bill of the average Canadian household from 1961 to 2015, accounting for all visible and hidden taxes families pay to all levels … Read more

The C. D. Howe Institute hosts a public webinar on “Creating a Blueprint for Green Tech in Canada.” Governments across Canada are examining policies to promote low greenhouse gas emissions technology. How should they design these policies to get the most out of the billions of public dollars they plan to spend? Benjamin Dachis, Associate Director of Research at … Read more

The Fraser Institute will release the Report Card on British Columbia’s Secondary Schools 2016, the go-to source for measuring school improvement. The Report Card provides parents with information they can’t easily get anywhere else by showing which B.C. public and independent secondary schools have improved or fallen behind, based on seven performance indicators derived from provincewide test results. The full … Read more

The Fraser Institute will release a new study examining the impact of Alberta’s proposed carbon emissions cap on oilsands operations. The study, How Alberta’s Carbon Emission Cap Will Reduce Oil Sands Growth, spotlights the potential financial costs of the cap and the effect on greenhouse gas emissions. The full study will be available online.