WaterAid will mark World Water Day by releasing Water: At what cost? The State of the World’s Water which examines the most difficult places in the world for people to get clean water and reveals how the world’s poorest often pay far more of their income for water than those in the developed world. WaterAid’s … Read more
As the federal budget looms, the Fraser Institute will release a new study spotlighting rising top personal income tax rates in Canada and its effects on the economy. The study, Canada’s Rising Personal Tax Rates and Falling Tax Competitiveness, compares and ranks Canada’s personal income tax rates to income tax rates in the United States and … Read more
The Fraser Institute will release a new study about rising home electricity bills across Canada. The study, Energy costs and Canadian Households: How Much Are We Spending?, identifies the percentage of Canadian households living in energy poverty, which means energy (electricity and home-heating bills) consumes 10 per cent or more of household expenditures. The full study will be … Read more
The Fraser Institute will release a new study spotlighting federal and provincial spending on Aboriginal people. The study, Ever Higher: Government Spending and Own Source Revenue for Canada’s Aboriginals, looks at spending over the decades. It also examines revenues generated by aboriginal governments through natural resource agreements and other businesses. The full study will be … Read more
The Bank of Canada will announce its decision on the target for the overnight rate. The announcement will be available online.
This webinar, hosted by the International Institute for Sustainable Development, will delve in the details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, highlighting the constraints that its provisions will place on public policies for sustainable and inclusive growth. It will also seek to generate a discussion on what the TPP—and other regional economic agreements—would look like if their chief … Read more
The Fraser Institute will release a new study about the effects of minimum wage increases in Canada. Amid the of chorus of voices touting an increase in the minimum wage, Raising the Minimum Wage Misguided Policy, Unintended Consequences explores the efficacy of using minimum wage increases to help low-income earners. The study will be released … Read more
The Fraser Institute will release its annual Survey of Mining Companies. This year’s survey spotlights 109 jurisdictions worldwide, ranking them on their attractiveness to investors, based on input from 449 mineral exploration and development company executives from around the world. The full release is available online.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) will post a new report entitled “Estimate of the Average Annual Cost for Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements due to Weather Events” on the website at www.pbo-dpb.gc.ca.
The Fraser Institute will release a new study calculating the effects of a higher-than-expected rise in interest rates on provincial government budgets. The Impact of Higher Interest Rates on the Cost of Servicing Government Debt uses Ontario and Quebec — Canada’s two largest and most indebted provinces — as examples. The full study will be available … Read more
