The Fraser Institute will release its first-ever survey about permit times — the length of time it takes mining companies to get approval for mining exploration. Permit Times for Mining Exploration: How Long Are They? compares the efficiency, transparency and certainty of the permitting processes in jurisdictions across Canada, based on the experiences and opinions of … Read more
The Fraser Institute will release a new study about the causes of Ontario’s massive debt, which has largely accumulated over the past 13 years. The study, Spending is the Source of Ontario’s Deficit and Debt Problem, casts a critical eye upon the popular narrative at Queen’s Park that suggests Ontario’s large deficits are an unavoidable … Read more
Statistics Canada is expected to release the GDP by industry, national, for February 2016.
The Fraser Institute will release a new study ranking Canada’s premiers on their fiscal performance. Measuring the Fiscal Performance of Canada’s Premiers 2016, ranks premiers based on three fiscal policy categories: government spending, taxes, and deficits and debt. Premiers who managed spending more prudently, balanced their books and paid down debt, and reduced or maintained competitive … Read more
The Fraser Institute will release a study comparing the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) with five large public-sector pension plans in Ontario. Proponents of expanding the CPP, and those in support of launching the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, often claim that the relative costs of these plans decline as they grow and accumulate more assets. Comparing the … Read more
Chief of the Defence Staff Jonathan Vance is expected to release the first progress report on the mission to eliminate inappropriate sexual behaviour in the Canadian Armed Forces. Key leadership involved with Operation HONOUR, the CAF’s mission to eliminate such harmful behavior, will be available for interview following the release of the report, which will be … Read more
The Fraser Institute will release a new study examining the accuracy of the wide-spread belief that Ontario is rapidly losing agricultural land to urbanization. The study, Economic Analysis of Rural Land Use Policies in Ontario, spotlights the empirical evidence on the amount of agricultural land in Ontario and how that has changed since the 1950s. … Read more
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) will release its quarterly Housing Market Assessment (HMA), a comprehensive and integrated report that identifies potentially problematic conditions in the Canadian housing market. The report will be made available on Wednesday, January 27 at 12:00 pm Eastern at http://www.cmhc.ca/HMA
The Fraser Institute will release a new study examining the changing levels of poverty in Canada since 1996. The study, An Introduction to the State of Poverty in Canada, spotlights and distinguishes between those Canadians trapped in low-income versus those that are experiencing low-income for a short-term transitory period. The full study will be available … Read more
Statistics Canada is expected to announce the gross domestic product by industry, national, for November 2015.
