The Fraser Institute will release a new study spotlighting how much Canadians pay in taxes compared to other basic necessities. The study, Canadian Consumer Tax Index, tracks the total tax bill of the average Canadian family from 1961 to 2014, taking into account both the visible and hidden taxes that families pay to all levels … Read more
The Fraser Institute will release its first ever survey of homebuilders in the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor. New Homes and Red Tape: Residential Land-Use Regulation in Alberta’s Calgary-Edmonton Corridor compares and ranks jurisdictions in the Calgary-Edmonton corridor on several categories of red tape (construction approval times, density opposition, timeline uncertainty, regulatory costs and fees, rezoning prevalence and … Read more
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) will release its 15th Annual National Report Card on Health Care in Canada. The 2015 Report Card focuses on developing a national seniors’ care strategy and offers a special insight into the views of Canadians on the role federal candidates standing for election can play in creating such a strategy. The … Read more
The Fraser Institute will release a new study spotlighting how much Canadians and their families pay for health care. The study, The Price of Public Health Care Insurance, calculates what portion of the total tax bill paid by individual Canadians and Canadian families (to all levels of government) goes to public health insurance in 2015. … Read more
The Fraser Institute and a network of international think-tanks will release the Human Freedom Index, a global measurement of personal, civil, and economic freedoms. The report compares the level of human freedom in 152 countries using 76 indicators in areas that include freedom of speech, religion, individual economic choice, and women’s freedoms. The full report … Read more
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation will release the quarterly results of its House Price Analysis and Assessment on its website. The HPAA is a comprehensive and integrated framework that aims to identify potentially problematic conditions in the Canadian housing markets. At 12:30 p.m. (EST), CMHC’s chief economist Bob Dugan, as well as CMHC regional economists and key market … Read more
The Fraser Institute will release a new study comparing the safety records of pipelines and rail cars for moving oil and gas in Canada. Amid the swirling rumours that U.S. President Barack Obama is about to reject the Keystone XL pipeline project, Safety in Transportation of Oil and Gas utilizes newly compiled Canadian data to … Read more
The Fraser Institute will release a new study examining the options available to the Ontario government for designing its mandatory provincial pension program. As the very public debate over the efficacy and structure of the so-called ORPP heats up, Lessons for Ontario and Canada from Forced Retirement Saving Mandates in Australia spotlights the advantages of … Read more
The Manning Centre presents a free online webinar on “The 24 Second News Cycle: Capturing Voters’ Attention Online,” featuring Vincent Harris, CEO of Harris Media and chief digital strategist for U.S. Senator Rand Paul. New technology has changed the way in which individuals consume both information and entertainment. Traditional advertising and established approaches to reaching voters … Read more
The Manning Centre presents a free webinar on “Crafting Your Message—The art of getting to the heart”, featuring Jess Nicholson, political communications expert, American Majority. Campaigns are about choices. How do you effectively present a candidacy to voters? Explore what it takes to craft winning messages in campaigns. Whether you are in a primary with multiple challengers or … Read more
