Alberta remains the most attractive jurisdiction for mining investment in Canada, according to the annual global survey of mining executives released by the Fraser Institute. For the second consecutive year, Alberta ranked first in Canada and third worldwide in the survey, which is based on input from 690 mineral exploration and development company executives. This … Read more
As parents in most provinces eye the annual Spring Break holiday, Alberta continues to offer parents the greatest degree of school choice in Canada, finds a new study by the Fraser Institute. “School choice empowers parents, and a growing body of research confirms that students benefit when parents have educational choices and schools are forced … Read more
Despite personal and economic challenges, students can succeed in some schools, according to data from the Fraser Institute’s annual school rankings. The Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools 2014, ranks 782 anglophone and francophone public, separate, private, and charter schools based on nine academic indicators from results of the annual Provincial Achievement Tests (PATs) administered by Alberta Education. … Read more
Stimulus spending and programs, created as temporary responses to the 2008/09 recession, remained in place after their planned expiration date, producing unnecessary deficits and public debt, finds a new study published today by the Fraser Institute. During the global economic decline, Canadian employment dropped by 431,000 (or 2.5 per cent) from October 2008 to July … Read more
Despite economic and personal challenges, students can learn and succeed in some schools, and despite similar student characteristics, some schools thrive while others struggle, finds the Fraser Institute’s annual school rankings. The Report Card on Ontario’s Elementary Schools 2014 ranks 3,030 anglophone and francophone public and Catholic schools (and a small number of private schools) … Read more
Despite political rhetoric to the contrary, corporate taxes punish people-not faceless corporations, said Philip Cross, former chief economic analyst for Statistics Canada, in a new commentary published by the Fraser Institute. “Whenever governments go looking for cash, they often turn to corporate income taxes as a convenient and allegedly painless way to help balance the … Read more
With the Fraser Institute poised to celebrate its 40th anniversary, it has again ranked as the top think tank in Canada, according to the 2013 Global Go To Think Tanks Report published by the University of Pennsylvania and released earlier this week at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. The annual index, based on a … Read more
Less than a week before President Obama’s fifth State of the Union address, the state of Canada-U.S. relations remains marked by trade barriers that hurt Canadian producers and consumers, and high-profile disputes, notes a new study published by the Fraser Institute. “Since 2007, in both merchandise and services trade, Canada has seen a relative decline … Read more
Ontario’s shift from a “have” to a “have not” province has profoundly affected Canada’s equalization program and the country overall, finds a new study published by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. The study, Equalization, Ontario, and the politics of division, notes the consequences ever since Ontario became a “have not” province eligible for equalization … Read more
As more Canadian municipalities consider adopting so-called living wage laws, a new report published by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank, concludes these laws can actually hurt low-paid workers. The report, The Economic Effects of Living Wage Laws, reviews scholarly research on living wage laws in the United States, where more … Read more
