The Fraser Institute released a collection of essays, Assessing Canada’s Energy Sector Competitiveness, which finds the ability of Canada’s energy sector to attract investment has been weakened by several government policies in recent years. “While Canada’s energy sector has suffered from insufficient pipeline capacity, increased regulations and taxation, the U.S. energy sector has enjoyed sweeping tax … Read more
The Fraser Institute released a new report, Apples to Apples: Making Valid Cost-Benefit Comparisons in Climate Policy, which explores how cost-benefit analysis is a powerful tool for guiding climate policy but easily falls prey to two common errors. “People often compare the wrong things when trying to decide if a policy is worth pursuing,” said report author … Read more
The Fraser Institute marks Tax Freedom Day on June 14, which measures the total yearly tax burden imposed on Canadian families by federal, provincial and municipal governments. “If Canadians paid all their taxes up front, they would work the first 164 days of this year before bringing any money home to their families,” said Finn Poschmann, … Read more
A large number of small, remote and fairly poor First Nations in British Columbia and Alberta support pipelines because they stand to gain substantially from them, finds a new study released by the Fraser Institute. “Pipelines can be economic lifelines for many remote Indigenous communities and offer, perhaps, the only real chance to raise living standards, … Read more
The Fraser Institute published a report, Walled from Competition, which shows governments in Canada restrict or prevent foreign competition in 30.6 per cent of Canada’s economy, which means almost one of every three dollars of the total value of all goods and services produced in Canada is shielded from competition. “When governments in Canada protect industries, Canadian … Read more
A new study from the Fraser Institute finds Canadians face a significantly more complicated tax system than existed just a few decades ago. “A growing web of complicated rules and changes has made the tax system more difficult for Canadians to understand, which affects the cost—in time and money—of compliance,” said Finn Poschmann, resident scholar at the … Read more
The Fraser Institute released a new study, Albertans Make Disproportionate Contributions to National Programs: The Canada Pension Plan as a Case Study, which finds that Alberta workers paid $27.9 billion into the Canada Pension Plan over and above what retirees in the province received in CPP payments over the past 10-year period. “The Canada Pension Plan is just one … Read more
A new study by the Fraser Institute finds that since 2013, the amount invested by Canadians abroad has increased 73.7 per cent while the amount invested by foreigners in Canada has declined by 55 per cent. “Investment by foreign companies and individuals is vital to increasing productivity and improving living standards for Canadian workers, so when the … Read more
Canadian workers across the income spectrum—and across the country—pay significantly higher personal income taxes than their American counterparts, finds a new study released by the Fraser Institute. “Income taxes are a major attractant—or deterrent—for entrepreneurs, businesses and workers looking to start a business, expand operations or relocate, and at virtually every level of income, Canada’s … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) has now recorded the two years with the highest levels of per person government spending in Canadian history, outside of wars or recessions, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute. “Wars and recessions clearly affect government spending, but to see this high level of peacetime spending … Read more
