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Human Freedom Index 2023

According to this year’s Human Freedom Index, Hong Kong—which in 2010 was the third-freest jurisdiction on earth—now ranks 46th as a result of mainland China’s increasing restrictions on liberties in the territory. China is among the least-free, ranking 149th out of 165 jurisdictions this year.

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The Road to Freedom: Estonia’s Rise from Soviet Vassal State to One of the Freest Nations on Earth

The Road to Freedom: Estonia’s Rise from Soviet Vassal State to One of the Freest Nations on Earth finds that after Estonia ended socialist rule and transitioned back to a market democracy, Estonians enjoyed vast improvements in incomes, living standards and other key measures of prosperity.

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Generosity in Canada: The 2023 Generosity Index

Generosity in Canada: The 2023 Generosity Index is a new study that finds the percentage of Canadian tax filers donating to charity during the 2021 tax year—just 17.7 per cent—is the lowest proportion of Canadians donating since at least 2001, with Manitoba having had the highest percentage of tax filers that donated to charity among the provinces (19.7 per cent) during the 2021 tax year while New Brunswick had the lowest (15.4 per cent).

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Waiting Your Turn: Wait Times for Health Care in Canada, 2023 Report

Waiting Your Turn: Wait Times for Health Care in Canada, 2023 is an annual survey of physicians across Canada, finding a median wait time of 27.7 weeks—the longest ever recorded—with national wait times longest between a referral by a GP and plastic, orthopaedic, and neurosurgery, while shortest for radiation and medical oncology treatments.

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The Next Generation: Innovating to Improve Indigenous Access to Finance in Canada

The Next Generation: Innovating to Improve Indigenous Access to Finance in Canada is a new study that finds a well-functioning Indigenous financial system is essential to promoting investment and economic development and raising living standards in Indigenous communities.

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The Road to Freedom: Estonia’s Rise from Soviet Vassal State to One of the Freest Nations on Earth

The Road to Freedom: Estonia’s Remarkable Rise from Socialist Vassal State to One of the Freest Nations on Earth, part of the Fraser Institute’s Realities of Socialism series, finds that after the Soviet Union invaded Estonia and imposed socialism, living standards in Estonia plummeted—particularly compared to neighbouring Finland.

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Measuring Ontario’s Prosperity Gap at the Metropolitan Area Level

Measuring Ontario’s Prosperity Gap at The Metropolitan Area Level is a new study that ranks employment incomes in the largest 107 metropolitan areas around the Great Lakes region for 2019. It finds that London (93rd) and Windsor (99th) are right near the bottom and are $10-12,000 less than median employment incomes in Detroit, Buffalo and Cleveland.

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