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1. The Economic Effects of Increasing British Columbia's Minimum Wage

   Minimum wages have long been the subject of considerable attention and debate. The controversy surrounding minimum wages arises from the tension between well-intentioned efforts to increase incomes for lower-income workers and the significant negative ...

2. Nothing like No Choice

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun Seven of British Columbia’s biggest unions are currently in B.C.’s Supreme Court fighting a new law that restricts their ability to spend on advertising during election campaigns. Bill 42, passed earlier this year, limits ...

3. Canadian Provincial Investment Climate: 2008 Report

   The allocation of investment capital, both internationally and domestically, is increasingly acknowledged as a leading contributor to a jurisdiction's economic success or failure. https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files ...

4. Fraser Forum- November 2008: Water Rights in Quebec

   In this issue: Up Front: Ezra Levant speaks freely The former Western Standard publisher discusses his battle with the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal which ended 900 days after it began. Why are Quebec’s students failing? by Peter Cowley The exam failure ...

5. Quebec Unions Push to Stifle Entrepreneurship and Investment

     With Quebec already struggling desperately to attract entrepreneurs and investment, the latest salvo fired by union leaders in an ongoing battle against Wal-Mart should send chills down the spine of any anyone considering launching a new business in ...

6. Measuring Labour Markets in Canada and the United States: 2008 Edition

   This report is the fourth installment in our ongoing research to assess the performance of labour markets and explain why results differ among jurisdictions. Indicators of labour performance such as job creation, unemployment, and productivity are used to ...

7. Measuring Entrepreneurship: Conceptual Frameworks and Empirical Indicators

   This study first presents the most important definitions of entrepreneurship and explores their similarities and differences. Then it examines the most widely cited and used measures of entrepreneurship and discusses their strengths and weaknesses. ...

8. New Brunswick’s new tax plan: Ontario take note: New Brunswick is considering a 10% income tax rate and a 5% corporate tax rate

   Appeared in the Financial Post Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty could learn a thing or two from his colleague in New Brunswick, Liberal Premier Shawn Graham. In 2006, after defeating the incumbent Conservative government, the newly elected Graham took a ...

9. Ontario Budget Must Focus on Tax Relief

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun Premier Dalton McGuinty has been under attack from all sides of the political spectrum for Ontario’s dismal economic performance under his government’s stewardship. The simply reality is that the policies of the current ...

10. Priority One: Improve Ontario’s Investment Climate

    Appeared in the Ottawa Citizen One of the most notable observations from the race for Queens Park was the lack of meaningful discussion of how to get Ontario’s economy back on track. Ontario, the traditional economic hub of Canada, is being replaced by ...