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1. Measuring the Fiscal Performance of Canada's Premiers, 2012

   In this third edition of Measuring the Fiscal Performance of Canada?s Premiers, the authors provide an objective, empirical assessment of how Canada?s premiers have managed the public finances of their provinces and whether they have pursued sound, long ...

2. Measuring Income Mobility in Canada

   This study measures income mobility in Canada over two five-year periods (1996-2001 and 2002-2007) and over a 10-year and a 19-year period (1990-2000 and 1990-2009). In all periods, Canadians initially in the lowest income group (the bottom 20%) ...

3. Employment Insurance needs to operate like a true insurance system

   Appeared in the Fredericton Daily Gleaner Imagine a world where your car insurance company charges everybody the same premium; the premium doesn’t depend on your driving record or the number of claims you make. Nor does the premium depend on your age or ...

4. Occupy Vancouver protesters need not worry; young Canadians can and will advance economically

   Appeared in Business in Vancouver With public opinion now turning on the protesters, we don’t know what the future holds for Occupy Vancouver. But looking beyond the multi-coloured tents, creatively captioned picket signs and sporadic chants, one concern ...

5. Measuring the Fiscal Performance of Canada's Premiers, 2011

   This Alert is designed to help Canadians hold their provincial political leaders accountable for the relative performance of their fiscal policies. In this second edition, we provide an objective, empirical assessment of how Canada?s premiers have managed ...

6. Let's celebrate workers by giving them more choice

   Appeared in the Sudbury Star Now that the Labour Day celebrations are done, we should look beyond the picnics and parades, and reflect on the country’s labour laws and in particular, whether they actually serve the interests of workers. Unfortunately, ...

7. The solution to the Canada Post strike is privatization

   Appeared in the New Brunswick Times & Transcript With the breakdown in negotiations between Canada Post management and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, many cities across Canada have been subject to rotating strikes by the mail carriers. ...

8. Fraser Forum- November/December 2010: Economic Freedom

   In this issue: Celebrating economic freedom by Fred McMahon The Fraser Institute works continuously to promote and develop economic freedom throughout the world. Economic freedom is essential for US economic recovery by Nathan J. Ashby American states ...

9. Measuring the Fiscal Performance of Canada's Premiers

   Since there is no measure of how provincial premiers are performing, it is difficult for Canadians to hold the premiers accountable for the relative performance of their fiscal policies. This report provides Canadians with an objective, empirical ...

10. Did Government Stimulus Fuel Economic Growth in Canada? An Analysis of Statistics Canada Data

    The federal government has claimed credit for Canada's economic turnaround in the second half of 2009, but data from Statistics Canada tell a different story. https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/did-government-stimulus-fuel-economic ...