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  1. The Myth about Russian Kyoto Carbon Sinks

      There is a lot of deception in the government’s propaganda campaign to get the Canadian public to acquiesce to the ratification of the Kyoto protocol later this year. Here is an example, which I find very disturbing and that is of special interest to ...

  2. When is Immigration Bad?

      The basic economic case for immigration is strong. In Canada’s market economy immigrants on average receive wages that match their contribution to output, which in turn they use for their own purposes. As a result, the incomes of Canadians are the same ...

  3. Why We Need Less Regulation of Capital Markets

    Appeared in the Wall Street Journal, October 3, 2002 Recently corporate governance issues have been used to support recommendations for stricter regulations of corporations and their accounting practices in the United States. A similar push for more ...

  4. The Cost of Kyoto

      My friend always knows what worries his wife. She talks in her sleep and recently, the word Kyoto has come up many times. Some time ago my friend had been able to put to rest her fears that their children would soon be drowned by the rising oceans or ...

  5. Marketize Western Forests to Stop the Lumber Wars

    Appeared in the National Post, April 2, 2002 At the risk of oversimplification, the root of the dispute is the public ownership of forests, particularly in British Columbia. Historically, the publicly owned virgin forests of the United States and British ...

  6. International Evidence on the Effects of Having no Capital Gains Taxes

    International Evidence on the Effects of Having No Capital Gains Taxes represents the second part of The Fraser Institute's ongoing effort to study the costs and benefits of capital gains taxation in Canada. The first part of this effort involved a ...

  7. Unlocking Canadian Capital

    Canada should eliminate its capital gains tax to spur economic growth, says a new book Unlocking Canadian Capital: The Case for Capital Gains Tax Reform in Canada written by economist and Institute Senior Fellow Herbert Grubel and published by The Fraser ...

  8. The Case for the Amero

    This study was stimulated by the recent successful launch of the euro, the prospect of official dollarization in Argentina and Mexico, the relatively poor performance of the Canadian economy, and the depreciation of the Canadian dollar. https://www ...

  9. Using Cash Rebates for Tax Relief Without Risk

    Since 1994, Paul Martin's fiscal policies have eliminated the budget deficit which had threatened Canada with serious financial instability. His prudent budget forecasts and the use of a contingency reserve have restored public faith in the budget ...

  10. How to Use the Fiscal Surplus

    When the conference How to Spend the Fiscal Dividend: What is the Optimal Size of Government? was planned in the summer of 1997, the Government of Canada was expected to present a balanced budget in the upcoming fiscal year 1998/99 and, if tax rates and ...