ESG: Myths and Realities is a collected essay series, edited by Fraser Institute Senior Fellow Steven Globerman, that provides a wide-ranging assessment of the environmental, social and governance movement—known as ESG. Among other considerations, the essays identify and consider the myriad issues that arise when publicly traded companies are directed by government legislation and regulations, or pressured by interest groups, to adopt a broad stakeholder framework rather than a shareholder (or investor) focused framework.

Boosting Canada’s Competitiveness by Reforming Business Taxation suggests that only taxing profit disbursements for businesses, which include dividend payments, share buybacks, and bonuses, rather than taxing all business profits, would lead to greater business investment, increasing worker productivity, growth in the economy, and ultimately raise living standards for Canadians.

Our Incomes Are Falling Behind: Earnings in the Canadian Provinces and U.S. States, 2010-2022 finds that the median employment earnings—wages, salaries and self-employment income—of workers were lower in every Canadian province than in every state in the United States.