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Ontario Premiers and Provincial Government Spending 2024

Ontario Premiers and Provincial Government Spending, 2024 finds that despite political rhetoric while in opposition, the Ontario government of Premier Doug Ford has recorded two of the three highest per person spending levels since 1965, even excluding COVID-related one-time spending. In fact, Premier Ford’s highest per person spending levels ($12,227 in 2020 and $12,081 in 2021, excluding COVID spending) surpass former Premier Kathleen Wynne’s highest spending level: $11,101 in 2017.

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Taxes versus the Necessities of Life: The Canadian Consumer Tax Index 2024 edition finds that in 2023, the average Canadian family earned an income of $109,235 and paid in total taxes equaling $46,988. In other words, the average Canadian family spent 43.0 per cent of its income on taxes compared to 35.6 per cent on basic necessities.

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Costs and Benefits of Reducing Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Canadian Agriculture

Costs and Benefits of Reducing Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Canadian Agriculture finds that the federal government’s plan to lower nitrous oxide emissions in the Canadian agricultural sector will impose costs in excess of $1.6 billion, but will provide no measurable benefit in lower GHG emissions. In fact, nitrous oxide emissions make up just 4.5 per cent of Canada’s total greenhouse gas emissions, and only 0.07 per cent of global GHG emissions.

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An Alberta Dividend: The Key to Growing the Heritage Fund

An Alberta Dividend: The Key to Growing the Heritage Fund is a new study that finds if Alberta's Heritage Fund were prioritized with specific fiscal rules and began paying dividends to Albertans, it would be worth between $35.8 billion and $38.7 billion by 2026/27–all while paying out between $2.9 billion to $5.5 billion in dividends to Albertans.

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We're Getting Poorer

We’re getting poorer: GDP per Capita in Canada and the OECD, 2002 - 2060 is a new study that finds Canada had the third-lowest growth in GDP per person—a broad measure of living standards—from 2014 to 2022 among 30 advanced economies in the OECD.

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Economic Impact and GHG Effects of Fed Govt's ERP thru 2030

The Economic Impact and GHG Effects of the Federal Government’s Emissions Reduction Plan through 2030 is a new study that finds Ottawa’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will impose significant costs on Canadians, while also failing to meet the government’s own emission-reduction target.

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New Federal Fiscal Framework for Canada

A New Federal Fiscal Framework for Canada finds that if the federal government reduced program spending by only 2.3 per cent over two years and eliminated a host of tax expenditures, it could balance the budget and reduce personal income tax rates affecting most Canadians.

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Comparing the Investment Performances of Canada and the United States over the Past Five Decades

Comparing the Investment Performances of Canada and the United States Over the Past Five Decades is a new study that finds weak business investment in technologies that increase worker productivity over the past decade is stifling Canada’s economic growth and suppressing improvements in Canadian living standards when compared to other OECD countries—especially the United States, which has only grown in these areas.

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