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Ontario’s Debt Balloon: Source and Sustainability

Ontario’s Debt Balloon: Source and Sustainability calculates that Ontario’s government debt has grown by $117 billion since the 2008/09 recession.  The study also examines the source of the new debt and finds that 66 per cent of it is directly attributable to government borrowing to fund day-to-day expenses— not investments in infrastructure.

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Comparing Government and Private Sector Compensation in Alberta

Comparing Government and Private Sector Compensation in Alberta calculates that, on average, government workers in Alberta, including federal, provincial, and local government workers, receive 6.9 per cent higher wages than comparable workers in the private sector. There are also strong indicators that the government sector, as a whole, enjoys superior non-wage benefits.

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The Fraser Institute is once again the top think tank in Canada and this year was ranked among the top 20 think tanks worldwide, according to the 2014 Global Go To Think Tanks Report published by the University of Pennsylvania and released today at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.

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Measuring the Fiscal Performance of Canada’s Premiers, 2015

Measuring the Fiscal Performance of Canada's Premiers, 2015 examines the fiscal records of 10 Canadian premiers (five current and five former) relative to each other during their time in office up to the 2013/14 fiscal year. Of the current sitting premiers included in the analysis, Saskatchewan’s Brad Wall ranks first, while Ontario’s Kathleen Wynne — the premier of Canada’s largest province — finishes fourth, just ahead of outgoing Prince Edward Island Premier Robert Ghiz.

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Comparing Government and Private Sector Compensation in British Columbia

Government workers in British Columbia enjoy higher wages and likely more generous non-wage benefits than their private sector counterparts, finds a new study, Comparing Government and Private Sector Compensation in British Columbia, by Charles Lammam, Milagros Palacios, Feixue Ren, and Jason Clemens.

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Energy Transportation and Tanker Safety in Canada

Despite a dramatic rise in worldwide oil tanker traffic since the 1980s, the number of oils spills has dropped significantly, finds a new study by Philip John. The study, Energy Transportation and Tanker Safety in Canada, spotlights oil tanker traffic worldwide and in Canadian waters.

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Reforming Federal Personal Income Taxes

Large-scale personal income tax cuts could provide relief for working Canadians and lay the foundation for long-term economic growth, finds a new study by Charles Lammam, Joel Emes, Jason Clemens, and Niels Veldhuis. According to the study, Reforming Federal Personal Income Taxes: A Pro-Growth Plan for Canada, Ottawa could eliminate many tax credits, deductions and other tax breaks (broadly known as tax expenditures), which would free up $20 billion. This, combined with expected surpluses in the future, would allow the government to eliminate Canada’s two middle-income tax rates (22 and 26 per cent) and create a new tax landscape, with just two personal income tax rates—15 per cent for almost all Canadians and 29 per cent for top earners (roughly two per cent of tax-filers).

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