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Jordan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are the most economically free nations in the Arab world, finds a new report by Salem Ben Nasser Al Ismaily, Azzan Al-Busaidi, Miguel Cervantes, and Fred McMahon. This report, Economic Freedom of the Arab World: 2014 Annual Report, compares and ranks 22 Arab nations in five areas of economic freedom: size of government, including expenditures, taxes and enterprises; commercial and economic law and security of property rights; access to sound money; freedom to trade internationally; and regulation of credit, labour and business.

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Go West, Young Adults

Alberta and Saskatchewan offer the most opportunity for young Canadians while Ontario and Quebec mimic the economic malaise of Atlantic Canada, finds a new study by Mark Milke. The study, Go West, Young Adults: The 10-Year Western Boom in Investment, Jobs and Incomes, compares all 10 provinces based on several economic indicators including employment rates, income levels, private sector investment and population patterns to determine the levels of opportunity (including employment and the prospects for at least a middle-class income) for young adults.

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Report Card on Quebec’s Secondary Schools: 2014 Edition

After a four-year hiatus, the Fraser Institute’s Report Card on Quebec’s Secondary Schools is back. The 2014 Report Card ranks 461 public, private, francophone and anglophone schools based largely on results from provincewide tests in French, English, science, mathematics and history.

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Capital Gains Tax Reform in Canada

With a federal budget surplus looming, a new book by Charles Lammam and Jason Clemens, spotlights three possible options for reducing capital gains taxes in Canada. The book, Capital Gains Tax Reform in Canada: Lessons from Abroad, features a series of essays from internationally-recognized scholars, detailing the experiences of Hong Kong, New Zealand, Switzerland and the United States, and providing reform options for Canada.

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Unless the Ontario government reverses course on its transformation of the province’s electricity system, power rates will continue to soar, finds a new study by Ross McKitrick and Tom Adams. The study, What Goes Up...Ontario's Soaring Electricity Prices and How to Get Them Down, to prevent further electricity rate increases, the province could halt all new hydroelectric, wind and solar projects. And to reduce rates, the province could terminate (where possible) existing contracts between renewable energy companies and the OPA.

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Capital gains taxes stifle investment, discourage entrepreneurship, and damage Canada’s economy, notes a new essay by Jason Clemens, Charles Lammam, and Matthew Lo. The essay, The Economic Costs of Capital Gains Taxes in Canada, is part of a collection of essays on capital gains taxation.

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Cancelling Contracts: The Power of Governments to Unilaterally Alter Agreements

Provincial governments have the power to change or cancel legally binding agreements, notes a new study by Bruce Pardy. The study, Cancelling Contracts: The Power of Governments to Unilaterally Alter Agreements, is particularly relevant for Ontario where the province has locked itself into a number of long-term contracts with wind and solar power companies, resulting in escalating electricity prices.

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