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Marginal Effective Tax Rates Across Provinces: High Rates on Low Income

Marginal Effective Tax Rates Across Provinces: High Rates on Low Income finds that Canadian families and individuals with annual incomes between $30,000 and $60,000 face marginal effective tax rates near or above 50 per cent, a higher percentage than what Canadians in some top income tax brackets face.

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The Impact of the Federal Carbon Tax on the Competitiveness of Canadian Industries finds that the federal carbon tax will increase production costs in key sectors and could trigger a phenomenon known as “carbon leakage”—where firms relocate industrial activity (including petroleum and coal-product manufacturing) to countries with less-stringent climate policies.

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Federal Deficits Then and Now: Is Canada Repeating the Fiscal Mistakes of 1965 to 1995?

Federal Deficits Then and Now: Is Canada Repeating the Fiscal Mistakes of 1965 to 1995? finds that the federal government risks repeating the mistakes of the mid-1960s to mid-1990s—when Ottawa repeatedly ran deficits and racked up massive amounts of debt—that nearly led to a currency and debt crisis in Canada.

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Gender Disparity Under the Law and Women’s Well-Being, part of the Fraser Institute’s ongoing research of women’s well-being worldwide, finds that women in countries with no gender disparity under the law are better able to participate in economic activity and experience greater social progress.

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Lessons from the Lone Star State: Comparing the Economic Performance of Alberta and Texas

Lessons from the Lonestar State: Comparing the economic performance of Alberta and Texas finds that Alberta’s annual unemployment rate was lower than the Texas rate every year from 2004 to 2014. But after the 2014 drop in oil prices, the situation reversed, with Texas enjoying a lower annual unemployment rate—in some years, a much lower rate—than Alberta. For example, Alberta’s unemployment rate peaked at 7.2 per cent in 2016 while the Texas rate stayed below 5 per cent from 2014 to 2018.

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The Price of Public Health Care Insurance, 2019

The Price of Public Health Care Insurance, 2019 finds that a typical Canadian family consisting of two parents and two children with an average household income of $140,049 will pay an estimated $13,311 for public health care this year. After adjusting for inflation, that’s an increase of 65.8 per cent since 1997.

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Canadian Consumer Tax Index 2019 finds that last year the average Canadian family spent 44 per cent of its income on taxes, more than housing, food and clothing costs combined, which made up just 36.3 per cent. The annual study tracks the total tax bill of the average Canadian household from 1961 to 2018, and looks at both visible and hidden taxes that families pay to the federal, provincial and local governments, including income, payroll, sales, property, health, fuel and alcohol taxes, and more.

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