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Demand-Side Mismanagement: How Conservation Became Waste

Demand-Side Mismanagement: How Conservation Became Waste examines energy conservation programs in Ontario such as smart metering, home retrofit rebates for insulation, caulking, etc., and subsidies for consumers who purchase energy-efficient appliances. It finds that Ontario taxpayers and ratepayers have doled out billions of dollars in energy conservation subsidies over the decades with no verifiable evidence that conservation programs actually save consumers money.

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Report Card on British Columbia's Elementary Schools 2016

Report Card on British Columbia’s Elementary Schools 2016 ranks 944 public and independent elementary schools based on 10 academic indicators derived from the annual Foundation Skills Assessments (FSAs) administered for the B.C. Ministry of Education. The report card provides parents with information they can’t easily get anywhere else: In addition to five years of academic results, the report card shows which schools are improving or falling  behind.

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How Much, How Fast? Estimating Debt Accumulation in Alberta

Successive Alberta governments spent as though boom times would never end, and the current government has continued the trend towards higher program spending. Consequently, this fiscal year, for the first time in 17 years, Alberta will reach a net debt position. How Much, How Fast?: Estimating Debt Accumulation in Alberta through 2019/20 analyses how much debt will Alberta accumulate in the next few years.

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governing greater victoria

“Amid proposals to replace regional districts with a reduced number of governments (i.e.: municipal amalgamation) Governing Greater Victoria: The Role of Elected Officials and Shared Services describes the structure and advantages of regional districts where neighbouring municipalities voluntarily share services such as water supply, sewerage disposal and solid waste management.”

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Troubled Waters for the Canadian Economy

As Canadians start to worry more about the state of our economy, the Fraser Institute has assembled a series of studies and op-eds by our researchers that clarify many of the underlying policy problems that continue to encumber our economy.

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Canada's Rising Personal Tax Rates and Falling Tax Competitiveness

Canada’s Rising Personal Tax Rates and Falling Tax Competitiveness, compares and ranks Canada’s personal income tax rates to income tax rates in the United States and other countries in the industrialized world. It finds that Canada’s top combined federal and provincial tax rate, which is 53.5 per cent (using Ontario’s provincial rate) now ranks as the sixth highest among 34 industrialized countries and second highest among G7 countries, behind only France.

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Energy costs and Canadian Households: How Much Are We Spending?, identifies the percentage of Canadian households living in energy poverty, which means energy (electricity and home-heating bills) consumes 10 per cent or more of household expenditures. In 2013, 7.9 per cent of Canadian households were living in energy poverty, up from 7.2 per cent in 2010.

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