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Government Spending and Own-Source Revenue for Canada's Aboriginals: A Comparative Analysis

Government Spending and Own-Source Revenue for Canada’s Aboriginals: A Comparative Analysis finds that federal and provincial government spending on Canada’s aboriginal population has risen dramatically—well beyond spending for other Canadians—yet education and employment outcomes in many aboriginal communities remain dire. For example, federal government spending through Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (which does not represent all federal government spending related to Aboriginals) increased to $7.9 billion (adjusted for inflation) in 2013/14 from $82 million over the past six decades.

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Debt Accumulation in Ontario Compared to Other Provinces

Debt Accumulation in Ontario Compared to Other Provinces finds that Ontario’s debt is growing faster than every other province in the country. Strikingly, Ontario’s government has added $160 billion in net debt since 2003/04 while the rest of the nine provinces combined added a total of $126 billion.

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Despite good intentions, raising the minimum wage will do little to reduce poverty mainly because most minimum-wage earners don’t live in low-income household. Raising the Minimum Wage: Misguided Policy, Unintended Consequences diffuses the notion that the typical minimum-wage earner is a single parent struggling to survive.

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Report Card on Ontario's Secondary Schools 2016

Report Card on Ontario’s Secondary Schools 2016 ranks 676 public, Catholic, and independent secondary schools based on seven academic indicators using data from the annual province wide tests of literacy and math skills.

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Impact of Higher Interest Rates on the Cost of Servicing Government Debt

The Impact of Higher Interest Rates on the Cost of Servicing Government Debt spotlights the interest rate risks faced by governments across the country using Ontario and Quebec—Canada’s two largest and most indebted provinces—as examples.  It finds that a higher than expected rise in interest rates could jeopardize provincial government promises of balanced budgets and surpluses.

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Permit Times for Mining Exploration

Permit Times for Mining Exploration: How Long Are They? is the Fraser Institute’s first ever survey about permit times—the length of time it takes mining companies to get approval for mining exploration. The study compares the efficiency, transparency and certainty of the permitting processes in jurisdictions across Canada, based on the experiences and opinions of mining industry professionals. It finds that permit times for mining exploration are increasing across Canada and especially in Ontario.

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Despite a popular narrative at Queen’s Park, which blames Ontario’s large deficits and massive debt on the 2008 global economic downturn and other uncontrollable economic forces, Ontario’s chronic budget deficits stem from years of rapid spending growth, as detailed in Spending is the Source of Ontario’s Deficit and Debt Problem.

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