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Clarity and confusion? The new jurisprudence of aboriginal title

Clarity and confusion? The new jurisprudence of aboriginal title finds that recent Supreme Court decisions on aboriginal rights and title have created unpredictable rules for making land use decisions and have therefore impeded the economic prosperity of First Nation communities.

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Metro Vancouver's Transit Plan: Static Thinking in a Dynamic World

Metro Vancouver's Transit Plan: Static Thinking in a Dynamic World looks at the rapid technological advances affecting personal transportation and how Metro Vancouver’s proposal to raise taxes for transit expansion all but ignores these changes.

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How Existing Budgets could Fund Metro Vancouver's Transit Expansion Plan

How Existing Budgets could Fund Metro Vancouver’s Transit Expansion Plan outlines the dramatic spending increases among Metro Vancouver municipalities (73 per cent, collectively) and at TransLink (105 per cent) over the past decade.

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How Compensation Spending Consumes Provincial Government Resources in Ontario

How Compensation Spending Consumes Provincial Government Resources in Ontario calculates that between 2005/06 and 2013/14, compensation spending by the Ontario government—including wages, benefits, and pensions—increased by 47.1 per cent, faster than all other program spending (38.8 per cent) and well beyond the combined rate of inflation and provincial government job growth (26.0 per cent).

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A Tale of Two Energy Booms

A Tale of Two Energy Booms, compares the economies and government finances of energy-rich Alberta and Texas. While Alberta has enjoyed a stronger economy, Texas has done a better job at balancing its books in the post-recession era.

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Quarterly - Spring 2015

Published four times a year for Fraser Institute supporters, The Quarterly offers a roundup of critical research studies and commentaries written by Fraser Institute experts.

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Leaving Canada for Medical Care 2015

Leaving Canada for Medical Care, 2015 estimates that, in 2014, 52,513 Canadians left the country to receive non-emergency medical treatment, an increase of 26 per cent from the previous year.