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Biologics and Biosimilars: A Primer

Biologics and Biosimilars: A Primer finds that Canadian patient access to potentially life-saving biologic medicines is comparatively limited because Canada’s protection of intellectual property in the life sciences—including biology and biochemistry—lags behind other industrialized countries.

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Canada’s Rising Personal Tax Rates and Falling Tax Competitiveness, 2020

Canada’s Rising Personal Tax Rates and Falling Tax Competitiveness, 2020 finds that workers in Canada—across all income levels—pay higher personal income tax rates than workers in the United States, which can deter professionals, entrepreneurs and businessowners from working and investing in Canada.

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An Open Letter to the People of Hong Kong

An international group of think tanks from 35 nations and territories from around the world has penned an open letter condemning the actions of the Communist Party of China and supporting the people of Hong Kong. On Tuesday, China’s National People’s Congress passed its controversial national security law, which violates Hong Kong’s Basic Law and encroaches on the city’s freedoms and liberties. The letter, which details Hong Kong’s success since the Second World War in becoming one of the most prosperous, entrepreneurial, and freest places on earth, is signed by 37 member organizations of the Economic Freedom of the World Network, which is led by Canada’s Fraser Institute.

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The Essential Joseph Schumpeter is a new book, website and animated video series that provide an overview of the key ideas of one of the most accomplished economists of the 20th century. Joseph Schumpeter is best known for popularizing the phrase “creative destruction”—the process where new innovations arise and cause the old way of doing things to disappear. Throughout his career in the private sector, government and academia, Schumpeter’s work fundamentally influenced the way economists view entrepreneurship, innovation and economic progress.

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Explaining the Growth in Federal Program Spending since 2015

Explaining the Growth in Federal Program Spending since 2015 finds that of the 34 federal government departments, programs and agencies, just five—covering Indigenous affairs, child benefits, seniors’ benefits, the Canada Health Transfer and defence—account for nearly two-thirds of the total increase in spending over the past five years.

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Report Card on Alberta's Elementary Schools 2020

The Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools, 2020 ranks 863 public, separate, francophone, independent and charter schools based on seven academic indicators derived from provincewide test results. 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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Report Card on Alberta's High Schools 2020

The Report Card on Alberta’s Secondary Schools, 2020 rates 253 public, independent, separate and charter schools based on eight academic indicators generated from Grade 12 provincewide testing, grade-to-grade transition and graduation rates. 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 also shows which schools are improving or falling behind.