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86% of middle-class families face higher federal personal income tax burden

Measuring the Impact of Federal Personal Income Tax Changes on Middle Income Canadian Families since 2015 finds that contrary to rhetoric from Ottawa, 86 per cent of middle-class families experienced an increase in their federal personal income tax burden of $800 annually (on average) since 2015.

The Misery Index Returns is a new study that finds of the International Monetary Fund’s 35 most advanced economies, Canada has the 6th worst Misery Index score due to the country’s higher inflation rate coupled with higher unemployment.

Is Climate Catastrophe Really 10 Years Away? is a new study that finds the increasingly accepted idea that the world has 10 years to avoid catastrophic climate change is overstated due to the nature of the models that this assertion is largely based on. In fact, real-world data over the last twenty years has demonstrated the main models being used to forecast the future climate have proven inaccurate and unreliable.

Worrying Trends in BC’s Testing of Grade 10 Students finds that in 2019/20 only 40 per cent of Grade 10 students in British Columbia scored proficient or above in numeracy and only 75 per cent scored proficient or above in literacy.

New book explores key ideas of natural law

The Essential Natural Law spotlights the philosophical and scholarly tradition, which began during the era of Plato, was greatly expanded prior to the Enlightenment, and influenced the development of moral, political, legal and economic thought in the Western tradition.

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Job growth in GTA and Ottawa exceeds national average while the rest of the province lags

Uneven Job creation in Ontario’s Urban Centres from 2008 to 2019 finds that despite the rate of job creation in the Toronto and Ottawa areas exceeding the national average, most other Ontario cities, towns and rural areas experienced little or no job growth since the 2008/09 recession.

This year’s Human Freedom Index finds that, even before COVID and the response from governments worldwide, global freedom was on the wane.

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86% of middle-class families face higher federal personal income tax burden

86% of middle-class families face higher federal personal income tax burden

Higher inflation and higher unemployment make Canada 6th most “miserable” country among 35 advanced economies

Higher inflation and higher unemployment make Canada 6th most “miserable” country among 35 advanced economies

10-years-to-save-the-climate is based on flawed forecasting and distracts from real solutions

10-years-to-save-the-climate is based on flawed forecasting and distracts from real solutions

Only about half of B.C.’s grade 10 students wrote mandatory student assessments in 2019/20, with majority not proficient in numeracy

Only about half of B.C.’s grade 10 students wrote mandatory student assessments in 2019/20, with majority not proficient in numeracy

New book explores key ideas of natural law

New book explores key ideas of natural law

Job growth in GTA and Ottawa exceeds national average while the rest of the province lags

Job growth in GTA and Ottawa exceeds national average while the rest of the province lags

83% of world’s population live in countries where freedom declined

83% of world’s population live in countries where freedom declined

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86% of middle-class families face higher federal personal income tax burden

86% of middle-class families face higher federal personal income tax burden

Higher inflation and higher unemployment make Canada 6th most “miserable” country among 35 advanced economies

Higher inflation and higher unemployment make Canada 6th most “miserable” country among 35 advanced economies

10-years-to-save-the-climate is based on flawed forecasting and distracts from real solutions

10-years-to-save-the-climate is based on flawed forecasting and distracts from real solutions

Only about half of B.C.’s grade 10 students wrote mandatory student assessments in 2019/20, with majority not proficient in numeracy

Only about half of B.C.’s grade 10 students wrote mandatory student assessments in 2019/20, with majority not proficient in numeracy

New book explores key ideas of natural law

New book explores key ideas of natural law

Job growth in GTA and Ottawa exceeds national average while the rest of the province lags

Job growth in GTA and Ottawa exceeds national average while the rest of the province lags

83% of world’s population live in countries where freedom declined

83% of world’s population live in countries where freedom declined