Who was Barbara Mitchell?

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Paying More for Power

Canadians are paying more for their power, on average, than our neighbors to the south. When outlier Honolulu is excluded, rates for small commercial electricity consumers are 8 percent greater in Canada than in the US, while rates for small industrial consumers are more than almost 30 percent greater.

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Costs of Complying with Personal Income Taxes in Canada

This study builds on previous Fraser Institute research estimating the total compliance costs associated with Canada's tax system. It aims to estimate the cost of complying with the personal income tax system in 2012. It updates past estimates for the average amount of time and financial resources that Canadians spend to comply with the system, and then calculates aggregate compliance costs in Canada.

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There is no obesity epidemic in Canada, and even if there was, government intervention aimed at overweight Canadians is costly, poorly targeted and likely ineffective, finds Obesity in Canada: Overstated Problems, Misguided Policy Solutions. The study, which recognizes a difference between obesity and overweightness, spotlights three main topics: obesity rates in Canada, the connection between obesity/overweightness and poor health/early death, and government response.

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The Reality of Retirement Income in Canada

Building on the three pillars of Canada’s pension system, the current retirement income system serves the vast majority of Canadians very well. The problem of poverty among the elderly, which drove many of the reforms in the 1970s and 1980s, has largely been eliminated.

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Economic Freedom and Air Quality

It is well established that economic freedom is one of the main drivers of economic prosperity. Economic freedom is the extent to which you can pursue economic activity without government interference as long as your actions don’t violate the rights of others. Pollution is generally given as an example of a situation where the economic actions of one person violates the rights of others, thus justifying government intervention. However, the same economic institutions that contribute to economic freedom may actually lead to a cleaner environment at the same time.

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Can Canada Prosper Without a Prosperous Ontario?

Ontario’s economic struggles, which are most dramatically illustrated by its transition to a “have-not” province, have implications far beyond the borders of the province. For the better part of a decade, and particularly since the recession of 2008/09, Ontario’s economic performance has dragged down that of the national economy.

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Report Card on British Columbia's Secondary Schools 2014

The Report Card on British Columbia’'s Secondary Schools 2014 collects a variety of relevant, objective indicators of school performance into one easily accessible, public document so that all interested parties—parents, school administrators, teachers, students, and taxpayers— can analyze and compare the performance of individual schools.

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