| Page 177 | Fraser Institute

Report Card on Washington State's Elementary Schools 2009 2009-05-06 The Report Card on Washington's Elementary Schools 2009 collects a variety of relevant, objective indicators of school performance into one easily accessible public document so that anyone can analyze and compare the pe

Read the Full Report Card

The Canadian tax system is complex and no single number can give a complete idea of who pays how much.

Read the Full Report

The issue of global warming is the subject of two parallel debates: one scientific, focused on the analysis of complex and conflicting data; the other political, addressing what is the proper response of government to a hypothetical risk.

Read the Full Report

The Report Card on Ontario's Secondary Schools 2009 collects a variety of relevant, objective indicators of school performance into one, easily accessible public document.

Read the Full Report Card

The Fraser Institute's Hospital Report Card: Ontario 2009 is constructed to help patients choose the best hospital for their inpatient care by providing them with information on the performance of acute-care hospitals in Ontario.

Read the Full Report

The Report Card on Alberta's Elementary Schools 2009 reports a variety of relevant, objective indicators of school performance. These indicators are used to calculate an overall rating for each school. On the basis of this rating, the schools are ranked. The Report Card brings all of this information together in one easily accessible public document so that anyone can analyze and compare the performance of individual schools. By doing so, the Report Card assists parents when they choose a school for their children and encourages and assists all those seeking to improve their school.

Read the Full Report Card

Electricity generation in Alberta was deregulated by the Electric Utilities Act of 1995. The act established the market where electricity producers, marketers, importers, distributors, exporters, and large industrial consumers could sell and buy electricity, and which now determines wholesale electricity prices

Read the Full Report

Recent Commentaries & Blog Posts

B.C. government must tackle province’s fiscal mess

Tegan Hill

Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, October 31, 2024

The government's debt interest payments will increase from a projected $500 per person in 2022/23 to nearly $1,000 in 2026/27.

Smith government should finally deboard Alberta’s resource revenue rollercoaster

Tegan Hill

Albertans went from paying $58 per person in provincial debt interest costs in 2008/09 to $596 in 2021/22.

Saskatchewan government must restrain spending to fulfill campaign promises

Jason Childs, Tegan Hill

Appeared in the Western Standard, October 31, 2024

The province already carries more than $34 billion in total gross debt.

Ontario government should walk the walk when encouraging economic growth

Jake Fuss, Grady Munro

High tax rates lower the incentive for individuals to work, save and invest.

Canada could capitalize as global electricity demand continues to rise

Jock Finlayson

Appeared in the Calgary Sun, October 30, 2024

Wind and solar power must be backed up by other sources to ensure constant availability.

Ontario’s mini-budget maintains high-tax approach despite ‘tax rebate’ head fake

Ben Eisen

The province's debt will reach $429 billion this year.

Young people increasingly embrace conservatism

Philip Cross

Appeared in the Financial Post, October 30, 2024

Many young people reject the woke agenda espoused by a small but vocal minority.

Taxpayers will pay for Ontario government’s $200 rebates

Matthew Lau

Appeared in the Toronto Star, October 30, 2024

The province's high tax rates contribute to slow productivity and economic growth.

Lesson for Ottawa—don’t bite the hand that feeds you

Tegan Hill

Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, Oct. 30, 2024

Albertans contribute far more in taxes and other payments to the federal government than they receive in federal spending.

Ontario government should stop the gimmicks and finally cut taxes

Ben Eisen, Jake Fuss

Appeared in the Globe and Mail, October 28, 2024

The top combined personal income tax rate in the province remains at 53.53 per cent.

Economic freedom fell for three straight years

Matthew D. Mitchell

Governments financed this new spending by printing money and inflation spiked to levels not seen in decades.

Philpott should act on instincts and promote Dutch-style health-care reform in Ontario

Bacchus Barua, Mackenzie Moir

Appeared in the Hub, October 24, 2024

The Dutch health-care system outperformed Canada’s system on 27 of 39 performance measures.

B.C. parents confused by government’s new ‘descriptive’ grading

Paige MacPherson

Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, October 24, 2024

Sixty-four per cent of B.C. parents were unable to correctly identify the term “emerging" from a list of options.

Ottawa’s emissions policies will impose huge costs on Albertans

Tegan Hill, Elmira Aliakbari

Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, October 24, 2024

These federal policies will shrink the province's economy by an estimated 6 per cent by 2030.

Ontario government shovels out heaps of corporate welfare

Matthew Lau

The province's taxpayers gave $4.5 million to the manufacturer of Sour Patch Kids candy.

Atlantic provinces should reduce business taxes to spur economic activity in region

Alex Whalen

The region's four provinces have the four highest provincial business income tax rates in Canada.

Federal regulations threaten Ontario’s ability to meet electricity demand

Kenneth P. Green

Appeared in the Toronto Sun, October 23, 2024

Electricity demand in the province will grow by a projected 75 per cent by 2050.

Search form