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| EST. READ TIME 1 MIN.Generosity in Canada and the United States: The 2006 Generosity Index
The Fraser Institute's annual Generosity Index measures this private monetary generosity using readily available data about the size and extent of charitable donations, as recorded on personal income tax returns in Canada and the United States. The 2006 index reveals a persistent generosity gap between these two countries.
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Sylvia LeRoy
Sylvia LeRoy was a former Policy Analyst in the Fiscal Studies Department at the Fraser Institute and Program Manager forthe Donner Canadian Foundation Awards for Excellence in the Delivery of Social Services. She has an Honours BA in Political Science from the University of Western Ontario and an MA in Political Science from the University of Calgary. She is co-author of Can Markets Save Canada's National Parks?, Donner Non-Profit Performance Report: An Analysis of Management, Staff, Volunteers, and Board Effectiveness in the Non-Profit Sector, Welfare Reform in Ontario: A Report Card, Tax and Expenditure Limitations: The Next Step in Fiscal Responsibility, and Judicial Accountability in Canada . She is a regular contributor to Fraser Forum and has published articles on social, legal, and environmental issues in such newspapers as The National Post, The Calgary Herald, The Vancouver Sun, The Vancouver Province, The Ottawa Citizen, and The Windsor Star. She has appeared as a commentator on various radio and television programs on CBC, Global, and CTV.… Read more -
Milagros Palacios
Director, Addington Centre for Measurement, Fraser InstituteMilagros Palacios is the Director for the Addington Centre for Measurement at the Fraser Institute. She holds a B.S. in IndustrialEngineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and a M.Sc. in Economics from the University of Concepcion, Chile. Ms. Palacios has studied public policy involving taxation, government finances, investment, productivity, labour markets, and charitable giving, for nearly 10 years. Since joining the Institute, Ms. Palacios has authored or coauthored over 70 comprehensive research studies, 70 commentaries and four books. Her recent commentaries have appeared in major Canadian newspapers such as the National Post, Toronto Sun, Windsor Star, and Vancouver Sun.… Read more