Analysis

FRASER INSTITUTE – Upcoming federal budget an opportunity for tax reform

March 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

By CHARLES LAMMAM and HUGH MacINTYRE The Fraser Institute IN ITS UPCOMING budget, the Trudeau government is expected to eliminate some of the tax credits, deductions, [Continue]

FRASER INSTITUTE – Feds’ infrastructure plan unlikely to spur economic growth

March 12, 2017 // 2 Comments

By CHARLES LAMMAN and HUGH MacINTYRE The Fraser Institute WHILE CAMPAIGNING, and since coming into power, the Trudeau Liberals have talked a lot about wanting to grow the [Continue]

EDUCATION – Deeper deficits spurred by increases in public school spending

February 26, 2017 // 1 Comment

By CHARLES LAMMAM and HUGH MacINTYRE The Fraser Institute With governments across Canada preparing to release their budgets, Canadians can expect headlines announcing new [Continue]

THE MEDIA – Trump is wrong; the news media is #NotTheEnemy

February 26, 2017 // 0 Comments

By SHAUNA SNOW-CAPPARELLI Associate professor of journalism Mount Royal University IT WAS a swift, and effective blow that struck at the heart of the very belief system and [Continue]

ANALYSIS – Another broken federal Liberal promise: tax cuts for the middle class

February 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

By CHARLES LAMMAN and HUGH McINTYRE The Fraser Institute WHEN A GOVERNMENT breaks an election promise it usually attracts a fair bit of controversy. Witness the hubbub in the [Continue]

ANALYSIS – B.C.’s carbon tax not the ‘gold standard’ it’s made out to be

February 23, 2017 // 0 Comments

By CHARLES LAMMAM and TAYLOR JACKSON The Fraser Institute IN A MAJOR announcement last year, the Trudeau government imposed a policy that will require all provinces to put a [Continue]