Stamp issue honours the works and contributions of the award-winning director and Canadian Film Centre founder Canada Post is pleased to unveil its latest stamp, which commemorates the life and work of genre-spanning Canadian filmmaker Norman Jewison (1926-2024). The director of such classics as In the Heat of the Night (1967), Fiddler on the […]
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We’re Getting Poorer: GDP Per Capita In Canada And The OECD, 2002-2060
Canada had the third-lowest growth in per person GDP among 30 advanced economies between 2014 and 2022 Canada had the third-lowest growth in GDP per person from 2014 to 2022 among 30 advanced economies, finds a new study published by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. […]
Canada’s Weak Tech Investment Hindering Better Living Standards
Over the past decade, weak business investment in technologies that increase worker productivity is stifling Canada’s economic growth and suppressing improvements in Canadian living standards, finds a new study published today by the Fraser Institute, an independent non-partisan Canadian think-tank. “Weak business investment in technologies like IT and research and […]
Top 20% Of Canadian Income-Earning Families Pay 54% Of All Taxes
The top 20 per cent of income-earning families pay more than half (54.2 per cent) of total taxes including personal income, sales and property taxes, according to a new study published by the Fraser Institute, an independent non-partisan Canadian think-tank. “Despite the common misperception that top earners don’t pay their […]
CBSA Strike Deadline Set For Friday June 14 12:01 AM
More than 9,000 members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the Customs and Immigration Union (CIU) will begin job action across the country starting June 14 at 12:01 a.m. ET if an agreement is not reached at the table with Canada Border Services Agency and Treasury Board. Job […]
Energy Expert Says Ottawa’s ‘Net-Zero’ Emissions Plan Unrealistic
The global goal to achieve “net-zero” carbon emissions by 2050 is impractical and unrealistic, finds a new study published today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. “The plan to eliminate fossil fuels and achieve a net-zero economy faces formidable economic, political and practical challenges,” said […]
Canadian Standard Of Living Continues Decline
From 2019 to 2023, Canadian living standards declined—and as of the end of 2023, the decline had not yet ended, finds a new study published by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. “Despite claims to the contrary, living standards are declining in Canada,” said Grady Munro, […]
Price Of A Domestic Stamp Rises To 99 Cents
Canada Post’s proposed postage rate increase is now in effect. For stamps purchased in a booklet, coil or pane, which represent most stamp sales, the rate increases by seven cents, to 99 cents per stamp. The price of a single domestic stamp increases to $1.15, up from $1.07. Prior to […]
High Marginal Effective Tax Rates Affect Low, Middle-Income Earners
Canadian families and individuals with annual incomes between $30,000 and $60,000 face marginal effective tax rates near or above 50 per cent, finds a new study published by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. “Canadian families with modest incomes face high marginal effective tax rates, often […]
Size Of Government On The Rise Across Canada
The combined size of the federal, provincial, and municipal governments increased in all but two provinces over the 2007 to 2022 period (relative to the sizes of their economies), finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. “The size of government […]