Type | Think Tank |
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Website | fraserinstitute.org |
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Year founded | 1974 |
Location |
Vancouver, BC
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Budget | USD 5M-19M |
Functions | Advocacy, Education and training |
Funding sources | Foundations or grants, Individual citizens |
Tags | economics social policy |
See also | AIMS |
Summary | The Institute was founded to redirect public attention to the roles that markets can play in providing for the economic and social wellbeing of Canadians. The Institute aims to present innovative market solutions to economic problems, expand debate on public policy, and positively influence policy formation in such areas as welfare reform, privatization, taxation, free trade, government debt, education, poverty, deregulation, healthcare, labor markets, economic restructuring, and the role of government. The Institute now has about 3,200 individual, corporate, and foundation supporters in Canada, the United States, and other countries. |
Fraser Institute · 19 May 2022
Indigenous leaders and Canadian politicians often call for the repeal of the Indian Act, yet repeal never seems to happen. There is no general agreement on what should replace the …
Fraser Institute · 17 May 2022
Budget deficits have become something of a norm recently for many Canadian governments. This is especially prevalent at the federal level, as Ottawa has recorded a deficit every year since …
Fraser Institute · 12 May 2022
Summary Alberta’s provincial government is experiencing a windfall from resource revenue. According to Budget 2022 (released February 24, 2022), total nominal revenue from 2021/22 through 2023/24 will be $17.0 billion …
Fraser Institute · 10 May 2022
Provincial assessment programs are a facet of every K-12 education system in Canada, except in Saskatchewan. Each province has evolved its own unique system of student testing, some of which …
Fraser Institute · 3 May 2022
Summary Several new spending programs in this year’s federal budget are financed by borrowing, which means the budget offers an incomplete picture to Canadians of the true cost of these …
Fraser Institute · 28 April 2022
Governments in industrialized countries have delegated monetary policy to their central banks in varying degrees. Many papers have been written assessing the degree of independence that governments have granted to …
Fraser Institute · 26 April 2022
Personal and corporate income taxes are important sources of revenue for the Canadian federal government, accounting for 72 percent of its total tax revenue in 2020–2021. This study investigates the …
Fraser Institute · 21 April 2022
Removing barriers to the labour force participation of older workers in Canada is of increasing importance for a wide range of reasons. These include: an aging population with increased life …
Fraser Institute · 21 April 2022
Removing barriers to the labour force participation of older workers in Canada is of increasing importance for a wide range of reasons. These include: an aging population with increased life …
Fraser Institute · 20 April 2022
Summary One measure of the privately borne cost of wait times is the value of time that is lost while waiting for treatment. Valuing only hours lost during the average …