Having trouble viewing? Try the web version [link removed] of this email. Latest Research Seven additional countries eliminated gender discrimination for economic freedom from 2020 to 2022; 35 others continue to impose severe restrictions on women’s economic rights [[link removed]]
Women, Economic Freedom, and Prosperity Around the World, an annual update on women's economic rights globally, finds in this year’s report, which reviewed165 countries in total, that 35 countries continue to impose severe restrictions on the economic rights of women while seven countries completely eliminated gender disparity and now have equal economic freedom for men and women.
Read More [[link removed]] Net zero’s cost-benefit ratio is crazy high [[link removed]]
Getting to net-zero carbon emissions would benefit the average person, but the cost to do so would be many times greater.
Commentary and Blog Posts Provinces and the next federal government should end corporate welfare [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Tegan Hill and Jake Fuss
From 2007 to 2019, the federal government spent an estimated $84.6 billion on corporate welfare.
Many Canadians—and many Albertans—live in energy poverty [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Western Standard) by Tegan Hill and Elmira Aliakbari
Energy poverty disproportionally affects lower-income households.
B.C. schools should teach Canadian history—the bad and the good [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Epoch Times) by Michael Zwaagstra
The province's social studies curriculum does not provide an accurate and balanced portrayal of Canadian history.
Ontario government should finally cut taxes in upcoming budget [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal) by Ben Eisen
The province's tax revenue increased from $6,358 per person in 2003/04 to an estimated $9,406 in 2024/25 (adjusted for inflation).
Reality check on Earth Day—Canada’s air quality is excellent [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Elmira Aliakbari and Annika Segelhorst
Compared to most other high-income countries, in Canada air pollution presents a lower overall health risk.
School trustees shouldn’t force schools to hand over fundraising revenues [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Epoch Times) by Michael Zwaagstra
All provinces should follow Alberta’s example and pass legislation for charter schools.
More natural resource development in Nova Scotia means higher incomes for workers [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Macdonald Notebook) by Alex Whalen
The province is home to 16 of the 31 minerals critical to the production of smartphones and electric vehicles.
CPP another example of Albertans’ outsized contribution to Canada [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Edmonton Sun) by Tegan Hill
From 1981 to 2022, Albertans' net contribution to the CPP was $53.6 billion.
Homebuilding in Canada stalls despite population explosion [[link removed]] (Appeared in the Ottawa Sun) by Austin Thompson, and Steven Globerman
The country added an all-time high 1.2 million new residents in 2023 and another 951,000 in 2024.
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