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FRASER UPDATE
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Latest Research Dec 16-22, 2019
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Amount Canadians donate to charity at a 20-year low
Generosity in Canada and the United States: The 2019 Generosity Index finds that the amount of money Canadians donate to registered charities—as a share of their income—has hit a 20-year low, and Canadians remain far less generous than Americans. According to the index, Utah remains the most generous of all 64 jurisdictions in North America, and Manitoba is again the most generous Canadian province or territory, but still only ranks 44th out of 64. Of the bottom-15 least generous jurisdictions in North America, 12 are Canadian.
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China ranks 126th out of 162 in new Human Freedom Index; Hong Kong ranks 3rd
The Human Freedom Index, 2019 finds that New Zealand is again the freest country in the world, followed by Switzerland and Hong Kong. Canada ranks 4th globally, and the United States ranks 15th in this year’s report. The index ranks 162 countries and jurisdictions based on 76 indicators of personal, civil and economic freedoms and is a joint project with the Cato Institute in the U.S. and Germany’s Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom.
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Living standards declining in nearly one in five First Nation communities in Canada
Gaining Ground, Losing Ground: First Nations’ Community Well-Being in the 21st Century finds that, despite billions of dollars in government spending, nearly one of every five First Nation communities in Canada has experienced a decline in living standards since 2001.
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Jordan is the most economically-free Arab country; Syria is the least economically free
Jordan is the most economically-free nation in the Arab world, followed by Bahrain and the U.A.E., according to the Economic Freedom of the Arab World: 2019 Annual Report, co-published by the Fraser Institute, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty and the International Research Foundation. This report compares and ranks 22 Arab nations in five areas of economic freedom: size of government, including expenditures, taxes and enterprises; commercial and economic law and security of property rights; access to sound money; freedom to trade internationally; and regulation of credit, labour and business.
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Recent Commentary and Blog Posts
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More money for health care—careful what you wish for ([link removed])
(Appeared in the Sudbury Star) by Bacchus Barua and Ben Eisen.
Ottawa currently provides $40.4 billion to the provinces via the Canada Health Transfer.

Alberta carbon tax—just bad economics ([link removed])
(Appeared in the Edmonton Sun) by Robert P. Murphy.
In 2017, Canada was responsible for only 1.7 per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions.

Ottawa has a big spending problem ([link removed])
by Livio Di Matteo. 
Total federal expenditures will grow to a projected $420.5 billion in 2024-25.

Ontario spends more on education while student test scores decline ([link removed])
(Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Tegan Hill, and Jason Clemens.
Spending on public schools in Ontario increased from $25.5 billion to $27.9 billion.

Fiscal update—increased spending and debt comes at a cost ([link removed])
by Jake Fuss and Milagros Palacios. 
Program spending could grow by nearly $50 billion in just five years.

Struggling First Nations share common characteristics ([link removed])
(Appeared in the Globe and Mail) by Tom Flanagan.
Most First Nations are in remote locations where natural resource development is the only likely source of economic advancement.

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