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CALGARY, Alberta, July 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The average Canadian family spent 43.0 per cent of its income on taxes in 2023—more than housing, food and clothing costs combined, finds a new...

CALGARY, Alberta, July 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- If the government of Alberta wants to build the Heritage Fund over the longer term, it should start paying dividends to Albertans, finds a new...

CALGARY, Alberta, July 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 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...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The federal government’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will impose significant costs on Canadians—while also failing to meet...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- If the federal government reduced program spending by only 2.3 per cent over two years and eliminated a host tax of expenditures, it...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Over the past decade, weak business investment in technologies that increase worker productivity is stifling Canada’s economic growth...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The British Columbia government should stop relying on volatile boom-and-bust resource revenues—like the Alberta government—and...

CALGARY, Alberta, July 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 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...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The median number of weekly hours worked by young Canadians (aged 15-24) has fallen 16.3 per cent since 1989 and youth employment rates...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canadian cities—including Toronto and Vancouver, which are experiencing high and increasing housing costs—can accommodate much more...