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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Higher levels of economic freedom lead to much higher incomes and much better health, in addition to other benefits, finds a new study...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the absence of strong institutional checks on government power such as constitutional rules that protect minority rights and an...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For the first time, every Canadian province ranks in the bottom half of countries in our annual rankings of economic freedom in North...

TORONTO, Sept. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the Fraser Institute’s annual Economic Freedom of the World report, Canada remains outside the top 10 most economically-free countries in the world. ...

TORONTO, Aug. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to a wide-ranging literature review, economic freedom helps produce faster economic growth, higher living standards and more happiness. “In...

TORONTO, Dec. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Even before COVID—and the response from governments worldwide—global freedom was on the wane, finds a study released today by Canada’s Fraser Institute and...

TORONTO, Sept. 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the Fraser Institute’s annual Economic Freedom of the World report, Canada is no longer among the top 10 most economically-free countries in the world....

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 31, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The costs of government regulation, including labour regulations such as licencing and accreditation, represent a real barrier for...

TORONTO, Aug. 31, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The costs of government regulation, including labour regulations such as licencing and accreditation, represent a real barrier for Canadians—especially...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Provinces and states such as Ontario, California and New York whose populations have grown beyond 9.5 million people tend to have...