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11 months
Prime Minister Trudeau said we're "seeing more and more of these fires because of climate change." This statement is false.
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Due to the Trudeau government's tax changes, 86% of middle-income families now pay higher personal income taxes. #taxes #cdnpoli
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The Trudeau government sought to grow the country’s economy almost exclusively by boosting the population and increasing the role of government, but this plan has failed. #cdnpoli #cdnecon
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3 years
Simply put, the Trudeau government has increased taxes on almost every working Canadian. #cdnpoli
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The Trudeau government's year in review—sluggish economic growth, high unemployment and skyrocketing debt.
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If the amendments become law, millions of Canadians will instantly possess illegal firearms, which — if not handed over to government officials — will be confiscated. #cdnpoli
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Canada needs a complete reversal in policy to solve our economic growth crisis—unfortunately, the Trudeau budget doubles down on a failed approach. #cdnpoli
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In a sane world, Canada, with oil reserves estimated at 171 billion barrels, would not need to import oil from foreign powers steeped in oppression: op-ed #cdnpoil #SaudiArabia
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5 years
NEW STUDY: Prime Minister Trudeau has broken the record for debt growth outside world wars and recessions. Visit to learn more. #cdnpoli
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The average Canadian family paid more in taxes last year than housing, food and clothing costs combined #cdnpoli
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3 years
Data shows that despite Canada being among the most expensive universal-access health-care systems in the OECD, the country has some of the lowest numbers of doctors, hospital beds, medical technologies, and longest wait times. Learn more:
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The average Canadian family spent more than 44% of its income on taxes last year—more than housing, food and clothing costs combined. Visit to learn more #cdnpoli
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Eighty-one per cent of middle-class families now pay more in personal income taxes due to this government’s tax changes: op-ed via @FraserInstitute
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The Trudeau government’s own Department of Finance forecasts deficits to at least 2040. But even this projection is optimistic, as it assumes no recession between now and when the federal books are balanced. #cdnpoli
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The Fraser Institute
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What is behind Canada’s growth crisis? Learn more here: #canada #cdnpoli
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The Fraser Institute
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Alberta Premier Notley & Prime Minister Trudeau had a strategy to make pipeline projects unviable: op-ed #EnergyEast
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6 years
Government jobs in Alberta up nearly 79,000 since 2014, while private-sector employment still down more than 46,000 #abpoli
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The Liberals promised to cut taxes for the middle class, but essentially they've done the opposite.
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The Fraser Institute
6 years
Read this—the Trans Mountain pipeline has been reviewed to death, and should have been built before the latest court case was ever brought: op-ed via @FraserInstitute #abpoli #TransMountain
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Virtually everything in the Trudeau-Guilbeault playbook cuts directly against Alberta’s Constitutional prerogatives as a province. #abpoli #cdnpoli
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The Fraser Institute
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BLOG: Contrary to govt claims, more than 8-in-10 middle-class families are now paying more in personal income taxes
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The Trudeau government has enacted policies that discourage business investment and stifle economic productivity. #cdnpoli #cdnecon
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Last Friday’s StatsCan data drop—right before the summer’s last long weekend—reconfirms that the economy is in trouble. #cdnpoli
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The Fraser Institute
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Canadians need to decide for themselves whether they are getting their money’s worth when it comes to how governments are spending their tax dollars. Learn more: #canada #cdnpoli #taxfree #taxfreedomday
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When pressed about the SNC-Lavalin affair, Prime Minister Trudeau said he was defending jobs. Defending jobs against whom, exactly? #cdnpoli
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Income taxes, payroll taxes, health taxes, sales taxes, property taxes, fuel taxes, carbon taxes… the list goes on: #cdnpoli #taxes
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The Fraser Institute
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BLOG: It’s now clear—the Trudeau govt’s concept of “tax relief” includes large-scale income redistribution #cdnpoli
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The Fraser Institute
6 years
Happy Tax Freedom Day, Canada! Starting today—June 10—you’re working for yourself and not government
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The average Canadian family spent 43% of its income on taxes in 2017, more than housing, food and clothing costs combined #cdnpoli
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With 155,000 federal public servants across #Canada set to begin strike action tomorrow morning, it is important for Canadians to understand how government sector workers are compensated relative to comparable private-sector workers. Check out our study:
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The Fraser Institute
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In the lost decade of 2007 to 2016, Ontario's performance on a number of important economic indicators was among the worst in Canada #onpoli
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BLOG: The Trudeau govt's current level of federal spending (per person) is higher than any time in Canadian history except during the Great Recession #Budget2018 #cdnpoli
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The Fraser Institute
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Less oil revenue means less investment in Canada, less job-creation for Canadian employers and workers, and less overall prosperity: op-ed #cdnpoli #abpoli
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NEW STUDY: Low- and middle-income Canadians are hit hardest by high marginal effective tax rates. Read the study at
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BLOG: With virtually every family in Canada paying higher taxes, Prime Minister Trudeau has some explaining to do #cdnpoli #taxes
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Fraser Institute research was highlighted – twice! – on Bill Maher’s show this past weekend. #cdnpoli
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What’s unique about Trudeau’s developing debt legacy is that he has not faced a world war or recession: op-ed #debt
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Evidence continues to mount that confidence in Canada as a destination for business investment and entrepreneurship is in steep decline: op-ed #cdnpoli
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Over 80% of middle-class families face higher income taxes under the Liberals: report
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Workers in Canada — across all income levels — pay higher personal income tax rates than workers in the United States. Learn more: #cdnpoli #taxes
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91% of minimum-wage earners in Ontario don’t live in low-income families. In fact, most are under the age of 24 and live with their parents #ONpoli
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The Fraser Institute
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Trudeau on pace to add more debt than any other PM outside world war or recession #cdnpoli
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61% of lower-income families in Canada now paying higher federal income taxes #cdnpoli
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Contrary to claims by many climate activists and politicians, extreme weather events — including forest fires, droughts, floods, and hurricanes — are not increasing in frequency or intensity. Learn more: #earthday #climatechange
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The Fraser Institute
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Those who favour socialism as their preferred economic system need to understand the real misery socialism inflicted on countries that tried it such as Poland. Learn more: #socialism #poland #economy #capitalism #democracy #cdnpoli #canada
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The Fraser Institute
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Canadians pay higher personal income taxes than Americans at virtually every income level. Read on: #cdnpoli
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A new poll finds that a significant number of young people self-describe as socialist—but many of them have never lived in a world with genuine #Socialism nor the misery it imposed. Learn more here: #cdnpoli
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The Fraser Institute
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The decline of economic freedom in Canada will have negative effects on the living standards of Canadians: op-ed
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Taxes—not housing—is the largest Canadian household expense #cdnpoli
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A new study finds that relying on speculative climate models that try to predict the future (rather than actual measurements of climate change) has led to over-zealous policies in response to overly-aggressive predictions of warming. Learn more: #cdnpoli
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The Fraser Institute
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BLOG: Despite misleading op-eds from professors, 81% of middle-class families now pay more in personal income taxes
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For the first time since 2012, #Canada does not rank among the top 10 freest countries worldwide. Learn more: #freedom
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Canada has one of the fastest growth rates in size of government in the world, suppressing the space for free exchange and Canadians’ economic freedom. Read this year's Economic Freedom of the World report:
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Canada no longer one of the 10 freest countries in the world, dropping from 4 to 11 in the new Human Freedom Index. The U.S. is up seven spots to 17 #cdnpoli #freedom
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Clearly, the Trudeau government does not care about the costs—to Canadians and others around the world—of its climate plans.
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The average Canadian family will pay 44.7% of its income on taxes this year. To learn more, visit #TaxFreedomDay
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On the heels of President Trump's comments about Canada's agricultural trade barriers, it’s worth remembering that our supply management system imposes higher prices on the poor in Canada: op-ed #cdnpoli
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The Fraser Institute
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Once very poor places such as Botswana, or relatively poor places such as Ireland, experienced massive decreases in poverty after embracing economic freedom. Read on via @FraserInstitute #economicfreedom
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Alberta’s net contribution to Ottawa—more than $94 billion—dwarfed contributions from other provinces in recent years. To learn more, visit
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The price difference between Canadian and Texas oil—the result of a lack of pipelines—is increasing, which means Canada will lose out on $15.8 billion in foregone revenues this year. #cdnpoli
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More than 80% of middle-class families in Canada paying higher federal income taxes #cdnpoli
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Canada is now ranked 14th – part of a downward trend since 2016. Learn more:
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BLOG: If Canada is doing better, then why the deficits? via @FraserInstitute
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Read this: Since 2014, government employment in Alberta increased by 21.5% while private-sector employment fell by 3% via @FraserInstitute #abpoli
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A shining example of limited government intervention! #Denmark embraced a minimalist approach, allowing free markets to flourish and empowering individual initiatives. The result? Remarkable economic growth and prosperity! #RealitiesofSocialism
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Canada’s in a full-blown economic growth crisis, which is homegrown and due largely to poor government policy. Learn more: #gdp #canada
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The media often ignores the overwhelming evidence that many Indigenous communities favour responsible development of fossil fuels on their territories: op-ed #KinderMorgan #TransMountain
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Support our research and our mission to improve the lives of Canadians:
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In reality, the Trudeau government has enacted or spearheaded a host of tax changes that increase the tax burden on families: op-ed via @FraserInstitute #cdnpoli #taxes
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This loss of revenue has far-reaching consequences—it means less investment, less job-creation and ultimately less prosperity for Canadians. #cdnpoli #abpoli
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How much will it cost to round up at least 250,000 newly-prohibited firearms from law-abiding Canadian gun-owners? #cdnpoli
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The Trudeau government continues to enhance the role of politicians and bureaucrats in the economy and diminish the role of entrepreneurs, business owners and private-sector workers.
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Hong Kong again leads world in economic freedom followed by Singapore, N.Z. & Switzerland
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Under socialism, Polish people died younger and life expectancy actually declined. Learn more: #socialism #poland #canada #economy #democracy #cdnpoli
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Canada, one of the highest spenders among universal health-care systems, ranks modest to poor on performance. To learn more, visit #cdnpoli
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Happy Tax Freedom Day, when you finally start working for yourself, not government. #TaxFreedomDay To learn more, visit
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BLOG: This week, Prime Minister Trudeau admitted that middle-class families are paying higher income taxes #cdnpoli
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The Trudeau and Ford governments are once again using taxpayer money to allocate scarce resources to their favoured projects and industries. #cdnpoli
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Over 10 years, the 4 western provinces created 40 per cent of Canada’s new jobs, a proportion well above their national population share via @FraserInstitute #cdnpoli #abpoli
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What would Canada's economy and finances look like without Alberta? #cdnpoli #abpoli
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