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May 26, 2021

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Bigger is not better — COVID-induced misery highest in the most populous provinces: MLI’s Provincial COVID Misery Index

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute has a new Provincial COVID Misery Index tool which assesses and ranks the Total Misery of each of the provinces as caused by the pandemic and their governments’ responses. Factoring in misery levels categorized across Disease, Response, and Economic factors, Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec have fared the worst while the Atlantic provinces have fared the best.

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Protecting Canada’s natural assets makes economic sense: C.D. Howe Institute

Canada’s natural capital – its forests, rivers, lakes and other landscapes – are assets important to not only our society, but our economy as well. These natural assets need to factor into our economic decision making, writes Peter can Dijk in this intelligence memo for the C.D. Howe Institute, and he offers recommendations for what needs to change to better do so.

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Will Big Government stick around once COVID is gone?: The Agenda with Steve Paikin

The crisis of COVD-19 necessitated big spending stimulus responses from governments across the world, but is this a temporary stopgap to keep economies afloat and help them recover? Or will this usher in a new era where progressive ideas around big spending and increased government control are the norm? Sean Speer joins a panel on The Agenda with Steve Paikin to discuss.

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May 25, 2021

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Tax Freedom Day is finally here: Fraser Institute

The Fraser Institute’s Tax Freedom Day has finally arrived. According to the calculations contained in their annual study, May 24 marks the date that Canadian families would be free from their tax burden if they had to pay their taxes, which represent an average of 39.1% of their income, up front.

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Do COVID-19 reopening policies actually affect public behaviour?: National Bureau of Economic Research

How much do the reopening policies of our governments actually matter in terms of driving individual behaviour? This study from the National Bureau of Economic Research seems to examines the situation in Texas to see how the state fared with its ambitious reopening strategy in the midst of America’s vaccination surge during early 2021.

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May 21, 2021

May 20, 2021

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Incentivizing vaccinations on both moral and material grounds is a win-win: Cardus

Vaccinating as many Canadians as possible against COVID-19 is priority number one in Canada, and as supply will soon catch up to demand, we will need to find ways to ensure as wide a compliance as possible. Sean Speer and Brian Dijkema argue for Cardus that the most effective way to do this is combine both moral and material incentives in encouraging people to get the jab.

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