America taking notice of Fraser Institute’s “misleading” research

Published May 26, 2015

Fraser Institute gets called out by experts. Again.

Charity linked to Manning Centre compares African refugee camp to Alberta in partisan e-mail

Published May 18, 2015

Can the results of the Alberta election be compared to a refugee camp in Ethiopia with over 40,000 Somali refugees? Well, the Manning Centre and its charitable arm gave it a shot in a bizarre e-mail blast. The Manning Centre, a right-wing think tank founded by Preston Manning, sent the email to supporters on behalf of […]

“Misleading” Fraser Institute report on firefighters goes up in smoke

Published May 8, 2015

Firefighters are pouring cold water on a “misleading” new report from the Fraser Institute. The Canadian branch of the International Association of Fire Fighters is hosing down the right-wing think tank’s claim that because the number of fires in Ontario has gone down while the number of firefighters has gone up, this means we need fewer firefighters. […]

No, Fraser Institute. Public sector pay isn’t “skyrocketing.”

Published March 25, 2015

Fraser Institute, we have a problem. The Fraser Institute’s latest report blasts public sector employee compensation with misleading claims that suggest compensation in Ontario “has skyrocketed over the last 10 years” or “pay for public sector workers is soaring.” But what goes up, must come down — so here are six facts that bring the Fraser Institute […]

5 charts show math doesn’t add up in new public sector wage attack by CFIB

Published March 24, 2015

Is the Canadian Federation of Independent Business playing the blame game with unions when it should be checking its math? The small business lobby group’s new report — which claims private sector workers earn considerably less than their public sector counterparts — is mathematically flawed, according to Toby Sanger, an economist with the Canadian Union of Public Employees. […]

VIDEO: “Anti-tax” Fraser Institute now says they are 100% pro-the-idea-of-taxes!

Published March 18, 2015

Good news! The anti-tax Fraser Institute has clarified that they are, in fact, 100% pro-the-idea-of-taxes after all! The stunning admission appeared in a Vancouver Sun this week in response to a column criticizing the “anti-tax rhetoric” of right-wing groups like the Fraser Institute and Canadian Taxpayers Federation. In their opinion piece, Fraser Institute’s Mark Milke and Charles Lammam admit “taxes are […]

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