
Federal Government
A federation (also known as a federal state) is a political entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a central federal government (federalism). In a federation, the self-governing status of the component states, as well as the division of power between them and the central government, is typically constitutionally entrenched and may not be altered by a unilateral decision of either party, the states or the federal political body. Alternatively, a federation is a form of government in which sovereign power is formally divided between a central authority and a number of constituent …
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Fraser Institute · 4 February 2025 English
federal fiscal policy will only make things worse for Canadians. This paper models how the federal government could implement meaningful fiscal reform. The reform features an across-the-board 25 percent … the 1990s to one of Canada’s leading economies in the 2000s. According to the model, if the federal government reduces annual nominal program spending by 6.7 percent over four years beginning in 2025/26 …
NEWS RELEASE Federal government should emulate BC’s Campbell government; cut personal income tax rates … living standards) in Canada. Today, the federal government faces a similar situation as B.C. prior to … income tax rates by 25 per cent. • Reduce federal government program spending by 6.7 per cent over four …
Fraser Institute · 4 February 2025 English
The British Columbia government announced one of the most remarkable tax changes in 2001 by enacting, among other changes, a reform of the personal income tax (PIT) rate that cut …
be affected by the policy choices of the federal government. We account for such vertical fiscal externality … significant personal income-tax reform the federal government introduced in 1988 is one such policy. In … In that year, the federal government reduced the number of tax brackets and substantially expanded the … about 44% as 7 In the 1988 PIT reform, the federal government expanded the tax base in various ways. For … taxable income occurred in 1988, when the federal government introduced a major reform of personal income …
Fraser Institute · 4 February 2025 English
federal fiscal policy will only make things worse for Canadians. This paper models how the federal government could implement meaningful fiscal reform. The reform features an across-the-board 25 percent … the 1990s to one of Canada’s leading economies in the 2000s. According to the model, if the federal government reduces annual nominal program spending by 6.7 percent over four years beginning in 2025/26 …
for Canadians. • This paper models how the federal government could implement meaningful fiscal reform … 2000s. • According to the model, if the federal government reduces annual nominal program spending … and Palacios, 2024). Yet despite this, the federal government continues to pursue fiscal policies that … Finance, 2001). This paper models how the federal government could implement a similar fiscal reform, … final section presents the way in which the federal government could implement a similar reform over the …
Fraser Institute · 31 January 2025 English
The findings in Thinking About Poverty: Helping the Poor; What are the options? demonstrate that employment-based policies provide a more lasting solution to poverty than redistributionist government programs such as …
provinces to restructure welfare. In 1996, the federal government established the Canada Health and Social … mobility, it should be apparent that the federal government does not know best. Nor have we demonstrated …
Canada Department of Finance · 31 January 2025 English
Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs, announced that the federal government is deferring—from June 25, 2024 to January 1, 2026—the date on which the capital gains inclusion …
Intergovernmental Affairs, announced that the federal government is deferring—from June 25, 2024 to January …
Fraser Institute · 30 January 2025 English
Canada’s Path to Net Zero by 2050: Darkness at the End of the Tunnel The Government of Canada has committed to going beyond the Paris target of reducing greenhouse gas …
less to households and more to supporting federal government spending (see Lammam and Taylor, 2017, for … government into a single entity. In version 8, the federal government was dis- tinguished from the combined provincial …
CGAI: Canadian Global Affairs Institute · 28 January 2025 English
serve to illustrate the point. In the fraught, early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, among many federal government measures intended to protect Canada and Canadians was the diktat from the Minister of Transport …
days of the COVID-19 pandemic, among many federal government measures intended to protect Canada and Canadians … that also coordinates at least four other federal government agencies in domestic waters. The Japan Coast …
Fraser Institute · 28 January 2025 English
While health care is under provincial jurisdiction in Canada, the federal government wields considerable influence over provincial health care policy. Provinces must adhere to the Canada Health Act (CHA) …
provision of health care, but in practice, the federal government exerts considerable influ- ence over health … Others, however, are more ambiguous, with the federal government of the day able to interpret whether or not … responsibility of the provinces, but the federal government exerts considerable influence on provincial … ban on user charges and extra billing, the federal government can and does exercise sizeable influence … largest major transfer payment that the federal government makes to the provinces and territories (Canada …
Fraser Institute · 28 January 2025 English
While health care is under provincial jurisdiction in Canada, the federal government wields considerable influence over provincial health care policy. Provinces must adhere to the Canada Health Act (CHA) …
health-care reforms—without approval from the federal government—that could shorten wait times and improve …
Fraser Institute · 21 January 2025 English
British Columbia’s Elementary Schools 2024 To help increase living standards for Canadians, the federal government should reform its immigration system and prioritize immigrants with STEM (science, technology …